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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1763150" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>@LVR , sounds like you have an impressive set-up. I can only wish to have the internals of your corral...would make life easier. I weld but don't have any heavy pipe for my corral (yet), in less than 2 months @ 59-1/2 my world opens up monetary-wise so projects will become more numerous. </p><p>For my corral I used 6" to 8" diameter P.T. logs on 4 to 5 feet centers with heavy-stapled 1-awg bull fencing attached inside w/ P.T. wood top liners (pretty). I am in need of stronger gates...mine are wimpy off-the-shelf $100. gates. I have one 8' high gate I built that's basically comprised of two 5' high whimpy gates (that were previously crushed and then re-straightened by me) and now coupled together to make a higher massive stronger gate....let's see if that keeps the bull inside.</p><p>Exactly..no trauma to my corral design.</p><p>I have extra feeders inside my barn which is part of my corral (to help w/ separation) and water-tanks outside the barn that's inside my corral too. I often feed them in the barn so they aren't scared of the barn-corral combo. Works out well...cause I can sneak around the barn and close the two back gates and then close the front barn gate and I have everyone inside the corral. When the spirit moves me I'm going to get heavier duty gates...it's the weak area of my corral. At minimum i think if i attach pressure-treated plywood or fiber-cement-board to the gates where THEY can't see outside...the steers and bulls might not jump if they can't see the other side...buys me time to sort to let them out before they do damage. Been my experience the cows are cool and relaxed...the bulls and steer, sense things...even if it's not their time. I'm first generation retired cattleman, learning really fast...trial by fire. Saying goes: "I don't know what I'm doing...but I'm having a ball." Kind of found out there's other experienced-seasoned cattle producers that don't know what they're doing either...so i fit in fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1763150, member: 8359"] @LVR , sounds like you have an impressive set-up. I can only wish to have the internals of your corral...would make life easier. I weld but don't have any heavy pipe for my corral (yet), in less than 2 months @ 59-1/2 my world opens up monetary-wise so projects will become more numerous. For my corral I used 6" to 8" diameter P.T. logs on 4 to 5 feet centers with heavy-stapled 1-awg bull fencing attached inside w/ P.T. wood top liners (pretty). I am in need of stronger gates...mine are wimpy off-the-shelf $100. gates. I have one 8' high gate I built that's basically comprised of two 5' high whimpy gates (that were previously crushed and then re-straightened by me) and now coupled together to make a higher massive stronger gate....let's see if that keeps the bull inside. Exactly..no trauma to my corral design. I have extra feeders inside my barn which is part of my corral (to help w/ separation) and water-tanks outside the barn that's inside my corral too. I often feed them in the barn so they aren't scared of the barn-corral combo. Works out well...cause I can sneak around the barn and close the two back gates and then close the front barn gate and I have everyone inside the corral. When the spirit moves me I'm going to get heavier duty gates...it's the weak area of my corral. At minimum i think if i attach pressure-treated plywood or fiber-cement-board to the gates where THEY can't see outside...the steers and bulls might not jump if they can't see the other side...buys me time to sort to let them out before they do damage. Been my experience the cows are cool and relaxed...the bulls and steer, sense things...even if it's not their time. I'm first generation retired cattleman, learning really fast...trial by fire. Saying goes: "I don't know what I'm doing...but I'm having a ball." Kind of found out there's other experienced-seasoned cattle producers that don't know what they're doing either...so i fit in fine. [/QUOTE]
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