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SC MN | I'm looking for someone to pour some feed bunk for me useing a slip form. Is there anyone who you would recommend working with. I live in Southern Minnesota |
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| we looked forever and couldn't find anyone that was "in the bussiness" of doing so.
long story short, a local concrete guy in our home town was telling us all while playing poker one night how "neat his curb machine was" and how cool some of the stuff he could do with it was...
wts, we ended up investigating a little bit, and even though he didnt realize it, his, as well as pretty much every other "curb machine" is set up to pour perfect feed bunks, even with custom configurations or "curves"
instead of someone that advertises slip forming feed bunks, might have better luck trying to find someone close with a curb machine and see if you can work something out on a couple days that they dont have the machine busy
even if they dont know they can pour feed bunks, chances point to them having the ability to do so...
good luck |
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swMN | I'll ask the neighbor who he got to do his. Get back to you tomorrow night. |
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| Is it cheaper to pour them vs precast? I am have been wondering about pouring them on a project I have coming up. thx |
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| was for us, got a lot better quality too |
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Eastern Half of Kansas | What type of bunk did you pour and what were the measurements? |
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western iowa,by Denison | I know some people do not like this bunk design,we can pour a 160ft bunk in about 20 minutes-takes about 4 hours with 2 guys to finish putting on the boards-have some that are over30 years old with original lumber!
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Downtown Shell Knob MO Come Visit! | Why don't they like your bunk design? |
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Eastern NE | I can slip form bunks for you but if it is a small run the travel expenses could make it cost prohibitive. Let me know lf and location and I can send you an estimate.
I may be doing some other slip form bunks in Minnesota this year so if you had a flexible schedule that would cut down on the travel expenses. |
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WC Iowa | I helped a friend pour 900 ft of bunk in two days. He used Duane Weirich from Weirich Welding in Lewis Iowa. Don't know if he travels that far, but worth giving him a call. He was a nice guy to work with. I think that he has a website, but his shop number is 712-769-2415 |
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western iowa,by Denison | why I do not like slip form-I think the bunks sit to low-as you pour on the ground-my brother poured 80 ft of drive along bunk on top of a curb and looks great-I will see if I can get a picture-just involves using forms and rerod-The nice thing about setting those 10ft boughten bunks is you can change if you have to-on my curb-wood bunks-have taken some out as the curb is poured on top of the floor-so really isn't that big of deal to move them-of course you cant reuse them like a concrete bunk |
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Sac & Story county IA | The guy that drives my combine runs the research and development shop at a paving machine manufacturer. They make slip form curb and gutter and bridge rail machine. It is just a matter of changing forms in the machine. Or making forms to suit. Poke around their website and see what they do; http://www.gomaco.com/index.html
Just if the vibrators touch rebar ----- pile of nothing in a fraction of a second. |
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Eastern Half of Kansas | So are you located in Columbus NE? |
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Eastern NE | Yes. |
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Eastern NE | Here is a picture showing the last bunk I poured.
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Alma NE | garvo - 4/18/2013 05:26 why I do not like slip form-I think the bunks sit to low-as you pour on the ground-my brother poured 80 ft of drive along bunk on top of a curb and looks great-I will see if I can get a picture-just involves using forms and rerod-The nice thing about setting those 10ft boughten bunks is you can change if you have to-on my curb-wood bunks-have taken some out as the curb is poured on top of the floor-so really isn't that big of deal to move them-of course you cant reuse them like a concrete bunk
Ok i have to ask , Why are the bunks too low ? . Don't cattle graze grass that grows at ground level ?
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | Is there any rebar or wire in those? |
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Eastern NE | No rebar. Been doing it the same way for over 25 years which equates to more then 100 miles of bunk installed. |
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | . |
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Eastern Nebraska | What is the cost per foot for slip form bunks? Not counting concrete. How many yards to do say 100 ft?
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western iowa,by Denison | seems like the cattle are uncomfortable and the poured bunk is not as deep-about $10 a foot to pour curb and attach wood-then $3 a foot for the guard rail as I hate cable-then we use the curb that sits out 6-8 inchs as a manurestop-similiar to a water curb-the curb or bunk floor is 8 inchs thick
Now with the curb built into the bunk you can haul manure or clean up with out hitting the bunk- if you have a accident the wood is very easy to replace and does not take long to pour-once you have done 100 ft every time you pour it gets easier to build them-do not have to call a contractor-but nice to have a couple extra hands to trowel and level-and of course drink beer! |
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western iowa,by Denison | We also throw 3 rebar in as we pour-I think last year with the concrete base and lumber+ guard rail it cost right at $15 ft-that would cover the bolts and Iron also-a guy could do it cheaper with cable-and maybe 1x12's on the outside bunk line |
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| we have forms for pouring bunks in place i,m in southern mn. |
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Central MN | The Farmer are the forms for rent or what do you charge to do the bunks on the farm |
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western iowa,by Denison | I made a slip form floor pour box with a hyd vibrator-if your real interested Adam could build you a slip form bunk -you will probably use a lot more concrete though-how many feet do you need poured??? |
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western iowa,by Denison | pretty easy to just build the forms also- |
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Central MN | Garvo thanks right now just trying to plan what to do sick of feeding cows in tires thinking of pouring concrete more than likely will make bunks like you are doing in you lots Thanks. |
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