All By Himself...

Kyle is such a talented man!

He has been building the cattle containment system.

These are the pictures he took Saturday before he

headed home. (He ran out of wood, needs 100

more boards and they come from Orlando,

so today he is here, changing the oil in his

truck, while he waits to hear the wood is ready.)

He's part monkey and takes pictures
from WAAAY up on top of something
he probably shouldn't be on... lol

This is the LONG alley leading to the

scales (still to come), palpation gate and

squeeze chute.

He and Rod are going to pour a concrete pad

to put the scales on. Probably this week or weekend.

Fingers crossed!

The metal gate in the foreground and also
way down the alley are ones they
ordered. Kyle wasn't super happy with
the quality, but they work and he didn't
have time to fabricate them on his own.

There are several of them.
These are the gates that were in my
backyard last week...

The material is pretty good quality, but the

welds leave something (a LOT) to be desired.

This is the "sweep"...

He fabricated a hinge so the gate can swing the entire 270 degrees.
Again... talented!

A close-up of how he did the round section.
Each of these cuts were with a CHAIN SAW.
You use what you got....

Mid construction

Here's a quick video he took to show the swinging gate

and his nifty, bright blue hinges he created.

He greased the hinges after the video.
LOL