Posted By: Woodrow1
Hanging feeder ideas on how to hang? - 09/28/15 11:33 PM
Ok I'm building a hanging feeder with a winch/pulley system.
We have cows, lots of pigs and tons of coons. I don't mind the hogs... Pork tastes great. Cows are tearing up my tripods. I've fenced them in useing trees and tposts, staking down the corners...one cow performs acrobats and lands right on top of the fence and gets in every time.
Building the feeder out of a 30 gallon drum with a locking lid.
I got a solar timer so I don't have to change the battery to often.
I'll be attaching some angle iron to the bottom of the 30 gallon barrel for legs and To protect the timer when I bring it down.
Also adding rabbit cage to bottom around the circumference of the barrel to keep the coons out. They are bad in southeast Texas.
I'm thinking I'm gonna hang the feeder about 10' off the ground from the bottom of the feeder so no cows can mess with it. Using the boat winch on another tree with a pulley above it and a pulley above the feeder on another tree.
But what do you guys use to attach the wire rope to the barrel?
Threaded rod with 4nuts, 4 washers, 4 rubber washers going through the center at the top? Or bolt on some brackets to the outside? 2nd option seems like it would cause the barrel to bow?
We have cows, lots of pigs and tons of coons. I don't mind the hogs... Pork tastes great. Cows are tearing up my tripods. I've fenced them in useing trees and tposts, staking down the corners...one cow performs acrobats and lands right on top of the fence and gets in every time.
Building the feeder out of a 30 gallon drum with a locking lid.
I got a solar timer so I don't have to change the battery to often.
I'll be attaching some angle iron to the bottom of the 30 gallon barrel for legs and To protect the timer when I bring it down.
Also adding rabbit cage to bottom around the circumference of the barrel to keep the coons out. They are bad in southeast Texas.
I'm thinking I'm gonna hang the feeder about 10' off the ground from the bottom of the feeder so no cows can mess with it. Using the boat winch on another tree with a pulley above it and a pulley above the feeder on another tree.
But what do you guys use to attach the wire rope to the barrel?
Threaded rod with 4nuts, 4 washers, 4 rubber washers going through the center at the top? Or bolt on some brackets to the outside? 2nd option seems like it would cause the barrel to bow?