Hay storage?

[*Sez*]

I need a few ideas for my hay, short of bringing it home and trying to store it here

I already have a rug box (I considered this for my hay, but it'll mean I have rugs and equipment everywhere) and three feed bins, so I need something that's not going to take up too much space AND that I can put a padlock on. I'm going to need to fit at least one bale of hay in it, preferably two.

Any ideas or does such a thing simply not exist?

 

[horse__obsessed]

what about something like this?
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n...ocation=//catalog01/en_GB&fh_secondid=9371801

or theres a smaller version thats cheaper but youd only get 1 bale in

 

[Stormin]

That box is nice but EXPENSIVE !!

If you're daring and a little into DIY, why not make yourself a box ?
All you need is a few sheets of wood-based material (beware, some aren't suited for humid areas), a few screws (easier to place than chasing nails and generally holds better). You can use metal brackets to hold the sides and can have a locking system to place a padlock.

At least it's made to measure too

 

[Trewsers]

Last winter I used some tough plastic storage boxes OH brought from B and Q - they were about £40 each and they double up as seats (I also keep rugs in the other one). To make more hay fit in, I had to cut the baler twine but I did quite well in the end and managed to keep a couple of bales and some hayledge in a small bale in it also. They are green and cream plastic - you'd have to have a look on the b and q website.

 

[Trewsers]

Now then! That link posted is the kind of thing I'm on about - only obviously mine are smaller (hence the big price difference!). If you squish your hay and like I say, but the twine you could fit quite a bit in. Only other alternative is the hay bags I've seen - they were in Your Horse mag a while back - think they were about £11 each? You could buy a couple of those and then store the hay at home (I was thinking about the bits dropping everywhere, at least in a bag they can't shed all over the place!).

 

[wildponies]

Does it have to have a padlock on it?

If it were me i'd stick my bales on a pallet and over with tarpaulin and bricks to weight it down.

Other than that, I have quite a few of those B&Q storage boxes which are loackable, but you'd only get one bale of hay in there and at £40 a time they aren't cheap

 

[Joyscarer]

I personally wouldn't bother with the B&Q box. I have one for my rugs and at £40 for one bale I'd rather just get a bale bag or 2 and stick it on a pallet.

I'd worry about managing a tarpaulin in the wind on my own and it all blowing away so would prefer the idea of bale bags

 

[*Sez*]

Does it have to have a padlock on it?

Unfortunately, yes. Right now it's all stacked neatly with my stuff, but I am now missing almost a whole bale
I've decided that I'm going to bring home the stuff in the rug box that I won't need over winter, and my hay can be locked in there for now... that's assuming it fits!