So I'm going to have someone else build my upgraded mice rack since I HATE rack building. I've built a 6 tub cement rack and then a 5 105qt tub rack. Both times it was such a disaster and I was so happy when it was over. Improper tools, lack of help, because of improper tools cuts aren't always clean and drill doesn't do a fantastic job, etc. With the design I want the mouse rack I also lack the tools to do the T cut wood to hold the tubs. I will however build a 7 tub cement rack here in a few weeks. The design is an easier one to pull off than the 105 qt rack and one my tools can handle.
I want this kind of design for the mice rack with the tubs supported by the T cuts but it's going to be 10 tubs high, two tubs wide with v18 tubs. Also instead of that little square of a food keeper I'll have the frame "cut" in half with a board of wood and then another shorter piece of wood between the two tubs. This would keep the food at the front and give me more room to pile food while keeping it out of the center where the T cut wood board is. This design should give me more mice than I'll ever need for hatchlings even after I get up to the snakes I want to eventually be at.
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I was quoted that this should take less than 8 hours of work by the handyman who does all the building at the barn I board at. He charges $25 an hour in labor. That would be max of $200 dollars just for labor. Fair? Not fair? My mom insists this is too high. I contacted another handyman that a family friend uses and we'll see what he quotes tomorrow.
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