I am looking to make a feeder that I can hang from a tree but be able to hold 100 to 150 pounds of feed, I have on now that only hold 50 lbs and dont want to be going in every weekend filling it all the time. Any ideas on making something
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A 10 GALLON BARREL HOLDS ABOUT 125LBS, YOU CAN GET THESE AT BARREL PLACES. gET A ROPE DOUBLE PULLEY AT hARBOR FREIGHT FOR ABOUT $10 AND YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. SORRY FOR YELLING CAP LOCK WAS ON -
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You can also get a galvanized 10 gallon trash can from Tractor Supply. It has a handle for the top and a handle for the bottom like a pale, so it can be hung on a wall, fence, tree, ect. They have others as wellComment
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We use lube barrels. They hold right at 100 lbs. We just ask for them at the Quick Lube joints. Most of the time they will give them away.
Here is one that I made into a road feeder.
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I did like you said and ask a lube shop of an old barrel. They hooked me up with an old 16 gal one. I got a cheep spinner and solor charger mounted it on and painted it. I will post pics up as soon as i learn how.Originally posted by scotty View PostComment
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Just a little physics here. If your feeder is 150 pounds, and you have a simple pulley on a branch in a tree, the force pulling down on the branch is 278 pounds (or 229 pounds, can't remember if its sin or cos) if the winch is at a 45 degree angle. The point is don't underestimate the force on the branch and pulley. Don't go cheap on the pulley. Don't fasten it to the branch with a screw or bolt, use steel cable over the branch. And DONT WALK UNDER IT.Comment
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16 gallon barrel from oil change station (like scotty suggested) and hoist it up with one of these that can be found at a Harbor Freight, Academy, etc....
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I will have to go out there this weekend and check the feeder. I have a rope over the tree branch and a single pull on it and another rope to pull the feeder up. good thing i am a big boy because it felt all ove 278 pounds when i pulled it up.Originally posted by DavisHollow View PostComment
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Be careful useing a rope hoist. the squirrels cut the rope at times!
I started useing boat winchs with 1/4" cable with a pully hung with
cable over a leaning tree, mount the pully on the tree to raise and
lower it. Still don't walk under them! leaning tree keeps barrel away
from tree so the bandits can't reach them, squirrels can make the
jump sometimes.Comment
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yeah becareful with a rope hoist as suggested above ..
i second the oil barrel i got mine for free ..
make sure you put it on a strong branch..Comment
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How clean are those oil barrels? If not lcean what do you use to remove oil remnants?Comment
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Good question, how do you clean them out, just called the lube place after reading this thread and they had one and leaving it out back for me to pick up. Trhink I will make atv feeder/spreader or convert my 5 gallon. What solution will get the lube out. Do they generally have lids or do you cut a lid? Where can you get a lid?Comment
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A little lighter fluid and a match!
Then wash it out with dish soap.
We use the lid that comes with the barrel for a couple of years until it rusts through. Then we use a galvanized feed/water pan from Home Depot.
I'll try to get some pics from the lease this weekend.Comment
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I use 55 gal. barrels with eye bolts.Comment
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