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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1849671" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>In all my years, I have never met anyone that regretted the money they spent on working facilities. Whether you build it or buy it, make sure it is of good quality heavy materials. You can not over-build one. Build or buy one 7' or 7'6" tall. I have built facilities out of cross ties and rough cut lumber. Have built them out of drill pipe and sucker rods or cable, and I have bought heavy duty panels built for rodeo arenas. One works just as good as another. I have caught cattle for people who used pressure treated 4 x4 or 6 x6, and pressure treated 2x 8's. I have caught cattle for people who bought the light weight portable panels you use for round pens to work horses. One guy we caught for had used these extreme light weight panels made out of conduit. You can carry 2 or 3 at a time, and I have enough to make a 50 x 100 arena, but I would NOT use them for working cattle. This dude balked at the price I gave him for catching his. ( $200 an hour for 2 people and 2 horses, from the time I leave my barn til I load my horses at your place). I told him by the time he has hired me 3 times, he could have built or bought a heavy duty facility. Look at what the pens are made of and how they are built at your local sale barn, and do it like that if you can. It will last you a lifetime, and more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1849671, member: 40587"] In all my years, I have never met anyone that regretted the money they spent on working facilities. Whether you build it or buy it, make sure it is of good quality heavy materials. You can not over-build one. Build or buy one 7' or 7'6" tall. I have built facilities out of cross ties and rough cut lumber. Have built them out of drill pipe and sucker rods or cable, and I have bought heavy duty panels built for rodeo arenas. One works just as good as another. I have caught cattle for people who used pressure treated 4 x4 or 6 x6, and pressure treated 2x 8's. I have caught cattle for people who bought the light weight portable panels you use for round pens to work horses. One guy we caught for had used these extreme light weight panels made out of conduit. You can carry 2 or 3 at a time, and I have enough to make a 50 x 100 arena, but I would NOT use them for working cattle. This dude balked at the price I gave him for catching his. ( $200 an hour for 2 people and 2 horses, from the time I leave my barn til I load my horses at your place). I told him by the time he has hired me 3 times, he could have built or bought a heavy duty facility. Look at what the pens are made of and how they are built at your local sale barn, and do it like that if you can. It will last you a lifetime, and more. [/QUOTE]
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