Thanks for the compliments. I've been engineering this in my head for quite sometime. The project started off enjoyable, but quickly turned to work. I'm impatient, and was beginning to wonder if I would EVER finish. My arms look like a druggie with track marks for those days when it was just too hot to make myself put a long sleeve shirt on before firing up the welder.
I'm still working (in my mind) on the water system, and possible automatic feeders. I just haven't quite mastered how thats going to work quite yet. I have noticed that for the few days they've been in there that a little dust does accumulate in the water buckets each day. I'm just not certain a float-type system that keeps the buckets full without periodically emptying them will work. Still thinking...
Also...I am really jealous of your pens. Im not sure if we can hunt anymore.
I might let you come see them in person if I can get on one of those "good places" I'm always hearing about.
Bryant,
Very nice setup. Are the posts welded to plates, sitting on top of the concrete, or did you drill the concrete and set the posts in it?
Chris,
When my guys were forming the slab, I handed him 44 weld plates for the kennels and a drawing on where they went. After seeing the look on his face, no words were exchanged other than "let's just put those to the side and I'll drill them in after the pour". Once the slab was poured, we layed out the kennels, snapped chalk lines and went to work with a hammer drill. I put four wedge bolts through each 4" X 4" plate. Spent almost two evenings just drilling, then welded the drill stem to the plates.
I built a pigtail to run my mig welder off the 220volt generator of the bobcat welder. I turned up the shielding gas and welded all my panels, doors, hinges, etc with the mig for a cleaner look. Burned just over 20 pounds of mig wire.
