Homemade Roundpens, has anyone made one?

[2468herdsrgr8]

Yes creosote has been banded here ....for the animals sake and the enviroment......we live in swamp land.....

 

[appytaz]

I have a pen that is made with cattle panels and tpost. It works great. I use it mainly for a few hours on the weekends to let the horse graze the rich grass we have in the front yard. The thing I really like is that it is easy and inexpensive to add on to. I don't see why you couldn't use it for a round pen also.

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Could you post a photo?

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

We went out and bought one of the tractor supply round pens for about $1700. It was definitely expensive, but its some of the best money we've spent in a long time! I've fallen in love with round pen exercises! We don't even use the arena any more. We do all our riding and stuff in the round pen. Sometimes its a little tight when you are doing faster gaits, but for walking, jogging, and slow cantering its perfectly fine.

BTW, ours is 60 foot and I don't think I would go too much smaller. 50 is probably fine. Any smaller and its just tough on the horse's body, especially if you will be riding them!

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Thanks so much for the info

 

[lupinfarm]

Thanks so much for the info

2468, those roundpens are much more expensive here... the 50' at bridlepathtack near me is the cheapest i've found at $1800

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

We looked for a long time for a used one, but they are definitely a wanted commodity! Not many people who have them are willing to give them up, and those who want to sell them do so for more or about the same as a new!

I like the look of the wooden ones though. The only downside is that you can't move them. However, I'm not sure we'd be moving ours around much anyways. The other nice thing about the portable ones is that you can use the panels for temporary paddock space when you aren't using the round pen. However, the wooden ones definitely look nicer and you don't have to worry about them rusting!

 

[lupinfarm]

the one i found that was cheap was $1800 new from a tack shop near me, 50ft "hobby style" metal round pen. it was basically like panels of the regular farm gate style (round tubular, not too high quality) ...at TSC they were much more than that, and its hard to find them elsewhere. greenhawk near us has one and i think they're hand done by the owner ...60ft for 2500

 

[appytaz]

Here is a picture of our pen with the cattle panels.

 

[Bronco Hollow]

We used ranch panels. We put a 50' in with the spare panels we had. The price of the panels varies to weight - but you can find them starting new at around $50 for a panel. 50 foot works good for us, we're not riding in the pen, only using it to lunge the colt a couple of go rounds after he is saddled to get any freshness out of him