In case anyone was wondering, seed brand is ProHarvest, 4Grass hay mix. This would NOT work for pregnant mares, it’s 50% TF.
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Whoa! That came in fast!
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Finished the belting, secured the belting. Made my little feed area, and put up the boards for the “lumber bunkers” to store various scrap lumber and plywood we want to keep.
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I bet it feels great to see it all taking shape!
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How did you source the pallets?
Got them from where i work.
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Built and hung the door between the horse area and the hay area. Little slot is so it can be opened from either side.
Started sheathing the horse area, but it was so hot I gave up.
Went to mow the pasture again and got delayed by a million pounds of dirt packed into the deck from the last mow. Got a few swipes in but will have to finish up tomorrow
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Oh hay. 150 bales (stacked like crap, it’s 90 degrees and humid as hell), plus 4 bales of yummy alfalfa that I’m planning to use to try and temper separation anxiety.
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A barn full of hay leaves such a good feeling!
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I love that my barn smells like a barn and not conveyor belt rubber. 
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I no longer have horses but when I see a load of good hay being transported on the road I still think, wow, nice hay!
Now, to get your tack room smelling of good leather and horses in the barn smelling of horse and you’ll have all the wonderful barn scents.
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I learned to wipe out the deck after every time mowing.
Kept an old brush in the garage where I parked the mower just for that reason.
When I mowed pasture it was never optional to skip clearing the deck after. 
When that dirt dries it becomes cernent!
LOL at your “escape slit”
I’ve had to wriggle my hand through a stall grille to unlatch the sliding door when I was too lazy to just walk out of the stall* & around the barn to come in the service door.
*my stalls have Dutch doors in back, these are open 24/7/365.
So if I go into a latched stall from the back & want to get into the aisle… III
III
ETA:
I sleep better after I’ve got my year’s worth of hay stacked in the barn.
This year it’s running a bit late thanks to the crappy weather we’ve had.
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Alls well when you’ve got a barn full of hay, a freezer full of meat and a cabinet full of toilet tissue. 
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All but one piece of sheathing is up, and cut out the other two sections of wall. Broke my last Sawzall blade about a foot from being finished cleaning up the cut on top.
And, in case anyone was wondering why I spent 6 grand for those metal post sheaths that shore up rotted posts… YIKES.
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So…you didn’t replace the rotted posts, you shored them up w/metal surrounds? How many needed it?
All of them.
It’s a patented set up from a company called Savage Building Systems. There are some pictures waaayyy at the beginning of the thread of the metal pieces staged. They’re huge, and they have a tractor attachment that pushes them in to the footings. When they hit the footings, the whole building picks up. Neat!
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oh, i see! so they are not actually a surround, they are three sides. How thick are they? Do you know the gauge? Pretty slick. Worth 6k to have them and have them installed for you.
i had six big posts i needed shore up… Here’s my hillbilly fix: ![P_20161214_150034_1|351x500]
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Hey man, whatever works!
Not sure of the gauge,they’re probably around 1/8" thick. Thick enough that my Sawzall can’t easily cut them (I need to cut the sharp edge off the corner one)
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