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  1. aart

    Reinforce hoop run?

    32' would be one heck of a long ridge beam...but if you could support it off the coop roof and at the ends should work fine. Would be a bear to build and install.....thinking, how to? ...how long is coop?
  2. aart

    Reinforce hoop run?

    No, typical 16' long panel makes a hoop 8' wide and about 5'-8" high ....I'm 5-4. 7' wide will give you a 6' height. Here it is showing some snow load, it's not fully built(no HC or cross support) and these are cattle panels, (not as stiff as the hog panels used here) you can see it bowing a...
  3. aart

    Reinforce hoop run?

    You would think so...and sometimes it does work. But have seen it not work too, even with much sturdier support for tarps. First hand experience with a tarped 8' wide cattle panel hoop. May still have to use roof rake and/or bump from below.
  4. aart

    Reinforce hoop run?

    You'd need 4-way connectors, not T's, to add a 'ridge pole' per se. T's might work for poles to the ground, or just pieces of lumber to support the arches vertically. That pipe looks big...2-3"?.....more like 'flexible' irrigation pipe? Can't think of a quick solution, just keep knocking stuff...
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