footballjdtractor
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does anyone know where I can find some plans for a heavy duty drive over cattle crossing? I'm thinking about putting one in and need some ideas. Thanks.
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LRTX1
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I know a lot of the University web sites have designs for that sort of things. I have seen corrals, gates, barns etc. Don't remember a cattle gaurd. I think North Dakota State had the most plans i've seen. Hope that helps, sorry I couldn't give you a direct link to what you want.
John SD
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Here's a decent picture of a Stur-D cattle guard. http://www.stur-d.com/Products/CattleGu ... fault.aspx
I've seen quite a few cattle guards built by independent shops. Looks like if a guy had some oil field pipe and some misc iron and was handy with a welder, it's not rocket science to build one.
I've seen quite a few cattle guards built by independent shops. Looks like if a guy had some oil field pipe and some misc iron and was handy with a welder, it's not rocket science to build one.
12 or so 2 3/8s or 2 7/8s pipes with 3-4 4" runners depending on the length... no wings. I prefer to set posts on each side or box in the sides if it needs a swing gate.
I don't have pics of the ones I actually like but these give a good idea of how a person could build them.
I don't have pics of the ones I actually like but these give a good idea of how a person could build them.
The one's I've built use either four 7" pipes or six 5.5" pipes for the main supports and 2 7/8" drill stem for the cross pipes spaced at 5 inches. I put the main beams where the treads of the vehicles are rather than just spacing them equal distances across the full width like some do.
To attach the drill stem to the load bearing pipes, I use 3" long pieces of 1 x 1 x 1/8" angle iron. Make a good weld to the drill stem and then take a hammer and bend it around the 7" or 5.5" pipe and you have two solid welds that are easy to get to with full coverage and no gaps. Welding pipe to pipe is much harder with less actual surface welded.
Good luck.
To attach the drill stem to the load bearing pipes, I use 3" long pieces of 1 x 1 x 1/8" angle iron. Make a good weld to the drill stem and then take a hammer and bend it around the 7" or 5.5" pipe and you have two solid welds that are easy to get to with full coverage and no gaps. Welding pipe to pipe is much harder with less actual surface welded.
Good luck.
From what I've seen, the main part of the job is not building the guard - in most cases it's a simple welding project - it's preparing the ground to set it in securely. Often that involves formed concrete, or working in very rocky soil, or both. You usually want to have some kind of plate around it to keep the space under it from catching water and filling up with silt. Or, it can be built up over the road level with open drainage under it, like the one in the pictures.
I strongly recommend going to Google Images (images.google.com) and enter "cattle guard" - you'll get a couple hundred pictures of them in every imaginable design. Good starting point for your planning. Here:
http://tinyurl.com/3lk6bzz
Keep us updated if you can. It's on my "to do" list as well.
I strongly recommend going to Google Images (images.google.com) and enter "cattle guard" - you'll get a couple hundred pictures of them in every imaginable design. Good starting point for your planning. Here:
http://tinyurl.com/3lk6bzz
Keep us updated if you can. It's on my "to do" list as well.
