Working pens

[Rafter S]

I have some other pens with cattle panels. Those have only 3 boards; top, bottom, and near the middle.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

The middle alley is 12 feet wide and has 5 boards. The wire is on the opposite side of the post and we've yet to replace a board in that section.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I have some other pens with cattle panels. Those have only 3 boards; top, bottom, and near the middle.

That would have been more practical. I added the wire as an afterthought.

 

[Bigfoot]

I subdivided my working pen a little back in the summer. Added an area to sort, and redid my loading alley. I was budget conscious, and did it as cheap as I could. Used 5" pressure treated post 8' long. Put about 30" of the post in the ground. Set them 6' apart, and put 4 pressure treated 2" x 6" on them. The gap between them was way yonder bigger than I'd like. I pulled 2 strands of barbed wire in each opening. It's worked good all summer. I wouldn't recommend it, but it was cheap, and it's working.

Edited to add:
Worked out to $3.83 a running foot.

 

[jedstivers]

Y'all do realize continuous fence is not a bad price per foot too don't you?
I'm going to expand my feedlot and I'm having a hard time coming up with something cheaper.
Now in the pressure areas it takes the more expensive cf or use pipe or heavy timber but the pens can be the lighter stuff. Gobob has a good price but I'm sure others do to. I haven't found any to beat Gobob though.

 

[Bigfoot]

Y'all do realize continuous fence is not a bad price per foot too don't you?
I'm going to expand my feedlot and I'm having a hard time coming up with something cheaper.
Now in the pressure areas it takes the more expensive cf or use pipe or heavy timber but the pens can be the lighter stuff. Gobob has a good price but I'm sure others do to. I haven't found any to beat Gobob though.

Will a 120 volt wire feed weld that stuff to a pipe post? If it will, I can get along with it, if it won't, I'd have to hire it done.

 

[M.Magis]

Will a 120 volt wire feed weld that stuff to a pipe post? If it will, I can get along with it, if it won't, I'd have to hire it done.

Would depend on the amperage of the welder. I don't think I'd want to use less than a 140, which I think is the smallest 120v welder you can get.

 

[jedstivers]

Y'all do realize continuous fence is not a bad price per foot too don't you?
I'm going to expand my feedlot and I'm having a hard time coming up with something cheaper.
Now in the pressure areas it takes the more expensive cf or use pipe or heavy timber but the pens can be the lighter stuff. Gobob has a good price but I'm sure others do to. I haven't found any to beat Gobob though.

Will a 120 volt wire feed weld that stuff to a pipe post? If it will, I can get along with it, if it won't, I'd have to hire it done.

I've never used a 120 so I don't know. You can use self tapping screws on a heavy wall post to you can prol rent a welder if yin close to a larger urban area.

 

[Ky cowboy]

I'm going to use continuous panels and fasten them to rail road ties. They make anchors( they look conduit straps) for mounting to wood post. A guybdown the road has bout 100 ties in good shape for $5 each