Well I convinced my mate that we should have grazing boxes (like karinus on here) for the horses this winter. I want to control Flipo's weight, reduce wastage, slow the horses down with their hay intake and stop the hay blowing away in the bad weather.
Now, we've still got a couple of things to do to finish these off, and I will add more photos when they are done and in situ, but we are dead chuffed that we have managed to source and create these without any blokes to help.
Firstly we went to the sawmill and bought all the wood for the sides. And then dashed to b&q for the bottom of the boxes and nails and screws.
My pack horse carrying the bottom
We did some preliminary measurements and checks...
At which point I decided to appoint myself head joiner -
I had to help my mate visualise my plan (instructions were all in my head at this point after spending a heap of time on YouTube and Pinterest looking at loads of different designs!
Bottom made -
We still have runners to add to the base to lift it off the mud, and we want to put handles on the end to move them, and drill holes in the floor to help with drainage (but the bottom is sitting on two rails rather than fixed so it can be pulled out to clean off the hay dust. We also haven't decided on how to keep the grate fixed in the box - either a lip to stop it popping out the top, or put rope loop runners at each end to tether the grate to the box. We will see how it goes! Just hope it stands up to draft horse use and our good old Scottish winters!
Now, we've still got a couple of things to do to finish these off, and I will add more photos when they are done and in situ, but we are dead chuffed that we have managed to source and create these without any blokes to help.
Firstly we went to the sawmill and bought all the wood for the sides. And then dashed to b&q for the bottom of the boxes and nails and screws.
My pack horse carrying the bottom
We did some preliminary measurements and checks...
At which point I decided to appoint myself head joiner -
I had to help my mate visualise my plan (instructions were all in my head at this point after spending a heap of time on YouTube and Pinterest looking at loads of different designs!
Bottom made -
We still have runners to add to the base to lift it off the mud, and we want to put handles on the end to move them, and drill holes in the floor to help with drainage (but the bottom is sitting on two rails rather than fixed so it can be pulled out to clean off the hay dust. We also haven't decided on how to keep the grate fixed in the box - either a lip to stop it popping out the top, or put rope loop runners at each end to tether the grate to the box. We will see how it goes! Just hope it stands up to draft horse use and our good old Scottish winters!
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