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RE: [RC] PVC portable corral fencing? - Laurie UnderwoodWe used to use that system. We made the panels ourselves -- cut the PVC to length and glued the pieces together. And we ran electrical tape around the top to prevent horses from leaning on them. On the plus side, they are lightweight and portable and create a great visual barrier. On the downside, they take up a considerable amount of room, will eventually come apart as the glue dries out or from the stresses of being loaded/unloaded many times, and will shatter pretty easily if a rolling horse gets a foot caught (our horses haven't done that, but a friend's horse did -- they used one side of our fencing and tied their hot wire into it -- and their horse took our a couple of sections). You do have to provide some stability with them as well. We used 5 or 7 foot metal t-posts, and then velcroed or bungeed the panels to them. I will probably go back to electric tape fencing -- my horse respects hot wire, and as I learned at Sandhills, if you position your trailer, truck and tent properly, you can pretty well "seal off" your camp area and prevent loose horses from blowing through and taking your horse out. Also a whole lot easier than pounding in t-posts when the ground is dry in say, August! Laurie Underwood -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kit kat Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:10 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] PVC portable corral fencing? hey everyone, I just purchased an endurance book call successful endurance riding. So far the book has been good other then bashing 25 milers a little, but hey.. everyone to there own opinion. BUT, one thing caught my attention. There was a portable horse corral made out of PVC pipes. Looked about 8 feet long and 3 railed and 2 inch pvc. Has anyone ever seen a corral like this. I planned on high lining my mare, because buying and dragging that pipe fencing along with me is not worth it, but when I saw that corral, I thought... awesome.. i could make that and its light and you can take it appart.. pretty awesome. What do you guys thing? Sarah Donaghy & Clover Penny Abbotsfor bc canada 604-799-3524 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU =http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines ============================================================ Riding alone is when you teach a horse all the "tools" and "cues" he needs to handle the trail, to hold a speed, deal with hills, etc. It's also where you develop the "bond" that causes him to "defer" to you before losing his cool. ~ Jim Holland ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ REAL endurance is dressing for 20 degrees in the AM and by noon its 85 degrees! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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