Different gauges of cattle panel?

[Soon2BChixMom]

I just found a website that sells welded wire panels and they do come in different gauges.
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I don't think any of the squares on the CP that I am using are shorter, they are all the same size square.
My in-laws used this for cattle, not for chickens or ducks. So, they question why I want to bend it. And, think I am a bit crazy.

 

[casportpony]

Sounds like you might have the heavy duty type.

 

[aart]

Most livestock panels are made from ~1/4" rod....the more rods the harder to bend.
Might also depend on quality of metal in rods as someone mentioned.

Yes, it would be hard to do a sharp 'square' bend...it could be done with the right setup.
You'd need a very solid 'straight edge', some brute or leveraged strength and big hammer.
Bending it into a hoop is not too hard, but depends on how tight of a radius you need.

A dimensioned sketch of what you are trying to do might garner some suggestions.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Are there different gauges of cattle panel? I am using free CP given to me by my in-laws. I don't think there is any way I could ever bend this stuff. So, just wondering if there are different gauges- or if I am just a weakling.

Please snap a couple of pics and post them. wide view and close up.
There are a variety of livestock panels. Goat panel being the most STURDY because of having the most material, engineered that way so goats can't get their heads stuck from poking thru.
Second with smaller holes (more material) is hog panel. It has much smaller holes towards the bottom and it only 3 feet tall. I have had plenty of hog jump over them. We have added coral boards up top to make the barrier 4 ft tall.

The last is cattle panel. Flimsy/floppy- like a fish on a hook. It needs to be mounted to panels to keep it from flopping. It is a panel- not fencing. Fencing becomes tight upon STRETCHING- you can't stretch a panel. You can pull it tight, but it won't stretch.
The 3 products I described all come in 21' lengths- and so does corral boards. They work hand in hand.
We have all 3 types here on our little slice of paradise and they all are nailed up to corral boards.
EDITED TO 16ft.. sorry- I have a head cold

 

[The Moonshiner]

We're a little different here in Missouri.
Our panels are mostly all 16'.
Hog panels are 34"
Cattle panels are 50"
Goat panels are 48"
Combo panels are 52" (hog panel bottom but taller for cattle too)

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Sounds like you might have the heavy duty type.
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I just found the bull panels, that might be what we have.

 

[casportpony]

I just found the bull panels, that might be what we have.

I can imagine those would have to be fairly heavy duty.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

We're a little different here in Missouri.
Our panels are mostly all 16'.
Hog panels are 34"
Cattle panels are 50"
Goat panels are 48"
Combo panels are 52" (hog panel bottom but taller for cattle too)

I think I mis quoted the lengths.. I have been sick- very sick the last few days. I'm shacked up on the sofa..
versus editing my post I will agree with 16 feet.
Forgive me. My head weighs 50# right now.
although the corral board back up is accurate.

 

[kwhites634]

Currently it is used as the run, but not hoop coop - more of a square.
But, I have seen some uses around gardens bent almost circular. There is no way I could bend this stuff like that.

Actually, there is. Secure one edge, tie a pulley to the other, pass a rope through the pulley, & pull 'til the ends meet. Have someone standing by with a couple pairs of ratchet straps hooked together to hold the circle in place so you can fasten the edges together with wire or heavy duty clips.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Please snap a couple of pics and post them. wide view and close up.
There are a variety of livestock panels. Goat panel being the most STURDY because of having the most material, engineered that way so goats can't get their heads stuck from poking thru.
Second with smaller holes (more material) is hog panel. It has much smaller holes towards the bottom and it only 3 feet tall. I have had plenty of hog jump over them. We have added coral boards up top to make the barrier 4 ft tall.
View attachment 1452802 The last is cattle panel. Flimsy/floppy- like a fish on a hook. It needs to be mounted to panels to keep it from flopping. It is a panel- not fencing. Fencing becomes tight upon STRETCHING- you can't stretch a panel. You can pull it tight, but it won't stretch.
The 3 products I described all come in 21' lengths- and so does corral boards. They work hand in hand.
We have all 3 types here on our little slice of paradise and they all are nailed up to corral boards.

It is panels, not fencing. We have it strapped to t-posts. I will get a pic.