Little Steppers

pyrgirl · I am a gonner Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1514

Yes, gonna a get a shed built to store hay right next to my horse paddock!
And the best part is that I don't have to build it and my Dad doesn't. And it will even have concrete in the ground underneath the cement blocks and be bolted down rather than just sitting there for the wind to pick up!!!

And it's costing less than having one of those premade ones delivered from Home Depot AND will have better materials used!!
Soo sooooo happy.
Already having to protect it from Mom and Dad who have ideas about what THEY want to store in it! No room for much except hay, I keep telling them. Trying to decide what color to paint it. Probably green to blend it with brownish trim?
It will be 10 by 16 feet and 8 feet tall.
How wonderful to be able to keep the hay dry and then just open the door and take out a bale a day instead of having to haul it down each week in the trailer, put a tarp on it, and mess with that every day.
Last January I was having to undo 2 round bales by hand and then carry the hay down in bags and laundry baskets. It was hard work for a few months. I'm a happy camper now.

McBunz · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject:

Someone sounds excited.. great news Patty.. You will love that in rainy season and in the winter....oops ... same thing down there...LOL

IZZY · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

Lol...right on

Sher · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

Great news, Patty! An idea to pass along to you, from my experience: Put two or three pallets high on the floor and then put the hay on those. I just cleaned out Lady's shed and discovered that even though I did that, plus had black plastic ( the heavy-duty stuff! ) on the floor as a moisture barrier, PLUS the same plastic on the walls, I still had hay mold over the winter because moisture got in and puddled on the floor under the pallets. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, put some pallets down first. The plastic didn't seem to help much, but the pallets kept the hay off the floor/ground.
Gosh I'm windy today!

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pyrgirl · I am a gonner Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1514

littlestep · dig a grave!! Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 4980 Location: TN

I would put it on pallets anyways P..air needs to circulate under it

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pyrgirl · I am a gonner Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1514

Sher · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah, using the pallets and having a floor will help. My floor is dirt. I thought of that after I'd posted my long diatribe!

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