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 Georgia Peach
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Location: Georgia |
I have a yearling that I've started working in the round pen a few times a week. Right now I catch myself worrying over how close her legs get to the panels. So I'm trying to come up with a way to cover them up so if she does slip or just get too close she won't slice her leg open. And yes, I am paranoid lol. The only idea that I've come up with is finding some thinner rubber mats and zip tying them to the panels. Any other ideas? |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Rubber or plywood either one will work. I've had several injuries from sticking legs through the panels (one was bad bad bad), while working or while using it as a pen and they roll into the panels...so you're not being paranoid. |
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Expert
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Location: Bandera, TX | My husband had some belting from an old rock quarry placed on my large 100' round pen. He made me a 35' breaking pen out of cedar stays and 60' was done the same way. Very safe. I love the 60' pen to work most any type horse in. I miss having the smaller 35' pen to break one out in their first few weeks of rides.
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | My husband drove a concrete truck for a while, and one of the big conveyer belts broke. It was just sitting there, so when he mentioned it I had him scoop it up.
Right now it is attached to the fence between us and the neighbors. They put it up, and to my horror it is goat wire.... And that's the pasture my broody and colt are in...(we didn't have a say in it...)
After I wean him, I will probably move the belt and attach it to a couple of panels for a roundpen so I can work him in there.
Try calling around, most plants don't mind donating it, if you haul it off for them. |
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Regular
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| uno-dos-tres! - 2015-08-24 10:35 AM
My husband had some belting from an old rock quarry placed on my large 100' round pen. He made me a 35' breaking pen out of cedar stays and 60' was done the same way. Very safe. I love the 60' pen to work most any type horse in. I miss having the smaller 35' pen to break one out in their first few weeks of rides.
Same on mine! The belting on mine is really thick, like 1/2" so it's attached with some kind of screw/metal strap deal. It does break in the wind but I've never had all the straps break at once. I think we did four to each segment of the panel and it's lasted. Mine goes to the ground and it's been a life saver in keeping the sand in my pen. The winds are terrible here but the sand and ground in my pen is fabulous. I've had one colt tear them off in pieces and it's still fine to replace. |
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Elite Veteran
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| You know what they say, you could bubble wrap a foal and they will still find something to get hurt on (probably by eating said bubble wrap). haha You can never be TOO careful, so I don't think your paranoid at all. |
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| I had a nasty injury happen to an outside colt once. Yes you should at least put plywood up if possible. |
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