Plans

[vs_cattle]

does anyone know how to build a grooming chute or where to get plans?

 

[Moocow11]

you're goin gto be better off with just buying one. if you build one most likely it will be flimsy, and it will be a work in progress for a couple years. the metal for it costs about 300 bucks and then another 50-100 for all the changes you make. and then all the stress you go through. so i would say just buy one

 

[Cowboy 2.0]

If you build one, it better be a barn only model. You can't build one light enought to carry to shows.

 

[vs_cattle]

I just was givin a used blocking chute but I havent got it down to my place but some one else I sold a calf too is a welder and works with fencing and that sort of thing and I was told by the family If I get the plans they would build me one and their son as well thats why Im searching

 

[6M Ranch]

Built two for my barn one morning. Doesn't take long if you have the know-how. Also built a portable one which we just sold. If you have access to drill pipe, materials are pretty cheap vs. $600 - $700 for a new one. The two in the barn are permanent, and strong enough to fit out an elephant. A lot cheaper and a LOT more heavy duty than anything you can buy. I basically took the measurements off of a Sullivan chute, and built it out of pipe.

 

[novatech]

you're goin gto be better off with just buying one. if you build one most likely it will be flimsy, and it will be a work in progress for a couple years. the metal for it costs about 300 bucks and then another 50-100 for all the changes you make. and then all the stress you go through. so i would say just buy one

This is true for people without the ability. But then they don,t have the ability because maybe they have never tried.
Personaly I take great pride in building things and have saved a lot of money in the process. As far as material, scrap yards are a good resource. A coat of paint and you can,t tell it from new.