Need help with a feeder Build!!

[knighttime]

Well a buddy of mine works at a hardware sales distributor and they were redoing the shop and we're just going to trash these old bolt bins, then I stepped in and took two off their hands. I have a couple questions though for you guys. I plan to make it a duel purpose corn slinger and protein feeder so I welded up some 1/4" plate that I'll bolt the separate attachments too. But I'm curious do y'all think a deer will stick his head between the uprights, roughly 28-30" apart? And also how much of a drop would y'all make the feeder tube? I know it needs to be about 28-30" off the ground but how much distance do y'all put between the base of the feeder and the base of the protein tube.

Edit: I'll be either welding or bolting 2 and 3/8ths tubing inside the channel to raise the overall height of the feeder. I'm curious if you guys think a deer will stick his head between those members or I need to find a way to run the legs out at an angle. Also by know how long I need to leave the downspout I'll know how much pipe I need to add to each side.

[Christianhuff]

Lucky rascal, those are awesome. Doesn't leave much room for protein tube, would make as short as possible. The best way to do it, would be to modify and lower the bottom braces.

[slayer]

They will need to much taller. The protein tube needs to be at lease 40" off of the ground, if not, the coons can stand on their back legs and scoop it out. I think your going to need to replace the current legs and cut those center supports out.

[knighttime]

Lucky rascal, those are awesome. Doesn't leave much room for protein tube, would make as short as possible. The best way to do it, would be to modify and lower the bottom braces.

They will need to much taller. The protein tube needs to be at lease 40" off of the ground, if not, the coons can stand on their back legs and scoop it out. I think your going to need to replace the current legs and cut those center supports out.

I should have clarified I've got some 2 and 3/8ths tubing I'm going to either weld or bolt inside that channel to raise the feeder. But I haven't decided if I need to completely rethink the leg design so that they angle out or if I can just use them straight down. Also I'm trying to figure out how much length I need to put in the downspout so I can figure up the length of the pipe needed.

[knighttime]

I'll probably cut out the center cross braces as well.

[slayer]

Decide the total height of the feeder, figure where your bottom is ,measure down while keeping a minimum 40" off the ground.

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[knighttime]

Decide the total height of the feeder, figure where your bottom is ,measure down while keeping a minimum 40" off the ground.

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Good idea. The only x-factor left is length from top to bottom on the gravity tube. I'm thinking at least a 2 foot tube to keep a buck comfortable in sticking his head in there.

[slayer]

Sounds about right, I think the ones we have are 24-30"

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[offthemap]

If you're worried about the deer sticking their head between the uprights, just run the protein tubes perpendicular to the feeder outward past the legs. Then voila!

If you're gonna run 4 tubes, I'd run one of them 10" lower so the fawns can reach.

For the legs, you've gotta think about how far apart they will be at the ground. There's gonna be a bunch of weight in this sucker so it may be unstable unless you kick the legs out at an angle.

I'd weld up some panels to the outside of the legs on all four sides and run them down far enough below that plate so when you put a spinner on there you can tie in a 5th piece of panel/wire mesh on the bottom to keep the coons out.

Also might think about cutting a sight window in one side so you can gauge the feed. I imagine you won't be able to knock the side and tell since they're so thick.

I'll come kill the big bucks for you as repayment for my design ideas, bruh.