ATV Cattle Guard Stopped Fence Cutting

ATV Cattle Guard Stopped Fence Cutting ATV S Repeated fence cutting by ATV riding vandals forced David Shumway to put in an ATV cattle guard Shumway’s Horsehead Crossing Cattle Co has a riverbed going through the middle of it Dry most of the year it was a great place to ride ATV’s and motorcycles Located near a small city there were people who would cut fences and leave gates open     “They would ride through but never close the fence or gate back up ” says Shumway “The cattle would wander through and end up on railroad tracks We had several head get killed by freight trains ”     While checking the fence one day Shumway drove past a nearby truck repair shop When he saw a partially burned out semi trailer he recalled a FARM SHOW story about an ATV cattle guard     “I stopped and bought the trailer for $100 ” he says “I split the 8-ft wide steel joists down the middle with a cutting torch leaving one support beam on either side ”     Shumway cut three 36 by 48-in segments and welded them together to give him a raised center platform with two ramps He then reinforced the ramps and platforms with rebar     “The joists were about 6 in apart so I put rebar in between them ” says Shumway “I also put a support column under the raised platform for strength It’s not fancy but it works ”     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Shumway 3800 McLaws Rd Holbrook Arizona 86025 ph 928 524-2694; ddshumway@frontier com     

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