A few years ago, I had the bright idea of makingf
my own portable corral out of PVC. To cut to the chase, here is what
happened.
Buying lots of 2 inch pvc pipe....... $
89,05
Running around to several different hardware stores
and cleaning them out of 2 inch "t"s and 90 degree angle pieces to hook up the
pvc........ $20.00
The "T"s, 90 degree pieces, purple stuff to put on
the PVC, and glue..... $98.07
Another trip to the hardware store to get a hacksaw
to cut the PVC......... $12.32
(No I wasn't dumb enough to start the project
without owning a hacksaw, it was hiding there on the workbench. Once I went to
the store and bought another hacksaw for it to play with, my original saw
came out of hiding)
.
The time spent cutting, putting purple stuff
on the pieces, glueing and putting the whole mess together..... Way too dang
much.
The look on my horses face the first time he went
to rub his itchy butt on the panels and they collapsed like a Lincoln Log
house ( for those of you too young to remember Lincoln Logs, just know it fell
faster than Enron Stock).... Priceless
(with apologies to the Master Card
people)
When it happened, He looked over his shoulder with
wide eyes that semed to ask, "now what the heck was that?". Then he slowly
turned around lowered his head to the pile of pvc on the ground, sniffed, and
then turned away.
My horse
enjoyed the game. He would lean into the panels and they would fall apart. I
would run out there, utter a few choice words, spread purple stuff everywhere,
glue it back together... and then he would lean against a different
panel. He wouldn't step over the pieces... Seemed to enjoy the game
too much to leave. So I guess in one sense you could say the corral was doing
its job.. Which was keeping my horse there. But I wouldn'r recommend it as a
regular routine.
I do own a carri-lite corral and like it pretty
well. I got the 5 foot tall model to discourage escape attempts. .
