? About panels

[SmokinM]

Looking for some panels and and a couple of bow gates to set up with my chute. I have seen CB Farm and Outdoors stuff advertised on Craigslist. The pics look decent and the prices look good. Anybody from the SW Virginia area used them or seen them up close? Really would love to have some WW stuff but I am having a hard time finding a dealer and it is pretty pricey although top quality. Some of these will be sort of crowding pens so I need some good quality. Tanks

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I've seen their ads as well but have never actually laid hands on the products. Hopefully somebody relies here.

As an aside, I've had good luck with Sioux Steel gates and panels.

 

[Son of Butch]

I have not seen the ads. When in doubt I request shipping weight to determine
if it is light weight junk or how it compares to familiar brands.

 

[kenny thomas]

Your Southern States store should be a dealer for WW. They don't stock them here because it ruins their sale of the cheap ones

 

[pricefarm]

I never seen there stuff in person. SS in Abington sells C&W pannels I think they are based out of KY. They make some nice pannels. I can get you some more info if your interested.

 

[SmokinM]

Thanks for the feedback. Have a few sort of custom panels I want built and had hoped to deal with a relatively local company. I will check out C&W panels and also see if the local co-op can get me some WW.

 

[pricefarm]

Thanks for the feedback. Have a few sort of custom panels I want built and had hoped to deal with a relatively local company. I will check out C&W panels and also see if the local co-op can get me some WW.

C&W will custom build anything you need

 

[gitnby]

call chris waddle ....best price..free delivery.270 566-8808

 

[sstterry]

Here is the name and number of the Field Rep for your (and my) area:
Keith Trimble
Baxter, TN(606) 375-3341

Baxter is about an hour and a half west of Knoxville.

 

[SmokinM]

Thanks I will get in touch with them.

 

[Luckiamute]

I can only suggest buying the most heavy duty panels and gates you can afford, and then spend a little more on the next best panel. Heavy duty panels with strong vertical stays and welds made with heavy gauge high tensile steel. You can always go cheaper ... but you will pay for it in the long run when you're replacing lightweight panels and gates the cows mangled.

 

[RDFF]

Sioux Steel "Victory" lineup has always been pretty good. They also have their heaviest panel in the HiQual line.

https://www.siouxsteel.com/explore-our-products/livestock-equipment/gates-panels

https://www.siouxsteel.com/explore-...ates-panels/square-top-16-gauge-hiqual-panels

 

[RDFF]

When it comes to "panels", it always becomes a balancing act between strength (which usually translates into # of iron and $$$$), and weight (too durned heavy to handle). I've seen plenty of lightweight, easy to handle panels rolled into a mangled mess though, which makes me quite a bit more willing to have to wrestle with a heavier, more unwieldy, but more durable panel. When that one panel let's go, the corral tears apart, the failing component is laying there on the ground in a broken heap, AND you lose the whole bunch in the middle of a cattle handling job, you learn pretty quickly where you should have spent a few more dollars.

Probably worth it to get the good ones just to safeguard your "religion" alone!