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Economical Corral/Windbreak Materials

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Richard Doolittle

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Hey all,

I've done a few drive by's at Ranchers here this summer and comtemplated taking a few shots, but decided against it and haven't posted for a long time. :)

Anyway, what does everyone have for ideas to build decent low-budget corrals and windbreaks?? I've rounded up a bunch of used railroad ties and just need something to hang on them. Sucker rod can make a good corral and the local dealer gets somewhere close to 50 cents a foot for it so going 5 or 6 high you'll have some over $3/foot by the time you get the clips. Regular tin is about $1/square foot and second quality super steel (heavy, deep-gusseted tin) is going to be about $1.25-$1.60/square foot.

I'm surviving on barbed wire lots and minimal protection right now and need to get some improvements made this fall.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
 
have you looked into old tires??
some places will pay you to take them.
stack them up like bricks,on flat side, with a sucker rod drove down between where the beads overlap. fill tires with dirt as you stack them up
if built in a semi circle they stand up well.
using the same size tires help allot.
sounds crude but with some craftmanship make a nice windbreak.
cheap and tough.
my neighbor made some, they paid him enough to haul the tires off to pay for the sucker rod.
all he had in it was his labor.
 
Supersteel is about the only thing that will hold up over time. More durable and cheaper in the long term than any wood product IMO. I'm sure the price has gone nuts like everything else.

I have some on hand I need to get put up. Funny how it doesn't do that itself. :oops: :lol:
 
John SD said:
Supersteel is about the only thing that will hold up over time. More durable and cheaper in the long term than any wood product IMO. I'm sure the price has gone nuts like everything else.

I have some on hand I need to get put up. Funny how it doesn't do that itself. :oops: :lol:
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Yea makes you wonder why they call it "SUPER" steel when it doesn't put it's self up. :???: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Faster horses said:
Pass Creek Angus at Wyola uses the tires and they work
really well. I can find the number if you want to talk to him. (Darryl
Rathkamp).
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Now there is a nice couple I've had the honor to meet.
 
We used cememt wire when we started out for the working corrals. It is cheap and fairly sturdy, if your cattle aren't too wild. Putting 1 rail or plank around the inside about 2-3 feet off the ground will help them to see it, and to keep them off it. We have replaced most of it now with wood, but it worked when we needed it to.
 

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