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Wilson Wheel Coral

sandranch23

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We have the new extended version with the side pens, we have had some problems. any one else?? The main panel doesn't seem to be strong enough.

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The pannel that all of the other gates get hung on to. One side hasn't bothered at all. but the other wants to lean and then break the U part of the hinge off.
 
The right side(as you stand behind it) panel is the weakest, and always on the back wheel axle. I have always believed it is from bouncing in and out holes, or rough ground. I am on my second corral and it has happened to both of them. A good blacksmith can lift the corral up, cut the wheel director on the top, pull out the shaft and straighten it. We have thought about re-enforcing it but not much to work with. I have not seen the new Wilson, but understand it is now made of square, rather than round tubing. Also heard the other day that Wilson doesn't even make them anymore.
 
OKay, wasn't sure if that was the right one or not. We have some friends that have one of the older one pen models and I am not sure if there's does that or not. We have used it a few times but never have paid attention.

Do either of you know much about the rawhide corral systems? Been trying to get some more information on them. They look to be a nice corral.
 
We have had the Rawhide corral for about a year now. It is one heavy built unit. We have used several times for preconditioning calves, weaning calves, hauling cows home from cornstalks, AIing, etc. I think with very little exception it was the best money ever spent on our place. We can set it down and roll the panels out and be ready to go in about 20 minutes. The claim of one man ten minutes is stretching it a bit. If you were on completely level ground that might work but our pastures usually have brush and cow pies in the way that make the rolling a little bit harder. We usually have two guys pushing the panels because they are so heavy. Each panel is well in excess of 100lbs I think. That is a good thing, except for when you need to unpin the things and move them without the wheels.

We have ours paired with a Parasal alleyway and you would be hard pressed to build a nicer permanent working facility.

The few points that I would fix if I could are the electric over hydraulic system. It works great, except our battery is always dead. I think I am going to mount a solar panel trickle charger on it to keep the battery topped off. The other thing I would do is get three extra panels for the smaller pen. We had a group of 138 pairs at one of our places and they fit but we had to really push them. That was the biggest hassle of the day. If we had had three more panels it would of certainly helped the process of getting them pinned. If you go with the Rawhide put the support bars down when you are bringing the cattle into it and as soon as you are done pinning lift the bars into storage. That may not make much sense now, but if you look at it you will see what I mean. We were talking to someone else about theirs and they had bent a couple of panels because they had left the supports down once the corral was full.

If you want any more specific info I can try to answer your questions. We couldn't be much happier. They aren't real cheap but they are built extremely heavy and it should last for years.
 
This wilson is still made out of round tubing, but I have seen the square tubing one and that is called the dimmond corral and I think that wilson makes that as well. This corral other than that stuctual problem on the right hand side works very well. With the side pens and walk threw gates It makes working cattle easy. We were able to sex our calves in the pasture as we weaned them. It went pretty smooth but I won't do it again. The only reason we did is we are redoing the feedlot. but with the side pens it opens up alot of options.
 
I've been aroun Wilson's corral, Titan's OK Corral and Linn Post and Pipes Rawhide and the Rawhide is hands down my favorite. From ease of handling to versatility of use it's 100 times better than the Wilson IMO. The OK corral has some neat features but I think I'd rather have the alley of the Rawhide as opposed to the trailer compartment
 

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