[colliewoman]

Any ideas peeps?

Have seen a FAB hay feeder made form and old tyre cut around the circumference, some sturdy wire netting and a bit of concrete....
I have all the ingredients but no idea how to cut the tyre!

Angle grinder? Hacksaw?
Any ideas gratefully received.
Thankies

[bloomer]

do you have access to a reciprocating saw?


you need a relatively slow blade speed to get it to cut, dont forget the tyre has wires in as well a fairly coarse metal cutting blade or a demo-blade will do it.


you could do it with hacksaw but you will take a while!!!

[colliewoman]

I shall ask my mate if he has one, thank you

[deepinthewoods]

or a jig-saw would do it, with ia metal blade on it. drill a starter hole first then off you go. you can make rubber 'planks' this way.

[colliewoman]

or a jig-saw would do it, with ia metal blade on it. drill a starter hole first then off you go. you can make rubber 'planks' this way.

Now i DO have one of those   Fab! thank you

[Penninehillbilly]

Any ideas peeps?

Have seen a FAB hay feeder made form and old tyre cut around the circumference, some sturdy wire netting and a bit of concrete....
I have all the ingredients but no idea how to cut the tyre!

Angle grinder? Hacksaw?
Any ideas gratefully received.
Thankies

more knowledgeable people are advising about cutting the tyre, but can you describe, or even better put a photo up, of the hay feeder? Presume for outside? I put hay in a crate and of course it gets one foot put on it then 'its too dirty for us to eat'  .
 
(Ideas for saving hay inside woud be welcome too, my girls like to bed themselves down rather too well)

[colliewoman]

When built I shall post a photo sure! Basically take half a tyre split as described with the inside bit facing up. roll enough of your mesh to make a cylinder that will fit snugly inside the tyre and fix together with clips or cable ties. Pour some concrete in the hole in the middle to form a base/weight this may need a wooden bas to sto the concrete escaping, I will report back. Fashion a lid (a rubber dustbin lid will work for my size )
Fill with hay. The tyre makes a circular feeding trough with the hay rack in the center
With my bolshy sheep I like circular troughs cos if the get too push they just go round and round rather than hurt each other

[Penninehillbilly]

Ta.
So obvious when the brain is gently pointed in the right direction
Looks like another project for the list. 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I wonder whether it would also be possible to take a whole tyre and cut a hole in the sidewall and fill the inside with cement/concrete - then bucket could just sit in the tyre middle, like normal but the concrete will make it too heavy to move? that way no having to cut the tyre up a lot? dont know tho!

[hughesy]

If you just fill the inside of the tyre with mud it'll be too heavy to move, but with the bonus that you can scrape it out again if you do decide to move it.

[Penninehillbilly]

I'm liking the idea of using it as a feeding trough as well, if you cut the sidewall somewhere near the tread should be a nice deep trough? It would also catch the hay so the goats may deign to eat it fromthe trough - doubt it though
I have some old Ford escort wheel + tyres (snow tyres put on spare wheels for quick change in bad weather - never used and now perished  ). So wondering how I could use them. perhaps I couldn't get the 'hay rack' wide enough, I'll have to find where the goats left the wheels  .
There again, I couldn't cut them out for a trough could I.  If I can wire the mesh in at least it woud make a quick hay rack? off to try that today.

[deepinthewoods]

could you not also make a mexican hat style feeder, wheel with tyre still on, minus one sidewall??

[Penninehillbilly]

could you not also make a mexican hat style feeder, wheel with tyre still on, minus one sidewall??

would the tyre come loose fromthe wheel rim? then nothing to stop the feed getting flipped/pushed between the wheel and tyre?

[deepinthewoods]

i wouldnt know without trying, just an idea..

[CaroleBulmer]

We have loads of tyres so eagerly await pics - maybe I could go into business