New cow pen

[tex452]

Guys got a good start on my new pen.
I'm building a catch/ load out pen in a location better for catching cattle.
There was a nice working pen on the place when I bought it. I added sliding gates, a squeeze chute and a loading chute to it, but it's on the far side of the place and hard to catch cattle.
My new pen is 125' x 85'.

 

[wbvs58]

Looks good, how is the guard rail attached to the posts?

Ken

 

[Brute 23]

Did you buy the guard rail or did the builder get it?

 

[tex452]

Looks good, how is the guard rail attached to the posts?

Ken

It's tacked on the inside while hanging, then perlin clips on the back.
Cut to fit the curve of the rail and welded to the post.

 

[tex452]

Did you buy the guard rail or did the builder get it?

I can get it sometimes from jobs we do.

 

[Lucky]

Looks nice. Pipe is hard to come by in my area right now and expensive if you find it. We can get guard rail though.

 

[tex452]

Looks nice. Pipe is hard to come by in my area right now and expensive if you find it. We can get guard rail though.

Yes it is , I'm looking for more pipe, but I haven't found it yet.
Lucky I bought some when I did.

 

[Rafter S]

Looks nice. Pipe is hard to come by in my area right now and expensive if you find it. We can get guard rail though.

Just don't use it in the loading chute. If cow or calf gets a leg stuck between them it will get cut in a heartbeat.

If you use it out in the pens be sure to leave enough room between them for you to get a foot in so you can get over the fence in a hurry if a cow or bull gets after you.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

Just don't use it in the loading chute. If cow or calf gets a leg stuck between them it will get cut in a heartbeat.

If you use it out in the pens be sure to leave enough room between them for you to get a foot in so you can get over the fence in a hurry if a cow or bull gets after you.

That would be a reenactment of the Battle of Cowpens? Once was enough!

 

[tex452]

Just don't use it in the loading chute. If cow or calf gets a leg stuck between them it will get cut in a heartbeat.

If you use it out in the pens be sure to leave enough room between them for you to get a foot in so you can get over the fence in a hurry if a cow or bull gets after you.

Using it in loading chutes has been a concern of mine for that very reason.
But I have it in 2 other pens and haven't had any problems.
They are spaced for enough apart to get your foot in.
I would be a lot slower than a young man trying to get out of any pen, so I guess if we have a bad bunch I'll have to stay my @$$ out of there.

 

[BFE]

Guys got a good start on my new pen.
I'm building a catch/ load out pen in a location better for catching cattle.
There was a nice working pen on the place when I bought it. I added sliding gates, a squeeze chute and a loading chute to it, but it's on the far side of the place and hard to catch cattle.
My new pen is 125' x 85'.

How many head is that for?

 

[tex452]

How many head is that for?

We will be preconditioning calves, running some cows, how many we run in a year I don't know.
The pen is 125'x85' plus I have another pen almost as big.
We buy and sell all the time, I just don't know the numbers.
This pen is attached to 4 different pastures 3 being smaller traps from 7 acres to 20 acres. I can catch cattle in the lower trap and drive them to the new pen 1/4 mile from the pen.

 

[tex452]

Yes it is , I'm looking for more pipe, but I haven't found it yet.
Lucky I bought some when I did.

I bought 20 more joints of 23/8 drill stem, this will finish everything up and I will have some left over. $75/joint.
Hopefully it will go down in price by the time I start something else.
Everything thing is crazy high.

 

[wbvs58]

When you say joints, is that lengths of it? I think they are 9 or 9.5 metres long here. The price is still not too bad for what you get out of it compared to an equivalent new post in steel.

Ken

 

[Brute 23]

When you say joints, is that lengths of it? I think they are 9 or 9.5 metres long here. The price is still not too bad for what you get out of it compared to an equivalent new post in steel.

Ken

Naw, they are 30ish +,- feet

 

[tex452]

Naw, they are 30ish +,- feet

Yes 31-33' usually. I have bought a lot of pipe over the years and this is the most I ever had to pay.
I have got it for $.50-$1.00 a foot on the high end just a couple years ago.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Yes it is , I'm looking for more pipe, but I haven't found it yet.
Lucky I bought some when I did.

Tyco in Woodville has drill stem dollar a foot.

 

[Brute 23]

Yes 31-33' usually. I have bought a lot of pipe over the years and this is the most I ever had to pay.
I have got it for $.50-$1.00 a foot on the high end just a couple years ago.

You definitely paid a premium, especially for 2 3/8. We have been selling tubing and rods regularly and that is substantially higher. I haven't seen an invoice for new tubing real recently but that's pushing new prices.