Building Projects
Shavings & Sawdust Bunker
Pole Shed
August 2007 - begin shavings and sawdust bunker
One truckload, or 14 cubic yards of bulk shavings fills a little over one-half the bunker and lasts for 1 year.
After the first two winters using the bunker we added more railroad ties to the back, right side, and the front of the bunker to make it the same height all the way around. We also squared off the front and added a door. It holds just over 26 cubic yards.
On May 30, 2009 we took delivery of two truck loads (14 cu yd each) of shavings, which over-filled the bunker (we had to stomp it down to compress). The full bunker lasted two years, from the spring of 2009 through the spring of 2011.
Louie
. . . the best hunter.
January 15, 2011. The shavings bunker has been working out well and has held up pretty good for the first 4 years.
Three or four times a winter we pull the snow off the tarp with a snow roof rake.
Every two or three weeks we bring about 8 wheelbarrow loads of shavings into the barn. Generally we put 3 to 4 wheelbarrow loads into each stall.
Chance's stall.
