Corral and alley pics!

[jrn28]

Thought I'd post a few pics of my corral set up, I really enjoy seeing everyone else's . It still isn't 100% done but it works great as it is.I borrowed a few ideas from this site, I mostly copied Caustics pen.
This is a pic of the front entrance thru the shed.

In the shed I made a gate to go to the corral.

The side entrance.

The sweep, this is my favorite part it took a lot of welding rods!

I use the small gate and the push gate as a medina chute. I usually put them in facing towards me.

The alley

I have a few gates in the front of the alley a stop and cutting gate, woulda put up more pics it's just I thought maybe I put up to many pics. All my gates have grease fittings and slide latches, I tried spring loaded slam latches and didn't like em.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Good job

 

[Brute 23]

Looks solid.

 

[Kingfisher]

Looks good. I don't know if anybody has experienced this but I'm thinking of smoothing mine out at the end near the head gate to eliminate the possibility of getting a foot hung up in the bars or the bull panel.

 

[JerryCooper]

Jrn,

I'm green with envy.
Very very nice and you should be proud.

I once designed a similar setup but when I priced it out I just couldn't justify the expense and expect to get any return on the investment.
So I am still using a few wooden posts, 11 portable coral panels and a free 1960s head gate.

Did you do the construction yourself or sub it out?
JC

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Nice work and nice set up.

 

[jrn28]

Thanks for the compliments.
JC, my father and I built the whole thing except the shed. Eventually I plan to extend the shed to cover most of the corral. I priced some heavy duty panels and there was no way I could justify that expense. Around here drill stem isn't too expensive, this tubing was very clean and had little to no magnetism. The whole thing was about $1600, the expensive part was the utility panels. My father is a machinist and custom made all my hinges.

 

[greybeard]

Nice setup.
How big is the sq tubing?

No head gate--just the medina at the end of the sweep?

 

[TN Cattle Man]

Very nice set-up!

 

[branguscowgirl]

Really nice!

 

[jrn28]

Greybeard, the push gate is 2" square an 1/8" thick, it was the heaviest door in my set up. The small gates inside the alley are 1 3/4" and 14 gauge. Yep no head gate, I have been looking for a squeeze chute just haven't found a used priefert in my price range.

 

[cow pollinater]

Looks good. I don't know if anybody has experienced this but I'm thinking of smoothing mine out at the end near the head gate to eliminate the possibility of getting a foot hung up in the bars or the bull panel.

I don't have wire panels in any pressure areas for that reason. For a small herd of quiet cattle it's likely never going to be a problem.

 

[greybeard]

Greybeard, the push gate is 2" square an 1/8" thick, it was the heaviest door in my set up. The small gates inside the alley are 1 3/4" and 14 gauge. Yep no head gate, I have been looking for a squeeze chute just haven't found a used priefert in my price range.

Ought to be heavy enough.
I don't have a squeeze either, just a priefert head gate fixtured on to the end of my chute. I run some pipes or 4xs behind the cows when they come in to keep them from backing up.
Not a perfect setup for sure, but it's worked ok so far, but I know someday I'm gonna see it wrecked.
(I took a 2nd look at the curved part of your sweep--man that's not just a lot of welding rods--lots and lots of saddles cut in the pipe too--I don't envy you while you were doing all of it, but you did a good job!!!)

 

[jrn28]

Thanks GB, I'm a glutton for punishment and a perfectionist. It took about 4hours on a hundred degree day to finish that, plus the heat from the welder and torch. The cuts were fairly easy pops made a jig that bolts on to make a perfect saddle. Though far from perfect I'm very pleased and proud at the work my father and I did. That little escape gate is also curved.

 

[wbvs58]

Yeh that was my observation, you have put a lot of work into it, the curve of the sweep and all that notching of the pipe to get it all right, well done.
Ken

 

[FourSquareFarm]

You have done a nice job....It will make working your cattle so much easier! Congrats!

 

[Chainsaw Driver]

Thank you for sharing your photos, I've been planning to build a sweep and was contemplating how to best approach the curve. I really like your series of small angles, great idea.

 

[talltimber]

Looks real good. The curved escape gate was an extra nice custom touch! I like it.