Barn design for big square bales

dungfly

I am planning to build a very simple, cheap and practical barn to store big square bales of straw in a green field site.
-Size 3 bay
-Supported by railway tracks
-No side walls to reduce costs
-Roof - curved/ A shaped/ Slanted?
-Bales stacked for effecient use of space and access via loader
-Access via roadway
-Aspect?

Opinions/advice/debate welcome.

delaval

dungfly wrote: »

I am planning to build a very simple, cheap and practical barn to store big square bales of straw in a green field site.
-Size 3 bay
-Supported by railway tracks
-No side walls to reduce costs
-Roof - curved/ A shaped/ Slanted?
-Bales stacked for effecient use of space and access via loader
-Access via roadway
-Aspect?

Opinions/advice/debate welcome.

2 x 110x75 sheets of plastic and cover with tyres?

bob charles

dungfly wrote: »

I am planning to build a very simple, cheap and practical barn to store big square bales of straw in a green field site.
-Size 3 bay
-Supported by railway tracks
-No side walls to reduce costs
-Roof - curved/ A shaped/ Slanted?
-Bales stacked for effecient use of space and access via loader
-Access via roadway
-Aspect?

Opinions/advice/debate welcome.

buy a cover and put on top of an outdoor reek, alternatively use the top bale for bedding, stack as high as possible

nilhg

The guys stacking outdoors for the mushroom trade swear by long narrow stacks, sideways on to the prevailing wind, they reckon that a lot of the rain gets blown over the top by the blast of air that has to rise when it hits the side of the reek.

OP, really you just need unrestricted access from one side and as high as possible. If you're going to handle much big squares than a good fork that can manage them in bundles of 2/3 is really an essential.

bob charles

nilhg wrote: »

The guys stacking outdoors for the mushroom trade swear by long narrow stacks, sideways on to the prevailing wind, they reckon that a lot of the rain gets blown over the top by the blast of air that has to rise when it hits the side of the reek.

Never taught of that but it makes sense, thanks

yellow50HX

what are the bale sot be used for? if only for the mushrooms or bedding then they can be stacked tighly in the field. The top and bottom bales or those with a bit of rain damage can be chucked on the dung pile if not good. If your usign them for feeding then they'll need tob e dry.

The sheet of plastic of tarp in fine once you can keep it in place but they're not much fun on a windy day. We store our (round bales) in doors on top of pallets to keep them dry. Neighbour started buying big square ones about 2/3 years ago. Stores them outside on a hardcore yard on pallets witha sheet of plastic over them. Site is sheltered from the wind so its not a big issue to take them out. He has a small shed that he'll throw in about 10 at a time that way he is only opening the sheet once or twice a week

bob charles

they only need a top sheet if you want to keep the top bale perfect, all our straw is kept outside and used for feeding, take the top bale for bedding and either have drainage stone or a pallet under the bottom bales