Low cost, low labor
cattle corrals.
Designs and ideas for cattle corrals guaranteed to
save you hundreds of dollars (in corral materials alone)
and many hours labor.
"Marvelous ...these are the best ideas for working cattle I have ever seen."
writes Jerry S. in Texas.
"My neighbors were impressed with the ease of sorting and lack of stress on both cattle and cowboys." Bill W., Canada.
(Many more testimonies on Testimonies page)
120 diagrams - free look (but read this page first)
We'll tailor the designs to suit your needs:
10 to 50 cattle. 6-12 layouts (scale plans) for safe one-person cattle handling. Simple layouts that use 5 ways to entice cattle right up to the headgate with minimal labor (see testimonies).
Plus 40-80 'ideas', including:
* 20 ways to reduce material costs (includes a 1/3 cost fence design).
* 8 ways to entice cattle into and through a corral.
* 15 ways to make any corral safer, especially for one person.
* The 20 most common faults in cattle corrals.
8-120 diagrams, full measurements and dimensions - everything you need to build a safe, low-cost one-man (or one-mam) corral.
50 to 200 cattle. 12-18 layouts (scale plans) that use 8 different ways to draw cattle into and through the corral, allowing one-person to safely handle ( and sort) up to 200 cattle alone. Designs that have proved to reduce labor, stress and time in the corral (see testimonies).
Plus 80-120 ideas (includes all the "ideas" above, plus more).See more details of the 'ideas' below.
200 - 1000 cattle. Innovative two-man cattle corral plans, including systems that process 600+ cattle per hour (see testimonies). Very fast and smooth handling of larger numbers of cattle.
Either 12 -18 laouts + 80 - 120 ideas (depending on how many ideas you would like to look at).
"Thank you for your great ideas... many people are impressed." Nathan T., MO.
"These plans will save me thousands of dollars, I'm impressed.' Laurie K., New Zealand.
The "ideas" include:
Gates. 25 ideas for gates, including standard gates with full measurements. From simple new chute gate designs to novel crowd pen gates.
Gate Latches. 8 simple gate latches to build.
Easi-flow Chutes. 12 ways to improve cattle flow into and through the chute.
Scales. 6 options and ideas for easy cattle weighing.
Simple Headgates. 3 Simple headgates to build.
Loading Chutes. 10 ways to make cattle loading easier.
One-Man Sorting. We'll show you 5 ways to use cattle's natural behavior to make one-person sorting easy.
New Crowd Pens. Finally a crowd pen (tub) that you can operate from the safety of a central platform. And the solution is actually quite simple. There are 5 variations of this innovative central platform design for small to large herds.
Low-cost Fences. 5 low cost fence designs - one of which shows a 20 year proven corral fence that costs just a third of a traditional corral fence.
Safety Designs. 15 ways to improve one-man safety in corrals.
Reduce Costs. At least 30 of the ideas show you how to reduce corral material costs.
Super fast Corrals. Our two-man corrals process 600 cattle per hour (see testimonies).
(the bold numbers refer to the middle package of 12 layouts + 80 ideas).
How One-Man Corrals started
The New Zealand Farmer magazine was offering $10 for a good farm idea. I'd worked in hundreds of cattle yards (corrals) during 17 years TB testing cattle - so I draw up a dozen ideas I had for gates,latches, chutes, etc, and sent them in. I thought they might perhaps use a couple of them.
They not only used all of the ideas but made it into their feature (front page) article - and paid me $150.00 for it! Within 2 years I was designing cattle corrals full time, and continued full time for the next 15 years. My One-Man Corrals have been built all over the world (see testimonies) and have featured in 55 magazine articles in 5 countries.
What cattlemen say:
"I don't know where you get your ideas, but darn they work." writes Phillip G, in MS.
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"Exactly what I've been looking for but could never find". says Dave T. in Illinois.
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant." Graeme W., New Zealand.
Dennis from Colorado. comments, "I'm very impressed to say the least ... I spend most nights studying them, I just enjoy looking at them."
"I'm most impressed by the beauty and functionalty of your designs." . Roy S. from New York.
(More testimonies on Testimonies page)
