Well, live and learn I guess. Just identified a couple of design flaws in the barrel feeder. Neither affect the functionality of the feed - just ease of use for me.
#1 - need to be able to open the hay net on the bottom to remove old hay as needed. I put a bale that had a bunch of corn stalks in it in there last night. The hay field had been corn field the year before and there are a number of 'volunteer' corn plants in random bales. I spent 15 minutes pulling the left over corn stalks out through the small mesh. Not fun but doable. Corrective action: remove the metal ring at the bottom and run tie string through instead so it can be opened and easily dumped if there is any bad hay.
#2 - the lid doesn't stay open during filling which makes it a two hand operation to fill. Corrective action: look for a different type of hinge or a mechanism to hold to lid open while filling. Sounds like a trip to the hardware store!
Still happy with it overall. It's a great learning project!
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