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Ideas for a (cheap) home made mobile ad-lib feeder

  • 17-12-2013 09:35PM
    #1
    Rho b
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    Any one have any suggestions or ideas?
    Our set up is ok for meal feeding at the moment but I would like to make it easier. Instead of re-filling feeders on a daily basis I would prefer to fill an ad-lib feeder every third day or so. We have a 50B with a 4 way bucket so filling would be easy. Also I find that the finishing meal of maize/barley has a tendency to blow all around the yard when using the 50B to fill the feeders. Also the bucket does not seal very well and I end up stuffing straw in the gaps to stop the meal spilling out. Nuts are not such a problem.
    We had the use of a 3 or 4 ton proper ad-lib feeder a few years ago and had the option of buying it but it was way too pricy for our purse.


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  • #2
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Something like this on wheels feed at both sides, wouldn't be too hard to make if you were handy with the welder.

    Beef%20Feeder.jpg


  • #3
    Rho b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Rho b


    Thanks Sam. OH is handy with a welder, tbh I stay clear of them as I don't like the sparks and bright light :(
    I was thinking of using a trailer silage feeder and adapting it with something like your pic on top but I don't know if it would work.
    I was hoping that someone on the forum had made their own and give me some pointers.


  • #4
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    just use a ring feeder and if you want to be fancy get a JFC plastic insert, used this cheap method for years


  • #5
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    bob charles wrote: »
    just use a ring feeder and if you want to be fancy get a JFC plastic insert, used this cheap method for years
    No good for ad lib bob.


  • #6
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    No good for ad lib bob.

    It was ad lib grain I was feeding in them out at grass. Done it during the years of cheap meal and high premiums:D


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  • #7
    Rho b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Rho b


    bob charles wrote: »
    It was ad lib grain I was feeding in them out at grass. Done it during the years of cheap meal and high premiums:D
    Do you just drop the ibc tank into the ring feeder and I presume cut holes in it to allow the meal to flow out??
    Doh... any pics of your set up. TBH it sounds good. We could fill the IBC's with the digger and transport them back to the round feeders or just fill them with the digger and any spillage is contained within the feeder, even better :)


  • #8
    bob charles
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    http://www.farmersjournal.ie/toplink/round-feed-trough/1447


  • #9
    Rho b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Rho b


    Thanks Bob but I was thinking of something more substantial/bigger than that.
    Having said that maybe an IBR would fit into a standard round feeder. I am in my east coast home at the min so cannot check sizes. Good idea though and could be a way out. Fill the IBR at the meal shed, transport it to the yard and drop the round feeder over it. Also if you were careful about cutting the top of the IBR you could replace it and tie it on to stop the worst of the rain from affecting the feed.
    Hmmm, OH was on a run early this morning and has another one to do at 4am so I will let sleeping man sleep :)


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