Tractorman810 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 hi guys finished the internal wall on the pig unit today,just now.while waiting for them to dry turned my attention to the area beside it,where there will be a court yard with an small implement shed to one side,also a feed tower,do you think this looks to big,it will eventually feed two units,one behind the other,but unsure about it's size,just have to add top and bottom and pipe work,will be sprayed silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FB Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Nope, that looks ok!. painting will of course do it justice. what did you use in the end for the 'tank' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 To me the legs seem a bit long. But I am no expert in these matters. Are you going to drive under to fill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Having spent 3 yrs blowing feed into them i`d say it was about right ,by the time you`ve got the bottom cone on it you`ll only have room to push a feed barrow under it & by the time you`ve put the support struts & brace bars on the legs the gangly apperance will dissapear. Are you planning to have a gravity feed straight into the pigery or a mechanised flexi auger ? Looks ok coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hi Sean, found this site maybe of help to you. http://www.ciftkartal.com/feedsilos.html http://www.ciftkartal.com/feedsilosspecifications.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 it made out of the off cuts of the corrugated roofing,,2 bits as i didn't have a new sheet,just rolled and glued,will be silver or galvanised silver if i can find the right silver paint,.not planning on driving under,as there will be a angled funnel bottom and a ,hopefully,gorrigated top,if it folds ok,i might well lower it slightly depending on how well the bottom funnel goes,will have to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 the tops arn`t usualy corrigated just plain tin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 cheers mjb,even easier now, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 Are you planning to have a gravity feed straight into the pigery or a mechanised flexi auger ? what would the difference be mjb,the ones on the farm had a shoot on the botton for wheel barrows with a pipe out to the side into the building,it had electric motors on the end of each run of pipe,is that the mech system?,if so then that one,it has to feed 6 pens so gravity one wouldn't work would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I don`t really know much about pigs as there were 2 pigmen on the farm i was on all i did was to empty the sh^t pits every fortnight, but they were using a wet feed system ;fill trough with water & then a couple of scoops from the barrow, so 1 had a gravity feed into the shed and the other bin supplied 2 sheds with both gravity straight into a hopper for wet feeding & the flexi-auger into a hopper for timed diet feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 looks great tractorman what did u use for the bricks in the building i no you prob mentioned it somewhere before but im still trin to catch up on all that i missed as well as keep up to date with all the new stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 stuff called scaleoox,got his details at home but it's on a post on here somewhere in genreal dissucion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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