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Hoop construction:
4 cattle panels laid side by side with a fifth panel perpendicular is just right. Basically turns a 16ft panel into a 19.5ft panel. I acutally need a total of 9 panels, but 5 is all I can lift at one time.
I put these panles in place noticed that they're actually springy enough to push out the 2x8's so a brace from one side to the other will be needed.
Where the fifth panel attaches to the other 4, I had overlapped them by about 1 foot.
This turned out to be a little overkill and stiffened up one side of the hoop way too much. Besides, now I get a little more height in the middle.
I cut the welds and only overlapped them by 6 inches. 6 inches aligns the panels in such a way that they can be easily welded.
I also decided to beef up the corners and where the two 16 footers are joined on the long side.
Next, attaching the chicken wire to the panels. Every little place that the wire got cut is a nice little razor waiting for an inopportune time to cut someone.
So, each peice get wrapped around the panel, pulled tight with pliers, then crmiped in place with, can't think of the actuall name, but it's on the right side of the next pic.
Now I'm ready to put this piece in place. Skip ahead a few steps and here's where I left it for the night.
I can already tell that the cross piece in the middle will have to stay permanenlty and I'll also add a door frame to it for stability of the panels. The corners also need gussets.
4 cattle panels laid side by side with a fifth panel perpendicular is just right. Basically turns a 16ft panel into a 19.5ft panel. I acutally need a total of 9 panels, but 5 is all I can lift at one time.
I put these panles in place noticed that they're actually springy enough to push out the 2x8's so a brace from one side to the other will be needed.
Where the fifth panel attaches to the other 4, I had overlapped them by about 1 foot.
This turned out to be a little overkill and stiffened up one side of the hoop way too much. Besides, now I get a little more height in the middle.
I cut the welds and only overlapped them by 6 inches. 6 inches aligns the panels in such a way that they can be easily welded.
I also decided to beef up the corners and where the two 16 footers are joined on the long side.
Next, attaching the chicken wire to the panels. Every little place that the wire got cut is a nice little razor waiting for an inopportune time to cut someone.
So, each peice get wrapped around the panel, pulled tight with pliers, then crmiped in place with, can't think of the actuall name, but it's on the right side of the next pic.
Now I'm ready to put this piece in place. Skip ahead a few steps and here's where I left it for the night.
I can already tell that the cross piece in the middle will have to stay permanenlty and I'll also add a door frame to it for stability of the panels. The corners also need gussets.