EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

First off I'm sure u guys have done this or something similar. I wanted to get my barrels up off the ground with winter coming on soon and the rainy season setting in.  My buddy made the suggestion to build cradles.  So.......... A couple treated 2x4's later and this is the result.  I'm no carpenter but I can read a tape use a hammer and skil saw.  Lol This is a simple cheap idea. Works great. I attached the barrels to the cradle using ring shank nails punched through small round sheet metal roofing tabs to keep the nails from pulling through the plastic.  The barrels ended up being approximately 1 foot off the ground so even my young pups can hop up into them.

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I like that. We have square shaped bases on all of ours....

Thats purty neat I can get barrels b throwaway 2x4s at wrk.  I may try this

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O normally just nail a 2ft 4x4 (two) on the bottom which keeps it from rollin n keep s it off the ground but I like this better 

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This is a great idea.  Id also like to see recommendations on covering the barrel opening so that hay or stray can not slide out.  The face of my barrels are completely cut out like the pic above and the hay always slides out.

What I like about your set up above is they can be easily moved.

If you have the open barrels like that just take a short 2 x 6 and cut it to the radius of the barrel and screw thru the barrel into it. For the price of a jigsaw you can do them for a long time.

I just bolted 2x6 to the front no sawing. Just bolted to the 2x6 that stops it from rolling. Think I ran some longer screw into the the rim of the barrel too. Then I got some barrels that were closed and when I cut them open I left a section of the top to keep it in. You could put anything on there and just use screw long enough to go through and into the rim.

This is how I build mine



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   i'll get some pictures of mine when the weather clears  . just one 8' 1x6 cut in two foot pieces and 4 10'' 1x3's with the top end cut on a 45 degree angle . simple but effective  .