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Re: changing cribs to bins
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Posted by johndeerejon on December 01, 2005 at 07:57:52 from (216.124.141.231):
In Reply to: changing cribs to bins posted by dave from MN on November 30, 2005 at 16:52:33:
This is going to sound crazy, but it worked. Several years ago we had the same problem. We wrapped the crib with 1/4 inch cable at various heights and snugged them down for added support strength. We lined the inside of the crib with hog pannels and wired them down. Then we wired chicken wire to the hog pannels. Then we zip-tied those cheap blue tarps from the local farm store to the hog pannels and chicken wire. We filled the crib slowly and it actually worked! It tore up a couple of the tarps pretty good, but it beat putting up the rings in the machine shed that year. The blue tarps also breath pretty good and we have practically no spoilage.
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