Ball park cost of 4 bay slatted shed in 2015

yellow50HX

With possibility of a new grant scheme coming later in the year I have thinking of applying.

At present I have 4 bay with feed passage that was built in 07. I was looking at maybe putting a mirror image across from it on green field site. I would need to widen the feed passage a few feet but other then that it would be just the tank and shed with gates and barriers.

Rumours are that the investment might be capped at 40-50k per application so going by the costings used in 07 that might be enough to cover a signification amount of a 4 bay.

grazeaway

Neighbour built a 4 bay with 14-6 tank last year for about 40k

frazzledhome

grazeaway wrote: »

Neighbour built a 4 bay with 14-6 tank last year for about 40k

How many cattle would that hold?

limo_100

is there any information about this grant online yet could do with another 4bay double shed??

Muckit

~ 32-40 dry cattle depending their weight and toe space

frazzledhome

Muckit wrote: »

~ 32-40 dry cattle depending their weight and toe space

If more bays added does cost go down per bay
That price ranges from €1250 to €1000 per space and if beef farmers are to be believed its some cost to collect Sfp

Muckit

Ah but this is where 'the grant' comes in!

Miname

Il post up pics of one I done last year with a creep for 25k + vat.

limo_100

Miname wrote: »

Il post up pics of one I done last year with a creep for 25k + vat.

thats like someting i could dowith with lie back for cows calving is yours a 4bay one sided??

grazeaway

I was thinking of putting in a new shed opposite my slatted tank too but instead of a tank was thinking of putting in a floor for straw bedding and using it to house yearlings and rep laments and also for dry cows. 4 bays as well but double wide so can use the rear for storing straw. The number of extra stock I keep over winter can change so I mightn't need the whole shed every year that way I could the spare pens for storage or calves. Wouldn't make sense to built a new slatted shed and only use a couple of the pens.

restive

I just got a quote for a ninety foot tank, 16'6 slatts, 8 ft deep for €13,900. Not including digout. €2,800 base, wall €3,600, something for €3,000 & €4,500 labour.
Will be done over the summer. Leaving the shed for again to spread the cost.
The contractor suggested 4 x 20ft bays for the shed. Any advantage disadvantage to this over smaller bays? Keeping 45 - 50 cattle over winter. Should I add another bay?

visatorro

doesn't seem too bad. would two days dig it? 20 hours digger and tractor and trailor 70e an hour ish?
I think six 15 ft bays is grand as you have plenty of feed space for 45 catte and you can separate groups

Zr105

restive wrote: »

I just got a quote for a ninety foot tank, 16'6 slatts, 8 ft deep for €13,900. Not including digout. €2,800 base, wall €3,600, something for €3,000 & €4,500 labour.
Will be done over the summer. Leaving the shed for again to spread the cost.
The contractor suggested 4 x 20ft bays for the shed. Any advantage disadvantage to this over smaller bays? Keeping 45 - 50 cattle over winter. Should I add another bay?

Shed here is 4bays, 20ft tank, it's grand find it easier to mix than a 4bay tank that's are only 10ft wide, as you can blow down one side and it comes back around the other in the big tank but in the narrow tank the flow is running into itself trying to come back.

If feeding meal you definitely need to be able to feed both sides of the shed tho.

Think best design I've seen is a double tank with a central dividing wall and the cattle fed to both sides. The smaller pens mean that each animal in the pen have a head space at the barrier rather than all trying to get to one side for silage.

Muckit

restive wrote: »

I just got a quote for a ninety foot tank, 16'6 slatts, 8 ft deep for €13,900. Not including digout. €2,800 base, wall €3,600, something for €3,000 & €4,500 labour.
Will be done over the summer. Leaving the shed for again to spread the cost.
The contractor suggested 4 x 20ft bays for the shed. Any advantage disadvantage to this over smaller bays? Keeping 45 - 50 cattle over winter. Should I add another bay?

Where is the savings in the shed?
How do you plan to keep them on slats? You have to put in feed barriers, penning, walls, girders and water troughs anyway.

How much extra will it cost for trusses, roofing timbers, galvanise and lighting?

mf240

restive wrote: »

I just got a quote for a ninety foot tank, 16'6 slatts, 8 ft deep for €13,900. Not including digout. €2,800 base, wall €3,600, something for €3,000 & €4,500 labour.
Will be done over the summer. Leaving the shed for again to spread the cost.
The contractor suggested 4 x 20ft bays for the shed. Any advantage disadvantage to this over smaller bays? Keeping 45 - 50 cattle over winter. Should I add another bay?

If doing six standard spans tank would need to be 98 ft to allow for an agitation slat out each end.

20 ft bays would mean less uprights and trusses but you need to use steel purlins i think as you cant go 20 with timbers but im not sure on that.

Miname

Stick with 16ft bays otherwise feed barriers need to be ridiculously heavy at 20 ft lenght and arent as readily available. having the extra uprights makes it a lot easier too if you want to split them down for more individual groups.

Zr105

Just realised I mis read earlier post! Thought you meant to go 20ft tank rather than 16ft and shorter, but realise now you meant 20ft bay rather than 15'9"!

Muckit

Miname wrote: »

Stick with 16ft bays otherwise feed barriers need to be ridiculously heavy at 20 ft lenght and arent as readily available. having the extra uprights makes it a lot easier too if you want to split them down for more individual groups.

ld agree. At 20' bays you'd probably have to have a dividing girder and have standard length barrier and a ~4' one, which mightnt be such a bad idea for taking out an animal.

restive

Muckit wrote: »

Where is the savings in the shed?
How do you plan to keep them on slats? You have to put in feed barriers, penning, walls, girders and water troughs anyway.

How much extra will it cost for trusses, roofing timbers, galvanise and lighting?

I don't plan to keep them on slats. Just to use the slates as a feeding base for a year or two or three. Overall I am not planning on saving money by dividing the job. Just not having to pay one large lump sum all at once. Cost for slats & shed seem to be 40k plus.