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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1654458" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Definitely do as dwa mentioned and put your center gate up first. That makes it so much easier to lay everything out. As long as your gate is tall like his is and sheeted, you can get by with lighter material. The sheeting if its heavy enough will spread the the load from a blow from a cows rear end. I would think 3/16" material would be plenty strong enough. TS 2 x 2 x.120 is very strong and what my pens are made of. The tub is an old powder river set up and I know it's about the same thickness as bull gates. Its lightweight but well made and works very well. It has a spring latching system.</p><p> </p><p>My last farm had a tub with the gate made of 2 1/2" standard pipe covered in 1/8 plate. I hated it. It was heavy and hard to move and would sag some no matter what you did. The previous owner put a turnbuckle and chain on it to try to keep it level but the soil would let it move when it got real wet or real dry. It made for a long day swinging that thing around to work 100 animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1654458, member: 5381"] Definitely do as dwa mentioned and put your center gate up first. That makes it so much easier to lay everything out. As long as your gate is tall like his is and sheeted, you can get by with lighter material. The sheeting if its heavy enough will spread the the load from a blow from a cows rear end. I would think 3/16" material would be plenty strong enough. TS 2 x 2 x.120 is very strong and what my pens are made of. The tub is an old powder river set up and I know it's about the same thickness as bull gates. Its lightweight but well made and works very well. It has a spring latching system. My last farm had a tub with the gate made of 2 1/2" standard pipe covered in 1/8 plate. I hated it. It was heavy and hard to move and would sag some no matter what you did. The previous owner put a turnbuckle and chain on it to try to keep it level but the soil would let it move when it got real wet or real dry. It made for a long day swinging that thing around to work 100 animals. [/QUOTE]
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