Sight Barriers In Corral

[Travlr]

I was going to go with guardrail but did not for that simple reason

I've seen more than one sale barn use guard rails and they keep replacing the posts when they need to but the rails get reused, so I doubt there's much chance of a problem.

 

[Dave]

I have some fabric that came from a pulp mill. It has metal woven into it. Lasts forever. They use it on docks on the lower Columbia. It doesn't get slick like the wood which is always wet. If I remember correctly it is 8 or 9 feet wide. I attach it to gates and places to make a solid looking wall so cows wont try to escape there. I use a screw with a washer to attach it to wood. On gates and other metal you have to drill a hole in it and wire it to the gate. This stuff is tough enough that you don't poke holes in it.

 

[bird dog]

Metal works good, you just have to be careful how you use it and not leave any exposed edges. I have built four sets of working pens and everyone of them had a problem you didn't think about and have to be modified.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

How about the blinders on some of the nicer Squeeze chute access doors. Do they work? I'm by myself allot and if I get one moving down the alley she'll stop when she sees me at the chute ready to shut the tailgate. I've got a long rope to pull it with so I can actually get to the back of the chute but it's still a 50/50 chance on catching her the first time.

I have used cheap tarp tied up with baling wire, it works way better than nothing. and I put a piece of plywood on the off side that is more permanent. the tarp doesn't work as good if it is windy and eventually I found part of a truck bed liner that even had a little lip on it that would kind of hang in place and could be chucked to the side for working/branding. some old darker plastic "cardboard" political signs would be nice and lightweight yet more rigid in the breeze.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

we have a lot of old tin tied up on gates and spots that are attractive for jump-through attempts. it is a little dangerous in terms of cutting the crap out of you and the livestock. (don't let an expensive horse within a mile!) but it works, they don't chew on it, and was free.

 

[Lucky]

we have a lot of old tin tied up on gates and spots that are attractive for jump-through attempts. it is a little dangerous in terms of cutting the crap out of you and the livestock. (don't let an expensive horse within a mile!) but it works, they don't chew on it, and was free.

The place I send cattle to has an old piece of tin on the gate that crowds the cattle onto the trailer. I always wondered why one gate out of 25 had a piece of old tin tied to it. Loaded some wild yearlings one day and found out. That tin was a life saver.

 

[Stonewall Joe]

I have some fabric that came from a pulp mill. It has metal woven into it. Lasts forever. They use it on docks on the lower Columbia. It doesn't get slick like the wood which is always wet. If I remember correctly it is 8 or 9 feet wide. I attach it to gates and places to make a solid looking wall so cows wont try to escape there. I use a screw with a washer to attach it to wood. On gates and other metal you have to drill a hole in it and wire it to the gate. This stuff is tough enough that you don't poke holes in it.



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I've used a lot of that, we used it in barn alleyways and in equipment sheds and hanging outside. It works great and pulp mills usually have a lot of it around that they get rid of. Ours has been about 12' wide