ridecamp@endurance.net: re: portable corrals

re: portable corrals

Sullys Maze (Sully@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU)
Tue, 1 Jul 97 22:36:50 PDT

A quick note on electric corrals. My friends and I have used them
for several years. Our reccomendations is to stay away from the
fiberglass hammer-in or step in posts. Every time you handle them,
you will get little slivers of fiberglass in your hands. Jeffers
sells a step in hard plastic post made by Dare, that has slots for
the wire or tape, and a metal spike to go in the ground. These hold
up very well, and are easier to handle.

We have tried tape and poly-wire, and by far, the white polywire is
the easiest to deal with and no problem for the horses to see. It
also seems to last the longest.

I am using a solar charger from Fi-shock, that cost about $120, and
has given me no problems.

I am not impressed with the "kits", as I think you can set up a
better system by buying the pieces individually. Also, there is no
reason I can see for having a kit to set up a 30 X 30 ft. corral.
While it would be nice to have one that large, most horse camps
won't allow it, and I doubt there would be that much room at a
typical endurance ride.

I pre-measure the wire at home, to corrals that are about 15 X 15,
which gives the horses enough room to move around, and only takes
8 posts.

Karen

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