Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

I personally would be nervous about PVC being too weak to hold a horse under 
some circumstances.  Also, PVC does break and it has sharp edges when it 
does.  I have an older, retired gelding that has the most dreadfully scarred 
knee from a major cut; suspected villain was a pipe that had been abandoned. 
Apparently two horses on opposite sides of a pipe corral were sparring and 
the older one tangled with the PVC pipe, which before the incident was not 
broken.  It can be sharp as glass when shattered, which it does.

Barbara


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
To: <kcrazzmatazz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Making your own PVC Panels


> > I'd like to take a shot at making my own PVC corral panels.> if for no
> other reason than I sleep easier at night that way ;>)
>
> Well I had a 2 full PVC corrals...in pieces that I'd have been happy to
> give you a good deal on. >g< My husband built us a full PVC corral out of
> 2" pipes. A friend made a full corral copying ours. They eventually gave
> me theirs and out of both corrals there were maybe 2 unbroken panels last
> time I remember seeing them. The PVC became brittle as it got older. I'm
> not sure if exposure to sun does it or what but what  wouldn't have
> broken it the first year broke it easily the 3rd year. At first we tried
> bungy cording it tight together at each intersection of panels, but they
> stil shifted too much. We eventually had to drive stakes in the ground,
> lower the panel down over the stake, and duct tape them all to heck to
> each other. Probably used 3 or 4 dollars worth of duct tape every time we
> set it up, then all the panels ended up goey from it.  At night *I didn't
> sleep well* I would lay there and hear the panels popping as Kaboot
> rubbed his head on it and the entire corral would crackle & pop. The last
> time I used it he just put his head through it and tossed his head and it
> broke the panel in half.
>
> What finally did it in was when I stacked it on the truck kinda high,
> turned in my driveway up a hill and they all went off the truck and legs
> to panels broke all over the place.  They were awkward to haul, a pain to
> set up, and not that secure for a horse who saw grass he couldn't reach.
> If you make a set, it would be a good idea to run electricity around the
> inside. I wish I had the money we spent on materials to buy a good metal
> corral.
>
> Angie
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
> Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
>
> Ride Long and Ride Safe!!
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=



=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=