Bryan L":iut0lvwi said:
greybeard":iut0lvwi said:
Priefert is good but some of their sweeps is too light. I have one of their head gates and sweeps--the head gate is good, sweep is ok, but the alley is too light. They some better alley panels, but I cheaped out and regret it. Buy the heaviest stuff your budget allows for.
Greybeard,
That's good to know! Preifert makes the premier, rough stock and sheeted sweep and alley. The premier version does 'look' lighter than the other two. I haven't looked up the weights of each style. Are you referring to that one? Thanks in advance.
Bryan
Yes the Premier. The curved parts and the aley sections that the squeezechute and head gate attach to are heavier than the standard 12' Premier panels, but a regular 12' Premier panel is pretty light. Ok for calves and docile cattle but I wish I had gone with the rough stock panels for the whole pen.
A standard 12' Premier panel weighs 90 lbs and chains together.
A standard 12' Rough Stock panel weighs 122lbs and pins together.
I have not had any wrecks with my pen and sweep/headgate, and to be honest, I do like the chain connections too, better than the pin together panels I've used before--makes it easy to move and set back up in a different way and allows for uneven ground. I don't remember the # on my headgate, but it's the auto catch, which you can also use manually.