Building Cattle Pens - Part 2 The Bud Box
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- čas přidán 23. 01. 2021
- We finally got back going on our cattle working facility project. We built a lane leading to our barn first. This is where we will bring in cattle from other pastures to work them and also load cattle back out. You can check out that video from several weeks back, Building Cattle Pens - Part 1
The second part of the project is building the bud box. The bud box will be located between the Arrowquip squeeze chute and our catch lot area. It is designed to work with a cows natural instincts to maneuver the cattle to the squeeze chute easier and more efficiently. We are building it mostly out of metal panels and gates, with the exception of a few wooden posts.
We will be using the following
2 8' Priefert gates
4 12' metal gates
2 6-7" wooden posts
6 bar metal panels
Metal pipe (cut to length) 2 3/8" diameter
Metal pipe (9') 3" diameter for hanging gates
We are cutting most everything with our Acetylene torch and welding it with our Miller Bobcat 260 EFI Welder. For our vertical welds we are using 6011 rods. For our horizontal welds we are using Lincoln Excalibur 7018 rods.
Other tools we used:
Dewalt metal chop saw
Dewalt wire brush grinder
Milwaukee Fuel M18 Impact drill
Titan hand held post driver
Bobcat 863 with Quick Attach post driver
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Great design
Thanks. We have been pleased with how it turned out
I like that you add that plate to the gate hinges, I have been cutting the original tabs off the gate hinges and then welding two parallel plates to each hinge in order to make it easier to mount on a round post.
Thats a pretty good idea. Has it been working out pretty good for you? When it comes to cattle the more reinforcement the better.
I believe i would sheet the gates even with card board which i have done makes a big differance.
We’ve used black plastic before and it works well. It just doesn’t hold up to the wind real well. Cardboard is a good idea though! Thanks
Looking good really going to help with working cattle I was wondering if you could do a video with the rawhide portable corral sometime when you have time
Thanks! We are really looking forward to it.
We should have a Rawhide video in the next week or two (depending on the weather). We've got some calves to work so we will be doing some filming then. Thanks for watching
I may have missed it. Are you going to sheet the gates that crowd them into the alley? In my experience it works better when those gates are solid. Looking really nice. And enjoy the content keep up the good work.
We didn’t get into that yet. That’ll probably be done later on once we finish up pens and all that. We are trying to decide between sheet metal or trying a heavy plastic or canvas material. Any recommendations? The sheet metal would be great and last for a long time. Just wasn’t sure if it would make the gates real heavy and harder to maneuver.
@@FarmerHunt I can't say from experience, but I would think heavy plastic would be the best, just because sheet metal might be heavy and possibly loud if the cattle run into it. Looking forward to hearing responses here though.
@@joesaucer7367 That's actually one of the possibilities we are looking at. We are also looking at a rubber material as a possibility. My only concern with the plastic is making sure the cows don't kick it and crack or break it.
Enjoyed your video. What are the dimensions of your bud box and alleys?
The boxes are about 12’ x 12’ each. The double alley is 6’ wide for about 30’ and then goes down to a single alley for about another 15’ and then the squeeze chute
When you’re about to shut your torch down always remember. A before O or up you go. Shut your fuel gas off before your oxygen
Thanks! That’s a good way to remember it
Would you guys recommend this post driver for exactly that? Thinking about buying one to put in a bunch of well pipe posts for my corral and fencing.
We really like ours. It may be hard to justify the purchase if you are using it for just one small project but if you have a big project or several different projects then I definitely recommend it. If you have any questions please let me know!
@@FarmerHunt ill mainly be using it for driving 2 7/8 drill stem and have read mixed reviews. seems affordable to me compared to the ones others recommend such as the redi driver or rhino which is like 1000 more.
@@benn1851 It has worked good for us. Some of those posts we drove about 4’ in the ground. Luckily where we were working wasn’t too rocky. If the ground is bad rocky you may have some issues. We really like it for driving t post also.
@@FarmerHunt thanks for the feedback!
Why didn’t you hinge bud box gates on other side? Seems like it would work better to load cows in dbl. alley. Just curious.
We went back and forth on this. We finally decided to hang them like we did because when open they don’t block our other gates and also the last one to latch when we are sorting the cattle into the bud box will be right at our lane walkway gate leading to our squeeze chute. There are pros and cons for both but we felt like that would work best for us.
Did you guys fabricate your own gates? What kind of latches did you use?
We didn’t make the gates. We bought them (10’, 12’ and 16’ gates). I think the slam latches are Sure-Latch. We like them a lot!
@@FarmerHunt they look awesome. will definitely going to give them a try. thanks!
where did you get the slam latches that screw/bolt onto the wooden posts?
We got ours from our local feed mill. We bought just the latch and made the piece for the gate. You can also buy a piece for the gate that bolts on. I believe Tractor Supply has them or you can look online at Valley Vet or Amazon and order them also.
@@FarmerHunt Thanks! I just ordered a bunch of panels and gates to make a new semi-portable corral. They come with chain latches, but I was hoping to put something like that on instead for some of my gates. Appreciate the advice.
What kind of panels did you get? I highly recommend the slam latches. Our gates have chains also that we can use in addition to the slam latches if we need them. The latches are really nice if you are moving cows from pen to pen. Saves time when you don’t have to stop every time and chain a gate. We have an Amazon store that we put some of our favorite things in it. The slam latches are in it.
www.amazon.com/shop/farmerhunt
@@FarmerHunt We are getting panels and gates from GoBob. Wanted something more sturdy than the local tractor supply puts out. We had looked at Arrowquip ($$$$$$$$$) and Sioux Steel ($$$$$) and ended up getting our whole setup from GoBob. We really liked the other two brands, but was going to cost us over 50K from Arrowquip to get what I was looking to do and north of 30K for Sioux.
I will check out the amazon store for sure.
The slam latches are strong enough to take some abuse while working cattle? Like cattle pushing on the gate and all?
It’s crazy how much those panels cost. I think you’ll really like those panels though. The latches hold really well. If I’ve got one on an outside gate that leads back to the pasture I will chain it usually just to make sure nothing escapes. I’ve never had any issues though with them busting through an interior gate with only a slam latch. If you buy the two piece latches just make sure both are installed properly. If the piece on the gate isn’t installed right it can twist around if cows push on it too much.
That’s a lot of unused space under roof to be used for only a few hours , a few days out of a year. . Might be nice but is it affordable........
We set it up to be able to work cows with pens for housing cattle long term if needed. It’s also setup to where we can store any of our equipment or hay in it so it’ll get plenty of use.
You hung the gate on the inside of the bud box the wrong way.
For our setup it just made more sense for us to hang the gates on the back wall.
You two been married long?
Almost 9 years for me and 13 for Eric