#66 Building a ROUND PEN
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2022
- We finish building our round pen for our horse with help from Fletcher and Finley, our "bonus" children from Raleigh. It is a perfect place to exercise Midnight, our newest addition to the ranch. We had promised Brie when we moved to the country that we would buy her a horse and build a round pen. Promise made - Promise kept!
If you ever have to replace any boards I suggest you shift the 2nd and 4th board over one pole each. It will make for a sturdier fence being not all of the joints are lined up on the same post. It looks great though. You guys continue to make beautiful memories and a home place to be very proud of. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Hi SJ thanks for the comment! Yes we thought of that after we were nearly completed...Live and learn. We got pretty good by the end, but it was a work in progress. The best part of the whole project was working as a family. Memories...Thanks for watching!
Great advice! We have truly never done anything like this before, and as you can see from the video, we are learning as we go and praying for a good outcome! Thanks for watching 😊
This is the best comprehensive video I've found on building these! Thank you for filming it to help the rest of us!!
Wow, thanks! What we would have done differently would be to stagger to boards.
@@freedomranchhomestead7961 I’ll remember that. I hope you were able to build before lumber prices skyrocketed 😰
We’re putting our plans on hold until the prices come down
@@cabincreekhomestead761 Unfortunately we were not able to, but we did save some by buying the lumber in bulk. We needed to get our fencing up for the horses and the cattle, so we bit the bullet 😫
@@freedomranchhomestead7961 hey, they’re worth it. 😍
Nice to see family working together! Great job Thank you
Wow, wow, wow! I can imagine how fulfilling this must have been. Built by your family, both kids fully invested and involved in the final product. The change in them has been incredible as they have matured exponentially. You and Chuck are young enough to enjoy the blessings in your life and immerse yourself in this beautiful ranch you are creating! I am enjoying your vision!
Thank you Norm! Yes, the change in the kids has been amazing to witness! We are all learning so much and feel so blessed to be experiencing all of this together. We are all enjoying the fruits of our labor and feel honored to share it with folks like you! Thank you for watching 😊
Midnight was just making sure her round pen was up to her standards nice looking round pen hi from Melville Saskatchewan have a blessed day
Yes, she was! She felt proud as she pranced around the pen that was built for her 🥰
Honestly it’s a beautiful pen .
Thank you so much!
Que bonito ❤
Thank you!
I love it, pieso gacer one, thanks for the video 😘
Thanks for watching!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thank you so much!!
Just found your channel. What a really cool collection of videos. I really enjoyed the videos I've watched so far. Thanks so much for sharing. Take Care!!!
P.S. I did subscribe and clicked the bell. Thanks Again!!!
Awesome 👏🏻 😎
Thank you!
I love ❤️ it, I ❤️ it, I ❤️ It.
👍😁👍
Thank you!! We are pleased with how it turned out and sure had fun finishing it up with Fletcher and Finley!
@@freedomranchhomestead7961
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nice little corral ( lot of hard work ) took some ideas if I ever own ( or raise ) horses in future mine is going to bigger and square I might round it at corners again got some helpful ideas ( like height seems shoulder height ) you always want have something challenging on your plate 👍
Sounds great!
Love the perfectly round look instead of panels like people usually do, it looks like the super premium round pen kits. Did you have to do anything to make the boards bend well, like steam them? Or was just using fresh pressure treated lumber flexible enough to make the curve?
Thank you! We used our ranger to pull the boards into the round position then screw them in place. Worked out well!
Beautiful round pen! We are doing something very similar off of a slope just like yours. We haven't decided on what footing we are going to use. What did you use? Thanks!
Thank you! We used ground up gravel for the ground and it has worked great!
how come you guys didn't do the geotextile cloth before the applying the base??
Excellent question...that was something we had not thought of. So far we are doing fine without it though!
What size did u do the circular pen?
It is 50ft across
Beautiful Round Pen! Great job! Could you tell me what kind of Sand you used? Thank you!
Thank you so much! We used crushed gravel for the round pen and it has worked perfectly.
Whats the diameter of the fence poles?
Fence posts are 6” and thanks for watching!
Do you have a material list
We did not have a material list, but we used 5/4" treated lumber 16' long for the boards and 6" posts every 8 feet. I just calculated the circumference of the 25' circle and it is ~157' * 4 boards =628 total length'. We screwed them in vs nailing. Hope this helps.
What is the diameter of the pan ?
In feet.
The diameter is 50'. Sorry I didn't mention that in the video!
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Do you know a good place to have a steak or seafood in Floyd? We are staying in Woolwine for our anniversary
I'm not really sure about where you could get a steak or seafood, but I would recommend the Parkway Grill. Happy anniversary!
Thank you. I just found your channel and I love watching it.
@@jaysmith9062 I am so happy to hear that! Enjoy your trip!
I can't believe that you did not use a clamp to clamp the boards to the post and you did not stager the boards unreal.
Hi Robert! We are learning how to do all of this for the first time, so please be patient with us as we learn. If you saw our other videos you would see that we are not builders, but are trying our best to do some things on our own. We appreciate your suggestions and will take them into account the next time we build a round pen.
It’s been six months but after 60 years I’ve learned that wood is the hardest in the long run to maintain and replace. Now all my round pens are metal pipe and we’ll worth the investment.
@@livesoutdoors1708 It's a larger investment and it took me approx 20 years to learn myself and my family came from a carpentry background so everything was pressure treated, cut perfectly, plumbed, leveled, etc. and I am in the upper midwest so it's 110 degree summers and -20 degree winters. Wood just doesn't last the way you expect for the time, effort, upkeep, etc. you put in compared to metal for many things. Metal costs 3X more in the beginning, but you need to weigh out the maintenance work, upkeep, and longevity of the item and metal wins for many things for me. Downside is it's now hard to find 12/14/16 gauge and many stores have gone to selling livestock gates as an example that are maybe 16/18 gauge and bend if the horse bumps into them. It's sad and overpriced for the stuff commercially available from retailers compared to 10 to 15 years ago.
Hi there. Can’t this be done simply using rope? What are the pros and cons of using rope?
@@harrietalvarez515 Do you mean to build this fence with rope? I mean you can technically build it out of whatever you want, but lord have mercy I would never build a round pen out of rope or electric fence. We use wood, metal, or a combination of the two like railroad ties because depending on the horses and types of horses you work with they can easily break boards or go through anything that looks like it won't hold them. You are asking horses to do a lot of movement in a round pen and it can be fast movement like cantering and stopping to make a turn where their head faces the fence and turn a full 180 degrees to go the other direction and if they don't believe they can't get out, they will try. Many people will still put up painted plywood or very tight vinyl along a round pen so the horse is focused solely on what is happening in the round pen and has no visibility to see out or kick through some of the boards on bottom. I've had a 16.1h horse just try to clear a 6 foot tall metal round pen. If you ever work with mustangs, feral horses, or horses with behavioral issues we build them out of rail road ties and telephone posts where I live because if they think they can get out. . . . . .they will try. Horses can break ropes easily and round pens are for training horses, not for already perfectly trained horses.
You can only use rope for an already trained horse that you really wouldn't need a round pen for anyway. Normally rope is for the connection tool between the horse and the human and never for fencing. I've had horses walk through what you would call rope, but it had electric charge running through it and some horses don't even care.
If you mean to use it instead of clamps and screws then not really. A clamp you squeeze tight beyond a hand grip to hold wood and objects in place while you work on them so you nor anyone else gets hurt. Rope wouldn't cut it.