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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 932115" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Do I use something stronger? Absolutely. Will that work to hold cattle in? In most cases, yes. In a pasture situation a cow which gets out does it at the weakest point or what they see as the weakest point. One of those lifetime gates looks fairly solid compared to a wire fence. Would that chain and snap break if the cows run against it? Sure, but so would a 5 strand barbwire fence. I would doubt that the cows unsnapped the chain so if they got out through the gate it is probably a case of some one leaving the gate open.</p><p></p><p>Personally I like to have two different things holding a gate shut. Two chains, two ropes, a chain and a rope. If for some reason one fails the second one is there for safety even if it is just a piece of bale twine. The vast vast majority of cows that get out through a gate get out through an open gate. Not one that they somehow broke out of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 932115, member: 498"] Do I use something stronger? Absolutely. Will that work to hold cattle in? In most cases, yes. In a pasture situation a cow which gets out does it at the weakest point or what they see as the weakest point. One of those lifetime gates looks fairly solid compared to a wire fence. Would that chain and snap break if the cows run against it? Sure, but so would a 5 strand barbwire fence. I would doubt that the cows unsnapped the chain so if they got out through the gate it is probably a case of some one leaving the gate open. Personally I like to have two different things holding a gate shut. Two chains, two ropes, a chain and a rope. If for some reason one fails the second one is there for safety even if it is just a piece of bale twine. The vast vast majority of cows that get out through a gate get out through an open gate. Not one that they somehow broke out of. [/QUOTE]
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