Perhaps I was a bit optimistic about the time line of my project? Thursday night at work i hurt my back so things haven't been proceeding quite as planned... The good news is that I'm not building it alone, so we are still making progress! So today i played the foreman and gopher, and he did all the heavy lifting and bending, and yet somehow i'm still incredibly sore! We did make some good progress today, we framed the end wall, put the 2x4 headers in and finished putting in the hoops and securing everything into place. We also cut the inside corner braces and had those painted up today ready to install tomorrow.
The 2x4 top rails are there for 2 reasons, first to add strength and stability to the hoops as winds and storms are a concern, but also as a place to hang the feeder and waterer. This will keep them off the ground which should keep them cleaner but also make for less work when moving the tractor as we wont have to dink around with tripod stands or the like. All in all it was a good day, its really shaping up now, and I'm still hopeful to get them in there by Monday now lol.
The 2x4 top rails are there for 2 reasons, first to add strength and stability to the hoops as winds and storms are a concern, but also as a place to hang the feeder and waterer. This will keep them off the ground which should keep them cleaner but also make for less work when moving the tractor as we wont have to dink around with tripod stands or the like. All in all it was a good day, its really shaping up now, and I'm still hopeful to get them in there by Monday now lol.
Next thing to be done is to add the inside corner braces and a wider set of braces for pulling, and hopefully the door. Also need to add the nailing strips on both sides then just finish it off with fencing and a tarp... Oh and a coat of paint somewhere in there too lol.
My dad cannot decide on a name for it. He likes turkopolis, but that just got his pun factory spining... Turkistan was suggested as well as turg-mahall, there were even worse ones, but i cant remember the reasoning for them... Graceland, Turkopia, gobbleville.... list goes on, we worked on it all day haha.
My dad cannot decide on a name for it. He likes turkopolis, but that just got his pun factory spining... Turkistan was suggested as well as turg-mahall, there were even worse ones, but i cant remember the reasoning for them... Graceland, Turkopia, gobbleville.... list goes on, we worked on it all day haha.