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Horse Hay Basket
The large, Equine Hay Basket from Tarter is a top-rated horse hay feeder that elevates your hay off the ground to keep your smaller bales clean. dry and contained. The loose hay is held in a basket to allow horses to eat in their natural head-down feeding position and may help prevent potential respiratory complications. The strong frame is built with 1-3/4" tubing and has a powder-coated finish to protect it from corrosion and increase its longevity.
This tough, durable, natural feeding equine hay feeder will keep your hay contained and out of the dirt!
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Hay Basket Specifications
- diameter - 5' 4"
- The interior bottom measures 4'7"
- height - 34"
- weight - 70 lbs
- Smooth-sided poly basket - easy cleaning and safety
Horse Hay Feeder - The Equine Hay Basket Videos:
A tough test shows the strength of the equine hay feeder:
When you're looking for a horse hay feeder, you want one that is safe and will last a long time. The answer is Tarter's equine hay basket! Review the video above for proof of that, as Tarter puts this horse hay feeder through a series of extreme challenges. We placed a log that weighs about a ton in the hay basket. As you can see, nothing happened. But could it handle more? With a log that weighed just over a ton and 1/2, we tried again. The equine hay basket once again stood strong. It's good to know that the feeder can take that sort of pressure. Tarter's hay basket also promotes equine health. It is designed for horses to eat in their natural eating seating position. This may reduce respiratory problems. This is a great horse hay feeder that not only saves enough hay to pay for itself within 11 months (see the study below) but may also be responsible for reduced respiratory problems in horses that use it.
The Horse Hay Feeder Basket from Tarter
Equine Hay Basket Testimonial Paraphrase from Horse Rancher Donnie Smith in Texas
There are more horses than there are people in Parker County. We’ve got a big herd ourselves, and we use a lot of horse products. We’ve been using the equine hay basket horse hay feeder for about four years now. It’s all slotted, and everything sifts to the bottom. That includes all the dust, all the particles, and all that’s left is for the horses to eat the hay as a natural process. They are designed to eat with their head down. Tarter Farm and Ranch have researched it, and over time, they came up with this hay basket. It cuts a lot of cough out of our horses, and you don’t see that cough or the nose blowing like they did when they were eating hay before we got the feeder. We haven’t had to buy as much hay, we're not losing hay, and it’s helped us with our vet bills, as we haven’t had to have the vet come out for colds and bronchial stuff. I ain’t been able to tear one up, and that says a lot for me because I roll them and they bounce, they roll, and will do it all. I ain’t gonna say you can’t tear one up, but I haven’t yet.
How the Hay Basket Saves Money and Pays for Itself!
Benefits of using the Equine Hay Basket: Hay Savings!
A new study reveals Tarter's Equine Hay Basket drastically cuts down on hay waste and saves you money. University of Minnesota researchers discovered that only 3% of hay was wasted when they used the equine hay basket, that's right, only 3%! To get these results, they examined the eating habits of 12 horses feeding them twice daily for almost a month. The hay basket design has a lot to do with reducing hay waste. It has a circular steel tubing structure 64 inches in diameter and a heavy-duty smooth plastic basket that fits inside. The basket has large vertical holes to reduce moisture and keep the hay which cuts down on the waste. University of Minnesota researcher Amanda Gev was quoted in the study as saying feeders like Tarter's Equine Hay Basket are "a viable option for horse owners looking to save money and reduce the amount of hay their horses may be wasting." Grev and her team also discovered that when no feeder was used, the amount of hay wasted jumped to 13%. The report concludes the horse hay basket pays for itself in 11 months because of the extra hay savings. The basket also cuts down on respiratory problems because it's three feet tall and this allows horses to eat small square bales of hay in their natural feeding position.