Cattle/Goat/Hog/Stock Panels.

[Bigmallly]

I'm toying around with yet another idea & looking to price up the above in size 16ft x 4ft. I can easily find them in USA but not over here. Are they known by another name?
Thanks in advance.

[bearded bloke]

Hiya BM,never seen any that wide,but in the UK we have what are called hurdles generally 4,5 & 6 foot are normal widths for sheep pen/race construction,or 8 & 10 foot for cattle.

[bearded bloke]

Could you use Heras panels ? they come up in various widths but are normally about 6'6" high

[veggiechicken]

Since I can only guess at why you want them - how about weldmesh panels?
Welded Mesh Panels - Mild Steel - Shop by product type

[Bigmallly]

OK, If you have 20 mins to spare, this is what I am looking at depending on material costs. I'm just keeping my options open. I think it could work out quite pricey but more solid than ones I have been looking at.

Greenhouse

[veggiechicken]

Right, this is my guess!
You want the panels to make the sides of a polytunnel 16' long. By putting them on top of your raised beds you'll have a height at the sides of 4' + the height of the beds. You'll then use blue pipe to make the roof and fit a clear plastic cover over the lot.
How near am I?

[bearded bloke]

think VC has got this nailed,could you be thinking ...........

[veggiechicken]

I thought about curving the panels over the top but I have some weldmesh panels here and it is very rigid - too hard to bend into a curve. Maybe if it had a larger mesh.........?

[Bigmallly]

Right, this is my guess!
You want the panels to make the sides of a polytunnel 16' long. By putting them on top of your raised beds you'll have a height at the sides of 4' + the height of the beds. You'll then use blue pipe to make the roof and fit a clear plastic cover over the lot.
How near am I?

Close but when arched, the 16ft panel would be 6ft wide x approx 6ft high.

[veggiechicken]

We must stop posting simultaneously!!
Your first post said 16 x 4

[veggiechicken]

Do you mean 6' wide at the base? Spanning your 2'6" path? Giving you planting space of about 21" both side?

[cptncrackoff]

Could you not use a heavy guage stock fence?
Mcarthur do a real heavy one... and they're 4' (ish)


Stock fencing | Agricultural Fencing | Agricultural Products And Supplies | McArthur Group

[bearded bloke]

Ignore my first posts BM when you said panels I did not realise that was American for sheets

What you are looking for is weld mesh but to get it as a sheet in the length you want you need to search for ...... A142 REINFORCING SQUARE MESH or A142 CONCRETE MESH or A142 FLOOR MESH normally comes up in 16' x 4' from steel stockholders but builders merchants normally have half sheets at 8' x 4'

[Nicos]

I was going to suggest the mesh used to reinforce concrete too....but maybe it's not flexible enough for you????

[bearded bloke]

Something like .... A142m Steel Reinforcing Mesh 3600x2000mm x 25 Sheet Deal | eBay .. but probably in a smaller quantity

if you want thicker wire gauge than 6mm (A142) ^^ A193 is 7mm