Has anyone used a Tractor Trailer Trailer to store Hay in?

[2468Chickensrgr8]

We dont have a barn to store Hay in ....We have plans on buying a used tractor trailer trailer ....Has anyone used one for this purpose?Whats the good and the bad ? and do you have any suggestions ?

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

We don't but I know 4 people who use them for feed/hay storage. They work great for this IMO

 

[ametauss]

We have two tractor trailer trailer's that we use not for hay but for other stuff... My DH actually made one into a workshop...

We were lucky that both trailers were already on our property and we also had a barn loft (which is where we store the hay)....

As I see it any dry place is a good place to store hay.... even the garage if you wanted to...

 

[froggie71]

That is how our feed store stores their hay, straw, and even pine bedding.

 

[key west chick]

Our feed store sells hay out of their trailers.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Thanks everyone for the reply's ...
Okay another question ...I have to paint this trailer ....they dont want the logo showing ...so what should I paint?....or what colour ...

Come on use your imaginations ....

Better yet....who's going to help? ha ha ha !!

 

[michickenwrangler]

Where I board they store their hay and feed in it and lawn mower, motorcycle and some other things under it (it is jacked up). They have a wooden staircase going up to it. Their pitbull got himself stuck in their one day and howled for about 20 min. before I went to go see what his problem was. When he leapt into it to chase the barn cats, he knocked the stairs over and didn't know how to get down.

Paint with your own farm name and/or logo. Paint a giant chicken of whatever kind you have.

 

[patandchickens]

It can work, but be very, very careful about ventilation and air circulation. It's not (well, very seldom) an issue for feedstores and large barns that get frequent new deliveries, but if you are going to put months' worth of hay or feed in there, you can run into problems in the later parts of winter and early spring.

What happens is, the hay etc in the trailer (or shipping container) gets very very cold over the middle of the winter, as does the container itself, and then you get a February thaw type day or some balmy March breezes and the warm(er) humid air hits the cold air mass inside the trailer/container and BAM it's a condensation farm.

This is especially a problem in trailers/containers IME because they are usually hard to ventilate well, and lack much of anything that could absorb the moisture (as dirt, gravel, cement and wood can in a normal barn). So once the condensation is there, it is THERE, and can quickly mold up all the rest of your hay, and yes mold does grow in the cold.

I'm not saying don't do it -- it's probably better overall than storing hay under a tarp, if there is no indoor option -- just saying to be very aware that this will happen, and try to arrange the stacking and useage of the hay to maximize airflow, especially against the walls. And to keep an especially close eye out for problems, come March or so.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Thanks Pat I'll tell hubby...were still waiting on one ...