RE: [RC] Was Securing Horses ... now "Safety Pen" Corral Review - Sharon Levasseur
A while back I posted that I was buying a
“Safety Pen” from www.ciwtrailers.com/safetypen.htm
and a lot of folks wrote to ask for follow-up comments after I’d used it.
I used it over the weekend and LOVE IT! Set it up alone in something like
3-5 minutes. I’d ordered the electric wire option so he wasn’t
even tempted to put his head underneath for more grass. It’s too
tall for him to reach over but there’s electric at the top too just in
case. I didn’t bother using the guywire/spikes on the corner posts,
there was something like 10” of post sunk into very solid ground and I just
didn’t feel the extra effort was warranted.
There were a bunch of folks at my
campsite admiring it, and all of them said it looked VERY VERY SAFE. I
agree... that’s why I bought it.
The corral could have been a lot larger
but for a first time effort I didn't want to push my luck. It seems to me that
the really long spans of fence might be tough to keep tight. Besides, with only
one horse I didn't need any more room than that! I’m sure if you
had two well-behaved pasture-mates you could use one corral for both horses...
there’s 65’ of fence!
In the above photo you can see how I used
the trailer's own tailgate as the gate into the corral. The endpost of the
corral had a baling twine loop at both the top and the bottom, and the trailer
tailgate had matching loops which were connected with double-ended snaps.
(I rigged the baling twine and snaps myself.)
The above photo shows the tailgate gate
from a different angle. I took it at 2am when I couldn't sleep because of all
the munching sounds. One thing Z does very well is EAT!
I didn’t get any pictures of the
takedown process but that’s easy too. The fence’s crank case has
hinges to lay down horizontally so you can roll the corral into it easier.
In case anyone is wondering, the current
price is $700... which I think is not much more than some of the more popular
metal corrals?
-Sharon Levasseur, Maine
PS: For wide trailers there is a
rear-mount option. And for wide trailers with ramps there is a swing-away
rear-mount option. J
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Cieri Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 9:14
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Securing Horses
This exact thing happened to me. After that fiasco I
tried the steel corral, 3 different horses got out of that so I went on to a
hi-tie. So far, no issues.
My horses were lost at No Frills for a week.
Badly injured, career ending injuries for my mare. All do to someone else's
horses running through my electric fence.
Make sure if there is a gate to the property, it's
closed after dark. Our campground had gates but somebody left them open. Park
your rig to shield the horses from traffic. Park against a natural barrier,
woods for example. If needed, unhook and park the truck in front, sideways to
prevent intruders.
Good luck finding the rest of them. I'll keep them in
my thoughts.
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