GBBF PLANS with GRATE & Hardware KIT:
For the "do-it-yourselfer", plans are available to build your own wood box. Included with the plan is a "grate kit" to install to your home-built wood box to ensure the success of this feeding system.
In addition to the welded, molded, powder coat painted steel grate, your kit includes all hardware (custom threaded and bored guide rods, heavy duty washers/bolts, safety chains & click pins) and illustrated plans for the box feeder. You need to supply your own lumber, nails, simple hand tools, and - above all - the time and willingness to build your own box (or a handy friend who will do it for you)!
KIT: Hardware and Single bale size grate= $117
A note about the KIT: When Dane first developed this hay feeding system and people started asking him to build GBBFs for them, we found it impossible to ship "complete" feeders made of wood (as ours were) without incurring ridiculous shipping charges. So, for several years, Dane provided these kits along with the instructions for persons to build their own wood boxes. Most kit purchasers had no problem cutting lumber to size, following instructions, and assembling the box.
The instructions for building a box into which to install the kit are relatively simple. For most anyone who has ever used a hammer, the difficulty of building the box would probably be around "2" on a scale of 1 to 10.
Hardware and Corporate Bale size grate = $XXX ("Corporate Bale" size kits are for the very large bales primarily found in the western states.
NOTE as of November 2008, we only have ONE Corporate kits left and will save it as a prototype for the next owner of this business.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE:
We now have hay feeders with ALL STAINLESS STEEL floors, sides, grates, roofs: to ensure extra longevity, durability, no repainting needed.
Feeders are shipped assembled and include grate, all hardware, hay usage manual. All except the "Corporate Box" accommodate bales measuring up to 40x18x15. If your bales are longer or if you want to ration your hay, simply put partial bales into the box. These feeders sit flat on the ground with 12" to the specially molded top rail (to avoid matting/rubbing neck wool).
GRATES in both kits and complete boxes are slightly convex, allowing for lower walls so that even young animals and short-legged animals (Shetland, Jacob sheep) can comfortably feed from this system
As noted on our home page, Dane is no longer making the stainless steel complete feeders. Since he contracts out the manufacturing and powder coat painting of the grates, he decided to continue stocking them in the interests of the environment and the economy.
