Schoolbus Holding Pen

Schoolbus Holding Pen LIVESTOCK Buildings 18-6-9 "Your readers may be interested in how we use an old schoolbus as a holding pen for hogs that are sorted out and waiting for the trucker to arrive," says Dave Snobelen, Kent Bridge, Ontario. "We only use it for hogs leaving the farm so disease risk is reduced. The trucker never comes into the barn. "A loading chute comes out the end of the barn. A load-out platform is positioned at the end of the bus. We drive hogs out of the barn into the bus by closing a sorting gate in the chute that directs them into the bus. To load a truck, we drive them out of the bus back into the chute and out the loading platform onto the truck. "There's a feeder and waterer inside the bus as well as a fan for use in summer. "This is the second farm life for this bus. Previously we used it as a livestock trailer. The only modification we made to it was installing a plywood floor." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Snobelen, Rt. 3, Kent Bridge, Ontario NOP 1 VO Canada (ph 519 674-0504).

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