Heavy-Duty Corral Made From Irrigation Pipe

Heavy-Duty Corral Made From Irrigation Pipe IRRIGATION Miscellaneous 27-6-34 Shane Harvey has come up with an inexpensive way to construct a "moveable" heavy-duty livestock corral. He uses long sections of center pivot irrigation pipe along with channel iron posts to form large, 6 by 38-ft. panels. This results in a very strong, portable corral panel, useful for all kinds of farm jobs. To make the portable posts Harvey uses 11-ft. sections of channel iron, also taken from the center pivots. He cuts the iron into 5 and 6-ft. sections with the shorter piece acting as the base and the longer section as the post. The longer piece stands on the cross piece and they're welded together. That weld needs to be the strongest point on panel because it bears all weight of the irrigation pipe. Four 38-ft. long pieces of irrigation pipe are bolted between each set of channel iron posts. The pipe fits into the channel and bolts are put through drill holes through both the channel iron and pipe. The cross-members and the post can be disassembled for storage. Shane's father, Eldon, marvels at how well the panels work, "They're strong and can be picked up with a loader or skid-steer to be moved around," he says. "And they can be secured to another panel with bolts or wire. It's a really fast way to make a pen," he notes. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Eldon Harvey, 26173 Link Road, Fort Pierre, S. Dak. 57523 (ph 605 567-3647).

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