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- From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Hoop house snow load test
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:15:56 -0600
Marc,
Thanks for the pictures! My husband and I have been talking about
setting up a hoop house, and I think this will be the year! This will help!
Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: <marc AT aculink.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 2:10 PM
Subject: [market-farming] Re: Hoop house snow load test
> We planted used telephone poles with a backbone made out of
> used 1-1/4" galvanized well pipe. The backbone can support a
> small car down the center of our 30' by 95' PVC greenhouse.
> It survived 100 plus mph winds that came from several
> directions over a 3 day windstorm situation until the
> covering shredded. It survived winds that demolished
> professionally erected very expensive metal buildings and
> metal close spaced hooped greenhouses set in concrete pads
> our neighbors had. It looks cool and rustic too.
>
> http://www.aculink.net/~marc/greenhouse/greenhouse.htm
>
> Marc Nameth
>
> robert schuler wrote:
> >
> > If you use pvc or 1/2" steel plumbing pipe, set your hoop into the
ground then have
> > someone weighing 120 lb. go to the center of the hoop and do chinup"s,
if the hoops don't
> > bow or twist then the hoop house will support at least 12" of snow load
if spaced no more
> > than 4 feet apart, most folks are tempted to widen the span as far as
possible but at
> > least for steel a 1/2" x21' plumbing pipe can only be safely bent to 14'
wide. 3/4" can go
> > to 16' wide, I don't know anyone who seriously uses pvc but if you do
its not a bad idea
> > to have center 2x3 sticks under each bow when snow threatens, most guys
around here with
> > holding houses have air blast sprayers to blow off the snow as it
settles.
> > I wish it would snow here in south NJ so I can do some xc skiing, if not
then next week
> > starts plowing and lettuce field planting...
> > Sunny Meadow Farm
> > Bridgeton, NJ.
>
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-
Hoop house snow load test,
robert schuler, 02/11/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Hoop house snow load test, Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai, 02/11/2001
- Re: Hoop house snow load test, marc, 02/11/2001
- Re: Hoop house snow load test, Hook Family, 02/11/2001
- Re: Hoop house snow load test, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 02/11/2001
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