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<blockquote data-quote="cmjust0" data-source="post: 425029" data-attributes="member: 2882"><p>I read everything I can on here about facilities, since I'm getting toward the end of building mine.. So far, what I've gathered is that they needs to be made of guardrail, drill stem, tarred light poles concreted into the ground and surrounded by tamped gravel for drainage, oak -- bolted, not nailed, pressure treated 2x8's with no gap, plywood, feedlot panels, heavy tube panels, crossties, a priefert squeeze chute, a scale, and a minimum of 5', 5-1/2', or 6' in height.</p><p></p><p>So, here's what I'm doing. I'm building mine out of cedar and white oak posts, feedlot panels, a few "repurposed" (scrounged) boards of various widths, lengths, and thicknesses, and it's...I dunno...like 5' high or so, and there's a $110 automatic headgate at the end of it that I bought at auction. The whole thing -- headgate included -- is prolly gonna cost me about $350.</p><p></p><p>I coulda spent several thousand more building Fort Knox II, but then it occured to me that it's probably cheaper just to carry a pistol and replace the ones it won't hold.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm mostly joking, of course.. </p><p></p><p>But not really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmjust0, post: 425029, member: 2882"] I read everything I can on here about facilities, since I'm getting toward the end of building mine.. So far, what I've gathered is that they needs to be made of guardrail, drill stem, tarred light poles concreted into the ground and surrounded by tamped gravel for drainage, oak -- bolted, not nailed, pressure treated 2x8's with no gap, plywood, feedlot panels, heavy tube panels, crossties, a priefert squeeze chute, a scale, and a minimum of 5', 5-1/2', or 6' in height. So, here's what I'm doing. I'm building mine out of cedar and white oak posts, feedlot panels, a few "repurposed" (scrounged) boards of various widths, lengths, and thicknesses, and it's...I dunno...like 5' high or so, and there's a $110 automatic headgate at the end of it that I bought at auction. The whole thing -- headgate included -- is prolly gonna cost me about $350. I coulda spent several thousand more building Fort Knox II, but then it occured to me that it's probably cheaper just to carry a pistol and replace the ones it won't hold. I'm mostly joking, of course.. But not really. [/QUOTE]
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