“I had been using a round-bale ring to feed my cattle, but I found that it’s a messy way to feed hay and requires a lot of work to move around. The feeder is open at both ends where bales are loaded in. It features 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 openings to make horse eat slower with. See alternate images When using with the smaller bale sizes, the extra length netting can be easily tucked and secured up under the bale. Fits round bales from 4 x 4 - 4 x 5 sizes. He then used rough-cut pine boards from his sawmill to build the 10-foot-tall feeder, adding a gabled top enclosure that’s covered by reclaimed metal roofing. Want to save money on hay this year and not have so much go to waste Check out these DIY round hay bale feeders I found on Pinterest. This round bale net features durable poly hay cord for longer wear. He welded the front axle and wheels off an old Ford F-700 dump truck onto one end and an old pintle hitch ring to the other. He started with an old 4-by-10-foot steel mason’s mortar mixing pan. Also, cattle eat from narrow access slots that prevent them from grabbing too much hay with each mouthful and wasting it on the ground,” says McCombs. “It’s easy to move, cost almost nothing to build, and is covered, so the hay never gets wet. He uses a small tractor to pull the trailer to different locations in his pasture. Out of the farm’s boneyard, McCombs and his friend Scott Johnson collected all the materials necessary to cobble together a 10-foot-tall, two-bale feeder trailer. A covered 2-bale feeder reduces waste and is easy to move.Īfter a wet winter left a muddy mess around his round-bale ring feeder, Rusty McCombs of Hueytown, Alabama, decided to come up with a better way to provide hay for his small herd of Belted Galloway cattle. The written explanation is available on my web site at the URL below.
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