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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1086366" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Most use 2 3/8 pipe. Some people have the the oil men put it up as part of their lease agreement. It is expensive but is very stout. Very labor intensive to build from scratch. A cheaper alternative is to use it for your posts and top rail and then cover with 1/4"welded wire panels. A bottom and center rail can be made of a cheaper, easy to work material such as angle. </p><p></p><p>I personally pay a little more for square tubing. Not having to cope all the pipe makes up for the difference in price. You can get by with 1/8 wall and welded wire if you weld the wire on 12" centers along the top and bottom rail. I don't use a center rail on the pens but do on the alleys and crowd areas. This makes the wire and tube act like a truss and is very stout. A cow may get her front over the top, but it won't collapse and the cow can't get her back over. I make everything in 8' increments so I can use 24' long tube and 16' long panels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1086366, member: 5381"] Most use 2 3/8 pipe. Some people have the the oil men put it up as part of their lease agreement. It is expensive but is very stout. Very labor intensive to build from scratch. A cheaper alternative is to use it for your posts and top rail and then cover with 1/4"welded wire panels. A bottom and center rail can be made of a cheaper, easy to work material such as angle. I personally pay a little more for square tubing. Not having to cope all the pipe makes up for the difference in price. You can get by with 1/8 wall and welded wire if you weld the wire on 12" centers along the top and bottom rail. I don't use a center rail on the pens but do on the alleys and crowd areas. This makes the wire and tube act like a truss and is very stout. A cow may get her front over the top, but it won't collapse and the cow can't get her back over. I make everything in 8' increments so I can use 24' long tube and 16' long panels. [/QUOTE]
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