Low Tech ~ Bending Tunnel Frames.... The EASY Way.

How to bend tunnels frames the easy way. On Livingseeds farm we use a very simple, but effective way of bending tunnel frames.
It's cheap, it's consistent, it's effective and most importantly IT WORKS!!!
We use a 7,2 m length of steel pipe, however it can be done with a 6 m length, you just lose a lot of height.
Most people use a 6 m length and then weld on an additional 1 m to get it to 7 m long.

[@hannessnyman9332]

It show's you that "low tech" can be "best tech"

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Yup. It works like a bomb.

[@SH-bw5fx]

Question : to make 12 mtrs wide/ width high tunnel , which circle diameter would i need ?
I am talking about the round circular tromboline frame

[@aivkara]

Brilliant!

[@dyanwallace5587]

Great video, thank you! Where is best to get the plast/covering for these tunnels please? I am west of Joburg.

[@markbutterfield2014]

Hi, where do you guys get the plastic covering from and how do you secure it to the frame?

[@ryanbrand8924]

Great video. Where do you get the covering from and how is it attached?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We buy from Green Zone or Greenhouse Technologies.
We use one of two methods.
Have a look at our complete course here.
livingseeds.co.za/livingseeds-workshops/polytunnel-building-101-workshop-online.html

[@humairahabib8567]

Great

[@nelsonmojela4440]

Wow this is so brilliant anso easy

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you.

[@frederickollewagen6559]

Thank you, what is the radius/diameter/circumference of the trampoline frame? Don't have one, need to make an alternative.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Hi Frederick it's approx 3m in diameter.

[@adanatipen5284]

What size of that ring bro

[@jordanmccloy183]

Hello, great video!
Where do you get the piping from ?
Thanks a lot

[@LivingseedsFarm]

6m from any steel supplier.
7.2 from some specialist suppliers.

[@andronel28]

Hi Shaun, great tip thanks 👍🏻
What size trampoline is that, I assume 3m diameter trampoline and then you stake the hoop ends at 4m apart?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Yes, you are 100% correct.

[@lulamamhlongo5247]

@@LivingseedsFarm Thanks for a valuable content Shaun, where are you guys based? im in KZN,stanger(question1), whats the length of the steel pipe (que2) , where can i purchase these from?(que3), what do you use to pin those still pipes firmly on the ground(last question)

[@shadd007]

I assume you are using pipes sections of 6m long? When you put up the structure, how far apart are each of the hoops? Length of the tunnel is then as long as you want?
Loved the video. Would like to see more. Thanks

[@LivingseedsFarm]

For this size tunnel 7m is best. Weld on an extra meter to a 6m length.

[@shajibmohammad3671]

❤️❤️❤️

[@gordonsmit3396]

hello ..👋👋👋👍👍.. how do you connect one hoop to the next one ...

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We use wire. The first and last hoops are anchored to y-standards in the ground. Those two hoops are wired together across 30m.
Then the rest of the hoops are put in place and wired to the 30m wires.

[@user-dz9sl7tj3i]

Genius

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you.

[@dalegrobler9764]

How do you anchor them into the ground?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We just have locating pins in the ground to keep it in place.

[@Vivo-km8xv]

What diameter size of the bender

[@LivingseedsFarm]

I think it's 2.4 meters in dia.

[@adriennebotha9759]

What is the average cost to build a tunnel please

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We have not priced one recently. However it’s well under R10k

[@lulamamhlongo5247]

@@LivingseedsFarm Thats a perfect Price for a Starting Farmer like some of us...thats doable on a limited Budget. Your 2mins video gives more info than some 30mins vids i have watched