bigtater
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I'm looking for the name of the gates that you can drive over but keep livestock from crossing. I've seen some made of metal but most are made of concrete.
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Drive over gate
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BillyP
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bigtater said:
Are you talking about a cattle guard?
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bigtater said:
In Oklahoma and Texas, at least, we only knew them as "cattle guards", but on one trip to Alaska, at a place we were going to spend the night in the RVs in Canada, there were signs along the road showing distance to a "Texas Gate" ahead and I didn't know what that was until we got there and saw it was just a cattle guard.
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It looks easy enough to make. Just check the size of the gaps they use and make yours like that. You should also get an idea of the metal thickness and reinforcement used so you can drive over it. If you have that information, from what I've seen, I doubt there's any big secrets in making one?
Good luck and post pictures for us.
Good luck and post pictures for us.
BillyP
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bigtater said:
You should be able to find some old drill stem at a reasonable price.
Most of our cattle guards around here are made completely from drill stem. I try to design mine so I can remove the guard from time to time and clean out the hole underneath. I have seen some where wash filled up the hole underneath, eventually buried the pipe and the cattle came and went at will.
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bigtater said:
I knew that I was a city boy, now living in the country. But now I must also be a northern boy (although, Alaska is a still little north of me). Am I the only one who has not seen or heard of a cattle gate before?
How does it work? Is it installed, laying flat, into an opening in a fence? Why won't cattle cross it? What about horses? Rusty,
It is my understanding that the guard works with the rolling pipes across the top that lets the foot of the animal through the hole in the bottom. Eventually all four feet will be stuck in the hole because the pipes on top roll and spin, so I think any sized foot will get stuck.
It is my understanding that the guard works with the rolling pipes across the top that lets the foot of the animal through the hole in the bottom. Eventually all four feet will be stuck in the hole because the pipes on top roll and spin, so I think any sized foot will get stuck.