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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1686753" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>I'm not a big sucker rod fan. I have seen yearling and bulls spread the rods and get their heads between them. By the time you put your posts and runners close enough and run your rods thru the pipe to prevent that kind of stuff I'm not sure you reall saved any thing by using the rods. </p><p></p><p>We have a set of pens that has a top, middle and bottom runner with 2 rods between each. It's pretty decent but on the same token we just sold off thousands of feet of sucker rod because we wont do any more like that. </p><p></p><p>A lot of people build them like that with out any problems.</p><p></p><p>Only other thing that caught my eye is that's a pretty big alley leading to the sweep. Even with volume your sweep is still the pinch point so I'm not sure having that big of pens leading up to it is necessary. </p><p></p><p>I would maybe consider splitting the top pen or couple pens in half with a fence or even connecting the two alleys with an alley running between two pens. It may be over kill for what you need but I just seem to never regret having enough pens to sort to. It would add quite a few more options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1686753, member: 6291"] I'm not a big sucker rod fan. I have seen yearling and bulls spread the rods and get their heads between them. By the time you put your posts and runners close enough and run your rods thru the pipe to prevent that kind of stuff I'm not sure you reall saved any thing by using the rods. We have a set of pens that has a top, middle and bottom runner with 2 rods between each. It's pretty decent but on the same token we just sold off thousands of feet of sucker rod because we wont do any more like that. A lot of people build them like that with out any problems. Only other thing that caught my eye is that's a pretty big alley leading to the sweep. Even with volume your sweep is still the pinch point so I'm not sure having that big of pens leading up to it is necessary. I would maybe consider splitting the top pen or couple pens in half with a fence or even connecting the two alleys with an alley running between two pens. It may be over kill for what you need but I just seem to never regret having enough pens to sort to. It would add quite a few more options. [/QUOTE]
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