Bison corral panel production
I'm now in the midst of producing the components of my portable bison handling system and have settled on a relatively efficient construction process that allows me to produce three panels at a time. Before discussing the panel construction process I will first describe the panels themselves. The basic free-standing panels (visible standing upright in the above photograph) consist of six 24-foot-long horizontal rails, two five-foot-long vertical end pieces, and two six-foot-long vertical legs. A pile of panel legs with "ankles" attached. The legs are made from a heavier gauge steel than the rest of the panel because they bear the weight of the panel when it is standing upright. Welded to the bottom end of each of these legs is a short length of steel tube that is of a greater diameter than the tube used for the rest of the panel. I refer to this part of the panel as the "ankle" as, when a panel is stood upright, a six-foot-long piece of steel tu