Been busy

[Nicky]

Building corrals .2 years without corrals
4 sets of straw corrals.... 2 for brandings, 2 for calf shipping.
2 calvings seasons using straw alley ways and electric fence.
2 loads of pipe
8 1/2 pallets of dry concrete....
And we are finally building corrals!!! Had two friends come with a skidsteer and got all the posts set in 3 and half days so that was great!!! Now we have all the posts cut and top rails on. Will go pretty fast now. Hopefully will have them done for shipping the end of Sept.
Morning day one

Two augers were a good thing


Morning day two


The crew

Morning day three

Made forms and poured concrete for the scale


We've got all the top rail on now, so just alot of welding left to do.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

That is going to be a great set up.
Keep us up to date on the progress.

 

[Faster horses]

Congratulations!! Love it when a plan comes together.

 

[Soapweed]

Very nice.

 

[DejaVu]

Awesome...you won't know how to act with a nice set of corrals! Congrats.

 

[PPRM]

Great to see your project coming along for you!

 

[Nicky]

This weeks installment of pictures.
Fancy welding table


Jigs made on the fancy table


Putting the rails up goes fairly quickly



Starting to look like corrals




Supposed to cool off some this week so that will make it more fun. Still quite abit left to do.


Worked two bunches of calves this week also, got up early and were done by 9:00 each morning.


My garden is doing nicely in spite of me neglecting it. More pictures next sunday. Have a good week.

 

[PPRM]

Nice crowd Alley ;-}

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Great progress, got the rails nice and close, the calves won't be so inclined to stick heads out.

 

[leanin' H]

Would it be alright if I run my cows up there this fall and work them in those "Cadillac Corrals"? Those are going to last a lifetime for ya! Nice work and they look swell from here.