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[RC] Barn plans - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Sharon Hahn sharon.hahn@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== IMO, the top thing to ask for in a barn is that it be connected to your pasture. My neighbors have to lead their horses in and out, but mine just line up at the door at feeding time. I can even have people without horse experience feed for me - just dump the food in the stalls and open the door so they can come in. Also, my water tank is located along the barn wall; I can easily fill it from the faucet in the barn, and in the winter I plug the tank heater into an outlet that is in the barn and run the cord through a hole in the wall. You might also think about hay storage - is there room to have an easy-access ground level hay area? (you do not want to have to drag each bale 50 feet after unloading from the wagon.) If not, can you easily position a hay elevator to get the bales to the loft? The ultimate luxury would be drive- through barn that had room for several hay wagons at once (those are hard to back up!) Also, if you are having stalls, make them as open as possible. I have small stalls, but they seem bigger because they are open on 2 or 3 sides (the bottom is solid wood 4 feet or so up, but the tops are open and the horses can hang their heads out or at least see through mesh wire (on sides where head-hanging isn't safe due to grumpy neighbors or stuff stored nearby). The horses like them much better than the traditional, more closed-in stalls. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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