Portable “Floating” Cattle Guard

Portable “Floating” Cattle Guard LIVESTOCK Beef “There’s no need to dig a pit and no weight limit with my new portable Manitoba gate You can pick it up and easily move it around with a bale fork ” says Wyatt Van Damme Triple Pass Welding Belmont Manitoba Made from oilfield pipe the Manitoba Gate is available in 9 and 16-ft widths It comes with an outer frame and a floating spring-loaded inner frame which presses against the ground when driven onto then pops back up once the vehicle passes Four springs attach to the gate’s 4 corner posts and stabilizer bars attach to 2 middle posts to keep the gate from rocking as you drive over it “The springs keep the inner frame about 6 in off the ground until you drive onto it Then the frame pushes against the ground and once you drive over it the frame pops right back up again ” says Van Damme “The inner frame’s height can be adjusted at 4 different settings including all the way down to the ground by just pulling a pin “Heavy trucks won’t bend the pipes One of my customers has set his gate up at a gravel pit in his pasture where a county gravel trailer constantly drives over the gate day in and day out with no problems ” The 9-ft Manitoba gate sells for $900 plus S&H and the 16-ft gate for $1 600 plus S&H Contact: FARM SHOW Followup: Wyatt Van Damme Triple Pass Welding P O Box 221 Belmont Manitoba Canada R0K 0C0 ph 204 523-0446; triplepasswelding@yahoo ca

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