Slow Feeder Box that's simple and works!.m4v

This is a slow feeder box that has been homemade. The box itself was picked up from an industrial machine shop for free. The puckboard I bought as a plywood sized sheet from my local hardware store and is 1/4" thick. The holes are 3" in diameter made using a hole cutter attached to a power drill. The 'candy cane' metal strapping was cut to an appropriate size for the box and then bent into the shape you see and bolted to the box. One of the candy cane straps is left loose at the top to enable removing the puckboard on that side.

I opted to use puckboard for two main reasons.
1) I live in the Yukon, Canada and temperatures can get below -30C in the winter. I wanted to be sure that my horses didn't get lips or tongues stuck to frozen metal.
2) I could cut the puck board to fit any shape of box and vary the size and location of the holes easily.

I have been feeding in these boxes for 5 months and they are holding up with absolutely no damage. The horses have not chewed on the box and the puckboard is still in perfect condition. The horses clean out the hay to the very bottom and barely leave any crumbs.

I got my idea for this design from these two videos:

   • Видео  
   • Slow feeder  

UPDATE (May 2019):
I thought I would update a bit of information about this feeder. The metal strapping eventually broke of due to bending and cold temperatures. So I have since replaced the strapping with chains and snaps (or just plain old baler twine and snaps) to undo them. Instead of just one fastening point on the opening side I have put a chain in each corner. I have some ponies that pick up the corners and get their head under a corner. Still using these same boxes going into 2019. I have replaced the puckboard in a couple boxes and added metal over the edges to prevent chewing of the boxes. They are still the best thing I ever did to my feeding routine.