“Hog Panel” Livestock Hauler

“Hog Panel” Livestock Hauler HOG EQUIPMENT & IDEAS With small livestock on a small hobby farm Doug Darnowski didn’t want to spend a lot of money for a big trailer for the occasional times he needs to haul animals So he came up with a confinement system made with a folded hog panel secured with U-bolts to a 5 by 8-ft mesh floored trailer “The two ends of the panel are also secured with U-bolts ” he adds “We’ve used this to move animals a mile down the road or up to 1 1/4 hrs away You might lose a few U-bolts on a back road with a longer trip but we just put a few extra on and have never had a problem ” He uses a couple of different materials for a “roof” For active animals such as goats that jump he uses a rope to secure a woven-wire fence top The animals can also be tied in place on a lead “I bend the cut ends of the wire away from where the animals are ” Darnowski notes For animals such as pigs that don’t jump around a tarp secured with rope or tie downs works well for a top With U-bolts the temporary pen sets up and dismantles easily “It can hold six or eight young feeder pigs two or three medium-sized pigs/mature potbellies or two or three Nubian goats ” Darnowski says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Doug Darnowski IUS 4201 Grant Line Rd New Albany Ind 47150 ph 812 972-8590; Ddarnowski2@yahoo com

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