ok, guess it's time for hog panels out there ... and here I was just tickled peachy that the PVC was keeping the coons off ... but as you can see with the legs spread out that far, it just became a jungle gym for coons to swing and play on. thanks!

I fixed a problem similar to this by mounting the feeder leg slots at the upper half of the feeder.... it has lasted through 20 years of leases from Del Rio to Houston Co. even the cows cant tip it..

I like this design, extra strength to legs and may be to far from leg to timer for a coon to pull corn out.
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Sasquach

The ground looks like hogs got to it to me.

No base on the feeder legs, looks like you had some moisture, all three legs about equidistant. I bet you filled that can to the brim. Suspect this could be just plain old laws of physics.

Not being a jerk but...I think this feeder was so pathetic it committed suicide.

^^^^^^^ This! Nothing leaned on those legs. Your legs aren't staked into the ground. All of that moisture on the ground enabled the weight of the barrel + feed to push down and bend the joints causing the legs to slide out. That is also what made the barrel cave in on its sides where the joints are. No pigs, no cows. Straight up physics IMO. Add stakes to the legs and they won't budge.

Where do you hunt? South Texas?

right ... I'll take the high road ... the feeder did not collapse from the weight of the feeder & corn, period! I wouldn't be afraid to sit on top of the barrel with it full of corn prior to whatever caused the legs to spread and I'm a pretty big ole boy. As I stated several times earlier, the legs weren't staked because there were no hogs known anywhere near the ranch, only feral cattle that the pen has kept them away from the feeder for 5 years, the pen was lame I'll admit but it was what I had available when I found the cows on the place and they have shown no threat in that same amount of time. By looking at the ground in the picture, it appears we have hogs or at least some hogs passing thru. I'll get out there before long with a newly refurbished feeder, cattle panels and t-post/wire anchor the legs of the feeder and re-install my game cams. I'll take pictures of how the current set up looks before taking it all down/re-arranging, along with the new setup.

But the comparison of the old POC make shift feeders described was somewhat of an insult! I've maintained 7-15 feeders over the past ~30+ years, year around on multiple properties and never had one spread out like this one without it being turned over when not staked. I've got 3 currently at my own place outside of Bertam that is infested with hogs, none have pens or staked legs even, the hogs might shove them around a little bit when they are low on corn but never turned one over or did any damage to the legs.

this is how I normally stake the feeder legs down ... when no pen, cattle & hogs in the area...

Hogs man