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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1782550" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Travlr is right... lots of guys think that their big cows are too wide to squeeze through, and so they make their lane too wide. That's how you get problems. <u>It has to be narrow enough to prevent anybody from even thinking about turning around</u>... 29" IMO is the max, but 27" will probably end up being too narrow for alot of the bigger animals. I've had plenty of trouble with turners in 30" - 32" fixed lanes... usually that'll be the yearlings... and THAT'S why everybody thinks they need an "adjustable". Not here to knock adjustability... just recognizing that a good design with "fixed" width can overcome most of those issues. And less complicated = more durability, with less things to have to fix over time. I like the KISS program (Keep It Simple Stupid!). Usually less costly on the upfront end too. </p><p></p><p>I'm positive that my lane would have lots of issues with turners too, if I didn't have those guard rails installed at the bottom. They're just high enough to be really effective on all the smaller stock... and higher than most would think would be acceptably functional (guard rail is 12" each... and I've got them about 2"-3" above the floor). But the bottom of a cow belly is really soft and flexible... they'll slide right over them (and they DO... the rails are rubbed all along their length, stained with cow belly soil). The first time we used it, and before I installed cleats on the floor, we had <u>alot</u> of trouble with cows going down in it (it has a wood plank floor, so very slippery when wet with manure). The other guys working the cattle with me were insisting that I <strong><u>had to</u></strong> lower those rails like 6 inches! They were sure they were getting hung up on the guard rails! I was sure they were wrong, ...went home and got some 2x4's cut to length and screwed them down onto the floor, and hundreds of critters later, we've never had a single issue again. They were just slipping on the floor, their feet would get out behind 'em, and THEN they'd get hung on the guard rails. Lowering the rails wouldn't have helped a thing, and probably would have made the problem worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1782550, member: 39018"] Travlr is right... lots of guys think that their big cows are too wide to squeeze through, and so they make their lane too wide. That's how you get problems. [U]It has to be narrow enough to prevent anybody from even thinking about turning around[/U]... 29" IMO is the max, but 27" will probably end up being too narrow for alot of the bigger animals. I've had plenty of trouble with turners in 30" - 32" fixed lanes... usually that'll be the yearlings... and THAT'S why everybody thinks they need an "adjustable". Not here to knock adjustability... just recognizing that a good design with "fixed" width can overcome most of those issues. And less complicated = more durability, with less things to have to fix over time. I like the KISS program (Keep It Simple Stupid!). Usually less costly on the upfront end too. I'm positive that my lane would have lots of issues with turners too, if I didn't have those guard rails installed at the bottom. They're just high enough to be really effective on all the smaller stock... and higher than most would think would be acceptably functional (guard rail is 12" each... and I've got them about 2"-3" above the floor). But the bottom of a cow belly is really soft and flexible... they'll slide right over them (and they DO... the rails are rubbed all along their length, stained with cow belly soil). The first time we used it, and before I installed cleats on the floor, we had [U]alot[/U] of trouble with cows going down in it (it has a wood plank floor, so very slippery when wet with manure). The other guys working the cattle with me were insisting that I [B][U]had to[/U][/B] lower those rails like 6 inches! They were sure they were getting hung up on the guard rails! I was sure they were wrong, ...went home and got some 2x4's cut to length and screwed them down onto the floor, and hundreds of critters later, we've never had a single issue again. They were just slipping on the floor, their feet would get out behind 'em, and THEN they'd get hung on the guard rails. Lowering the rails wouldn't have helped a thing, and probably would have made the problem worse. [/QUOTE]
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