Barn Floor Slats
This design uses a series of openings approximately 1 3 4 inches by 8 inches spaced about 3 inches lengthwise and 5 to 6 inches apart mcfarland 1994.
Barn floor slats. Hanson slatted floor systems hanson beef confinement systems perform better when looking at almost every major statistic adg dmi f g carcass quality. Hanson s drycast concrete slat floor barns allow producers to reduce labor costs and decrease time spent bedding. Barkman concrete made from high quality precast concrete barkman hog slats offer exceptional value for your hog barns. Our plastic and cast iron slats have been on the market for 30 years and they are under constant development and optimization.
Wieser s standard textured finish cattle and calf slat provides sure footing. Areas to pay close attention to are around the waterers and feeders. An isometric drawing of a waffle slat floor section is shown in figure 5. Slatted floor systems are ideal for warm or cold free stall barns holding areas feeding buildings combination feeding housing barns dry cow and calf barns.
In current flooring systems the following things are necessary to check on a routine basis. The new premier nursery floor has a bright lime green color for easy scour detection of pigs up to 120 pounds. The lewiston wood slat door features the simplicity of wood slats framed out with slightly wider stile and rail frame. A more recent slatted floor configuration called waffle slats is popular in pennsylvania and other areas of the country.
Not only do barkman concrete slats provide a cleaner dryer and healthier environment for your animals but they also provide a number of important advantages over conventional hog farm flooring including safer footing improved sanitation and superior long term durability. The straight grain of alder prevents warping and twisting ensuring this door s quality for years to come. This traditional design will stand the test of time and never go out of style. Hanson s hog slatted floor barns are made using engineered dry cast concrete.
Could you use pigs to create an impervious barn floor to put bedding on top of the way you can use them to make an impervious pond through animal compaction. Funki offers a complete flooring program for pig barns. Most other slats made in minnesota use a wet cast with a low frequency vibration table to consolidate the concrete. Examine floor surface for cracked or rough areas.
The method for a pond is to dig it out corral the pigs in the dry pond bottom for a few weeks feeding and watering them in there and maybe now and again adding some clay to let them trample it into the pond bottom. Check the condition of the slats particularly the edges and the gaps between slats. We use a low water to cement ratio that produces zero slump concrete slats that are harder and denser for improved durability. Excelerator nursery floor is a high impact virgin polypropylene slat for pigs up to 75 pounds.