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how to efficiently stack straw bales

 
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Apologies if this is a dumb question or answered already in the forum. I have searched it for an answer.

I posted recently about how to temporarily block wind & snow and enclose a 3 sided loafing shed for livestock in a Wyoming winter. https://permies.com/t/222961/insulate-greenhouse-sided-loafing-shed Straw bales are a great idea!

We're trying out different ways of stacking the bales, but I was curious if anyone has done this before and has a suggestion on the best way to stack them. We've done 2 bales wide criss crossing, one bale wide and overlapping each other, but none are great to also allow a temporary bale door to be removed and put back. Basically in the loafing shed we have metal pens and different animals will go in each. We'd like to be able to move bales during good weather so animals can move about and close it up with a winter storm.

From what I'm seeing in my search of the forum, I probably need to have some sort of framing to support the straw bales but somehow make that temporary and easily moved.

Thoughts? Thanks!
 
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To me, the best thing would be to make a door for the animal to go in and out.

If I were doing this I would use one of the poles, assuming these are wood to frame, hinge and support the door.  This would be like a real barn door, not something temporary.

I am looking forward to what other folks suggest.
 
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