Our Different Huts - a Comparison.

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  The Shepherd's Hut
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  The Drover's Hut
  bigger and .... for Drovers
  
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  The Wanderer's Hut
  full size bed, kitchen & ensuite
  
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  The Wayfarer's Hut
  a complete home
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Having used Shepherd’s Huts at lambing time I always felt they were too high off the ground and felt slightly unstable. The slim, narrow steps felt awkward and somewhat hazardous, especially when you had your hands full carrying lambs and medicine. This, coupled with the thin external tin sheets, gave an overall fragile feel, especially in windy, inclement weather. To overcome these problems we:

• For ease of access we lowered the hut and constructed wider, sturdier steps.
   
• Improved stability by increasing the wheel base by keeping the wheels away from the under carriage. Rather than stub axles, used solid axles running the width of the hut, fixed for the back axles, and pivoted with wear plates for the front.
   
• The front axles still allow for a limited amount of steering. However because the build quality is so strong, the front can be lifted using the A frame tow bar, which allows the hut to be manoeuvred on its back wheels. Again we found this preferable to the small front wheels and steering axles (4th wheel) as reversing a trailer that has two pivots is not easy to say the least.
   
• The small front wheels, to us, looked out of character for a strong rugged hut.
   
• To strengthen the main carcass we fixed marine grade plywood panels on the external walls, this produced an extremely rigid body. We believe these changes, while keeping to the ethos of the huts, have produced a more stable, stronger and sturdier looking hut.