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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1246591" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I've altered it quite a bit since these pics were taken a couple years ago. Hard to tell anything about it from a ground level pic:</p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20006%20640x439_zpsna07genv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Looking thru the sort gate-Sweep is on the right--sweep gate is partially closed. Sort gate is set in this picture to exclude one from entering load or working chute--just shunt him back into the outer holding pen. This is a 90 deg sweep--only diff between a 90 and 180 is 2 additional curved panels and one more ground brace are added for the 180. </p><p>(I've changed where that sort gate is located too--it was too hard to sort immeditely after the sweep gate closed--they bunched up too bad. I inserted two 8' panels to give some distance between where the sweep ends and where I sorted, moved the sort gate to the end of those 8' panels and added a sliding gate between where the 8' panels ended and the sort gate. The 2 gates on the sort came free swinging--and you had to manually close them against their stops and chain them shut--I added 2 old trampoline springs to each one, so now, they spring close against the stops--all I have to do is let go and they slam shut)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20001_zpsoarm63au.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Calf in the sweep area--sweep gate is full open in the back right of the picture. Closing the sweep gate will push her into the sort gate area--either to the headgate chute--back into the pen, or into the load chute. </p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/calves%20009%20640x480_zpsurslftxt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Basically the same thing--sweep gate is full open on the extreme right foreground of the picture.</p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/calves%20007%20640x480_zpscqqzggqs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Looking up the load alley with the sort gate open to load--I've added some cross ties to the outside of this alley, and some tie beams between the top of the crossties.</p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20005%20640x480_zpssrux4kge.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It works fine for calves and yearlings and most of my mature stock, but I've had a beefmaster bull in there recently and he really wants to test the 12x36' sweep alley. He's not bad, but if he wanted to (and he might) he could push that sweep gate back open on me and pin me between the gate and the alley panels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1246591, member: 18945"] I've altered it quite a bit since these pics were taken a couple years ago. Hard to tell anything about it from a ground level pic: [img]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20006%20640x439_zpsna07genv.jpg[/img] Looking thru the sort gate-Sweep is on the right--sweep gate is partially closed. Sort gate is set in this picture to exclude one from entering load or working chute--just shunt him back into the outer holding pen. This is a 90 deg sweep--only diff between a 90 and 180 is 2 additional curved panels and one more ground brace are added for the 180. (I've changed where that sort gate is located too--it was too hard to sort immeditely after the sweep gate closed--they bunched up too bad. I inserted two 8' panels to give some distance between where the sweep ends and where I sorted, moved the sort gate to the end of those 8' panels and added a sliding gate between where the 8' panels ended and the sort gate. The 2 gates on the sort came free swinging--and you had to manually close them against their stops and chain them shut--I added 2 old trampoline springs to each one, so now, they spring close against the stops--all I have to do is let go and they slam shut) [img]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20001_zpsoarm63au.jpg[/img] Calf in the sweep area--sweep gate is full open in the back right of the picture. Closing the sweep gate will push her into the sort gate area--either to the headgate chute--back into the pen, or into the load chute. [img]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/calves%20009%20640x480_zpsurslftxt.jpg[/img] Basically the same thing--sweep gate is full open on the extreme right foreground of the picture. [img]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/calves%20007%20640x480_zpscqqzggqs.jpg[/img] Looking up the load alley with the sort gate open to load--I've added some cross ties to the outside of this alley, and some tie beams between the top of the crossties. [img]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag476/dtex2/penned%20005%20640x480_zpssrux4kge.jpg[/img] It works fine for calves and yearlings and most of my mature stock, but I've had a beefmaster bull in there recently and he really wants to test the 12x36' sweep alley. He's not bad, but if he wanted to (and he might) he could push that sweep gate back open on me and pin me between the gate and the alley panels. [/QUOTE]
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