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Re: [RC] I.D. of metal corral system at Mt. Vernon ride - Mary KraussOh dear, PLEASE, please, please see if you can find the literature! I'll send you donuts, or a Starbucks certificate, or a bottle of wine!!! I, myself, cannot imagine being organized enough even to have files, let alone keep them in any sort of order.... do you know anyone else who might remember the vendor? I'm certain you saw the same thing I saw. They were light but tall enough to do the job. They were definitely made in Oregon--I think in Bend. But I can't find the stinkin' things anywhere. Otherwise, I think the cattle panels are the next best bet. My trailer is a really long stock-type so would have room to hang them on the side. Is this what you do? What do you do if there is only one of you to put them together? Do you worry about horses getting stuck under the trailer or is that a pretty far-fetched concern in your experience? Sorry to ask so many pesky questions, but, you sound like you know what you're doing....Having said that, I hate to put $$ into anything else if there is any way at all to track down that aluminum corral. Would someone in the AERC office have any record of the vendor?? Thank you for your note and for any more help, Barbara. Mary K. On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, at 08:31 AM, Barbara McCrary wrote: At the AERC convention in 2004, we saw what I considered the best corral panels I have ever seen.? They were made in Oregon, but I can't remember the people who made them.? They were stout aluminum, looked easy to put together and were high enough to be effective for horses.? We use galvanized portable cattle panels, 12' long each, and four of them work fine for two horses, using the side of our livestock trailer as one side of the corral.? Problem is, it takes two people to set them up....they are so heavy.? But they are strong and saved our horses once from breaking out and running away into the desert.? If I find the literature on the ones from Oregon, I'll put it on Ridecamp, but I'd have to go looking in my files.
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