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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 876028" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>The rawhide has an alley between the two pens....there is a large catch pen which on ours has 10 panels, and a smaller sorting pen that has 4 panels...the alley is in the middle....we catch in the larger pen, work about 7-10 cows into the smaller pen, and then force them into the alley. They do not want to go into the alley as it is a 90 degree turn and they don't see the way out, even when the chute is open. We chain a priefert headgate to the end of the alley and that works well...we use portable panels after the headgate to sort left or right. ...now if you were to buy an additional alley that was longer and had a sweep that would be a lot better, but none of the portable ones I have seen use a sweep unless you buy it separate.</p><p></p><p>My opinion on these is that if you need portable because of multiple locations, weather, or any other reason that you cant use a built in place setup - then portable is the way to go. However, if you have only one property, and you dont really need portable - the flexibility of designing a corral properly from the start and making it work with your operation is better than the portability. I have quite a few pictures, but none of them are very good at explaining what I am telling you.</p><p></p><p>We have hurricanes, and the last one we had destroyed the old corrals - the portability of this system is great, but since my neighbor re-built his pens - we can work our cows three times faster in his well designed pens than we can in our portable ones....portable has a place, but well designed permanent is much better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 876028, member: 9219"] The rawhide has an alley between the two pens....there is a large catch pen which on ours has 10 panels, and a smaller sorting pen that has 4 panels...the alley is in the middle....we catch in the larger pen, work about 7-10 cows into the smaller pen, and then force them into the alley. They do not want to go into the alley as it is a 90 degree turn and they don't see the way out, even when the chute is open. We chain a priefert headgate to the end of the alley and that works well...we use portable panels after the headgate to sort left or right. ...now if you were to buy an additional alley that was longer and had a sweep that would be a lot better, but none of the portable ones I have seen use a sweep unless you buy it separate. My opinion on these is that if you need portable because of multiple locations, weather, or any other reason that you cant use a built in place setup - then portable is the way to go. However, if you have only one property, and you dont really need portable - the flexibility of designing a corral properly from the start and making it work with your operation is better than the portability. I have quite a few pictures, but none of them are very good at explaining what I am telling you. We have hurricanes, and the last one we had destroyed the old corrals - the portability of this system is great, but since my neighbor re-built his pens - we can work our cows three times faster in his well designed pens than we can in our portable ones....portable has a place, but well designed permanent is much better. [/QUOTE]
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