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Portable corrals

I've got a Rawhide. First, I'll say there have been some issues. Hose fittings not tightened which caused hydraulic leaks. Welds have broken on gate hinges. Paint isn't the best. Appears there were some "quality control" problems. I believe Rawhide had some employee problems about the time I ordered my corral last spring. They have been good to make repairs.
I like the adjustable alley. Cattle are quiet and content in the corral.

A few days ago, we helped a neighbor with his cattle. He borrowed an OK corral. It was a little small for the number of cows but the biggest problem we encountered were the big overhead beams. The cattle absolutely did not want to flow through because of them. It really bothered them A LOT.
 
DejaVu said:
I've got a Rawhide. First, I'll say there have been some issues. Hose fittings not tightened which caused hydraulic leaks. Welds have broken on gate hinges. Paint isn't the best. Appears there were some "quality control" problems. I believe Rawhide had some employee problems about the time I ordered my corral last spring. They have been good to make repairs.
I like the adjustable alley. Cattle are quiet and content in the corral.

A few days ago, we helped a neighbor with his cattle. He borrowed an OK corral. It was a little small for the number of cows but the biggest problem we encountered were the big overhead beams. The cattle absolutely did not want to flow through because of them. It really bothered them A LOT.
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appreciate real world information thanks
 
You are welcome. I've also wondered if/how the color affects cattle. The Rawhide is a dark gray. The OK is bright red.
 
Add another one to the discussion:

http://www.linnpost.com/WranglerPortableCorrals.html

Any feedback on this unit?
 
That's pretty much the exact same thing as an older rawhide and the W W I don't know who made it first but they are all almost identicle.
 
Nicky, I've had 50 pairs in my Rawhide. Fall cows with big calves. That was enough to keep everybody, cow & human, safe.

At one time, Linn Post and John McDonald were in business together. The parting wasn't sweet.
 
It takes a few panels on the "short" side but an older rawhide will catch and load 150 cows, handled quietly. It will catch and hold about 80 cows otherwise. I have seen the best and the worst of it. Even with some noise, once you get the panels closed, they are caught.
Like all iron they need some tending, and some fixing, but no matter where your pasture is the corral can be also. Fwiw.
I've never handled pairs in the setup I have used, but I would sure say 50 to 60 would be about right, handled quietly. I know I'm preaching to the choir.
 
W ended up buying a OK Corral. Used it yesterday and it is a quality unit and performed as advertised. Quick and easy setup.
 
AGN said:
Add another one to the discussion:

http://www.linnpost.com/WranglerPortableCorrals.html

Any feedback on this unit?
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We have one and they work great. The hydraulic aspect makes set up a dream.
 
If its a hydraulic unit make sure it has the solar charger. That might be standard equipment now.

We have a linn post coral and like some said we have some issues with it. Nothing major that I would say don't buy. For one, the hangers that all the panels where one. The sleveve that the use to weld the tube that the panels on was welded at a point that all the stress was on the weld. We took it back and they fixed it for use. And also fixed some hydraulic issues also. We carry two panels and a gate that we use to load out with. So we made some more braces in spots to help with the extra weight.
 
George said:
I hope you can get lumber a little cheaper there. I just bought 12 2" X 8" X 16' white oak planks to redo a floor on a tag trailer - - - $600.00 for 12 boards!

That is just to much but I called all around and white oak is hard to come by!

Bought another trailer yesterday and this winter it is going to need a new floor and paint job - - - I have been trying to talk myself into just patching and painting the floor there but I will probably replace it and be done with it!
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I don't know if it's necessary to use 2x12s..that's your call. I was in the lumber business for a long time and if you can use 2x6s they will cost you a lot less per board foot.
(for what it's worth)
 
mustang said:
George said:
I hope you can get lumber a little cheaper there. I just bought 12 2" X 8" X 16' white oak planks to redo a floor on a tag trailer - - - $600.00 for 12 boards!

That is just to much but I called all around and white oak is hard to come by!

Bought another trailer yesterday and this winter it is going to need a new floor and paint job - - - I have been trying to talk myself into just patching and painting the floor there but I will probably replace it and be done with it!
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I don't know if it's necessary to use 2x12s..that's your call. I was in the lumber business for a long time and if you can use 2x6s they will cost you a lot less per board foot.
(for what it's worth)
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I don't know if it's true or not, but i've heard some people use Iron Wood and Cottonwood on Equipment trailers. It's supposed to hold up under those cat tracks.
 
mustang said:
George said:
I hope you can get lumber a little cheaper there. I just bought 12 2" X 8" X 16' white oak planks to redo a floor on a tag trailer - - - $600.00 for 12 boards!

That is just to much but I called all around and white oak is hard to come by!

Bought another trailer yesterday and this winter it is going to need a new floor and paint job - - - I have been trying to talk myself into just patching and painting the floor there but I will probably replace it and be done with it!
Click to expand...

I don't know if it's necessary to use 2x12s..that's your call. I was in the lumber business for a long time and if you can use 2x6s they will cost you a lot less per board foot.
(for what it's worth)
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Note I said 2X8X16 - - - 12 was the number of boards I got
 
Having spent ALL my tangible cash on my recent land purchases I will be building wood corrals with some iron panels we've mfg in our shop along with some plank of which some is used 12' oak that need to be cut off at 11' was trailer floors and it rotted on the ends. I also have a chainsaw and plenty of trees to make some pen's like Gcreek. Our alley is already portable it's made of 50 5 ft. pieces of 8" channel which were all drop's from our trailer mfg.co.

I'm pretty excited about having permanent corrals something you don't have when your short on land. :mrgreen:
 
As for using cottonwood for floors, it's excellent. We had our barn floor in SW Montana made from cottonwood and it's still good! We learned that cottonwood is a short-grained hardwood. We wouldn't be afraid to make any floor out of cottonwood. In fact, we wish we had some for the horse barn here. The barn floor at a big ranch we know of where they use lots of horses is cottonwood and it's really old but you sure couldn't tell it.
 
I used a Titan West portable a couple weeks ago. I can't say that I saw any problems with it. We loaded yearlings off grass out of it. We hauled a little over 500 hd so we got a pretty good feel for it. The only thing I can complain about it was the holding capacity. We set panels up and then the portable to use to load. We could fit a pot load on each side easily. They loaded through the center to the loading chute alright, a couple of wind screens may have helped quite a little. I am not sure that I would invest in something like that if I had to set panels up anyway. I prefer a Bud Box style load out over anything I have used, I have used lots of different set ups.
I don't know what one of these cost but I don't see it being a versatile as a good set of panels. I wouldn't want to have to sort in one either. While it was the worst load out facility I have ever used it wasn't the best either. It did set up easy and was pretty sturdy once set up. We had one pen of steers that pushed on it pretty hard and it was over full. The panels didn't seem to give to much and they didn't shift the corral.
 

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