I have been trying to think of a cheap, easy to install, indicator for determining how empty my feeder is. I had added a cone to ensure all of the corn made it to the spinner plate. Before I did that I could easily thump the bottom of the barrel and determine how close it was to empty. The cone kinda' makes that difficult.
Every now and then I come up with a pure genius idea and time will tell if it works.
I took my dogs' large hard plastic chew ball that was originally a miniature Jolly ball with the handle on it. The dog chewed the handle off and little pieces of red plastic were coming off from his powerful chewing. It was time to throw it away. I ran a piece of wire through 2 small holes and tied the wire ends together. Then I grabbed my paracord, drill, lighter, and 1/4" grommets.
I tied one end of the paracord to the wire and burned that end so it would not fray. I don't know what it would be afraid of, but it won't be now.
I drilled a 3/8" hole at the top of the feeder and pushed a grommet in. Then I dropped the ball into the empty feeder, measured out the paracord with enough tail to tie off.
I ran it through the grommet and tied a knot on the outside of it.
I took the ball and flipped it out and filled my feeder. Then I placed the ball on top of the corn (and protein). That's my filling apparatus on the right side of the photo.
Then I pulled the loose end of the paracord out. I made the knot super big. It so happens (ok, maybe I deliberately) placed it on the side of the feeder that faces the camera. The extra large knot and bright line is very easy to see in the photos. When the knot gets close to the top, it is time to refill.
Every now and then I come up with a pure genius idea and time will tell if it works.
I took my dogs' large hard plastic chew ball that was originally a miniature Jolly ball with the handle on it. The dog chewed the handle off and little pieces of red plastic were coming off from his powerful chewing. It was time to throw it away. I ran a piece of wire through 2 small holes and tied the wire ends together. Then I grabbed my paracord, drill, lighter, and 1/4" grommets.
I tied one end of the paracord to the wire and burned that end so it would not fray. I don't know what it would be afraid of, but it won't be now.
I drilled a 3/8" hole at the top of the feeder and pushed a grommet in. Then I dropped the ball into the empty feeder, measured out the paracord with enough tail to tie off.
I ran it through the grommet and tied a knot on the outside of it.
I took the ball and flipped it out and filled my feeder. Then I placed the ball on top of the corn (and protein). That's my filling apparatus on the right side of the photo.
Then I pulled the loose end of the paracord out. I made the knot super big. It so happens (ok, maybe I deliberately) placed it on the side of the feeder that faces the camera. The extra large knot and bright line is very easy to see in the photos. When the knot gets close to the top, it is time to refill.
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