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Hog knocks down feeder, caught on camera #6371344 07/16/16 07:36 PM
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Aaaannd this is why you have to stake down or otherwise secure the legs on your feeders...

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Re: Hog knocks down feeder, caught on camera [Re: SCP] #6371391 07/16/16 08:41 PM
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Yup. Had that happen. 2 large hogs were fighting and chasing each other when they bent the leg out some. The larger of the 2 realized what happed and pushed that leg completely out from under the feeder until it was on the ground.

after rebuilding the feeder and staking the legs I had 2 bulls fighting and bent one leg in bang I had to remove leg and straighten it as best I could grin

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We had one bad boar who learned to be a feeder wrecker as well. But, T-posts driven at an angle and wired to the feeder legs, and set bolts locking the legs to the brackets stopped all that nonsense.

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I had the exact same thing. Now all my feeders have t-post and hasn't happened since.


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I have my legs on plow disks, tied down with rebar thigh the hole in the plow. They would need to dig a bit to get under the disks.

Re: Hog knocks down feeder, caught on camera [Re: SCP] #6412732 08/17/16 07:32 PM
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yeh ever since hogs came to east texas when we put up a feeder t post in ground and anchored legs to them, big hogs learn to be feeder busters


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I am not trying to start a whistling contest and have practically stopped making feeders. I know that for many cost is always an issue however the first two winch feeders I built were built out of 2.0" X 12' square tubing legs with a 3.0" head. That was more than ten years ago. They have been around cattle and lots of HAWGS the whole time. Neither one has ever been turned over or a leg bent. I am not going use the term never but had a customer tell me of one getting turned over. There are several brands out there and most offer pads that can be "Nailed" down. If you look into a winch feeder make sure it has a BRAKE winch and 14 ga. tubing.
One of the nice things about them is they will practically last forever with just a little paint on the barrel, and generally the barrels are easy to change out if needed.

Good luck and hunting


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