Center Pivot Pipe Used To Build Cattle Shed, Corral

Center Pivot Pipe Used To Build Cattle Shed, Corral IRRIGATION Miscellaneous 21-5-10 Center pivot irrigation pipe can be used to make heavy-duty, low-cost cattle facilities, according to Gregg Young who built a shed and corral out of an old center pivot irrigation system he picked up at a sale for $250. It was an old Olson system with the hydraulic drive rusted out. The full-length, 1/ 4-mile system included 1,300 ft. of 6 5/8-in. dia. pipe. Young towed the 10-section system home to his farm three miles away and cut it up as needed for construction, in some cases leaving nozzles in place. He built the top rails and main frame for the 120-ft. long, 5 1/2-ft.-high corral panels out of the irrigation pipe, using oil well drill stem and rerod for supports and also for the braces. He built the main frame for the 25 by 75-ft. shed out of the used pipe. He used conventional wood rafters and covered the roof and sides of the building with barn steel siding. The roof slants from 10 ft. high on the front side down to 6 1/2 ft. in back. "It works great," Young says. "We can get up to 100 head of cows in the alleyway for working. It's high enough so bulls can't jump out and tough enough so they can't damage it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gregg Young, 12501 N. 231 St. W., Burrton, Kan. 67020 (ph 316 796-1356).

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