Making Stalls Out of Panels?

[dani0303]

My 2 boys live outside with a run-in shed. This situation works great right now but I haven’t been through winter yet with it. I have a barn but it’s open inside with no stalls.

For the super cold/nasty weather I’m thinking stalls might not be a bad idea. Looking at pricing it looks like making 2 12x12 stalls out of panels would be our most economic option. Has anyone done this? Did it work out well? I like the idea of keeping the barn as open inside as possible.

These are the panels I’m looking at
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/economy-corral-panel-12-ft-w-x-5-ft-h

[saje]

I’ve done it. The only downside is if you have a really pushy horse they can push the panels around and the end up standing in a parallelogram rather than a square (unless you can anchor them somehow), and that hay and shavings get pushed out under the panel. A hay net fixed the problem of finding 2/3s of his night’s hay uneaten and out of his reach, but I did spend a lot of time sweeping bedding back where it was supposed to be.

[moving_to_dc]

You also need to be sure the 2 horses get along wonderfully. It’s real easy for a bully to cause problems over pipe panel stalls, both by reaching over with their head/neck and kicking through.

[Fergs]

That design with the little notch at the bottom scares me. Looks like it’s just inviting a leg to go through it.

[Hermein]

If you go this route, and I do it to divide a large open space, you might want to get the “stud” welded wire panel* as a separater–just attach to the pipe panel that goes inbetween your stalls; depends on your horses.

*2 x 4 inch holes, or 2 x 2.

[ChocoMare]

Ditto Hermein… or if you go with the panels you posted above, attach plywood 1/2 way up.

[Bluey]

Those panels won’t work for horses across each other, they will at best bend, at worst have sharp edges where they break.

They have those same panels in the heavier duty, that will stand up to horse play.

Several horse sales here us panels as stalls for the several days horses for a sale are stabled there.
It kind of works, if people are sensible not to stall horses that want to fight.

Some add plywood to the sides, to keep horses from kicking across the panels when the horse next to them irritates them.

If your horses get along fine, the right pipe panels for stalls work ok.

[ReSomething]

We had corral panels and it is SO hard to tell how heavily they are built, from the outside they pretty much all look alike, unless you get out a micrometer and tip them up and check the gauge of the pipes and even then they often are different from lot to lot, mfg to mfg.

Yes, they work great. Yes, expect to line them with 3/4 ply. The pony thought he was a goat and stood on the bars, and he also leaned on them, and eventually body slammed them, till he had a lovely curve that was 4 feet tall, and then we bought a new panel and two sheets of plywood and lumber and made a sandwich out of the panel so both horses would be safe. The old guy never crossed his mind to do such a thing.

Of course the other guy digs and the pony doesn’t. So.

[Calvincrowe]

I used them for one stall and made sure to anchor them to posts (I just wired them to the 6x6 pole building posts). I then used plywood on the inside to create 4 foot tall solid walls, again drilling holes and wiring them to the pipe. Worked very well for the weanlings or broodmares that lived in them for the years I boarded. If you have easy horses who aren’t given to fits of upset in the stalls, then they’ll work fine. Do use ply to line them to keep legs in, hay in, bedding in, etc.

[dani0303]

Thanks everyone. My boys are both well behaved and get along great. The stalls would only be used for the worst weather or if someone was injured. My SO is quite handy and said he will easily be able to install some kick panels in between

[Simkie]

Those economy panels are SO light. Go up a grade. And I really prefer the squared corner ones–lowers your risk that someone is going to rear and get a leg stuck between panels.

Those ones are cheap for a reason.

[dani0303]

Are these a better option?
http://www.murdochs.com/shop/priefert-utility-panel-62-h/

[Simkie]

[QUOTE=dani0303;8312473]
Are these a better option?
http://www.murdochs.com/shop/priefert-utility-panel-62-h/[/QUOTE]

These are the panels I use for my runs and I like them quite a lot

PS: I can fit about 15 of them in my truck :lol: (You can also see a couple wee little runs behind the truck. Pls ignore stalls that haven’t been cleaned yet.)

[Jeannette_formerly_ponygyrl]

Another option which might work for you and be more economical, depending on how many panels you would need to make your stalls, would be electric fencing. I have a pole barn w supports every 12 feet. For years I used a system where I encircled each pole with a stand of electric rope, attached to the pole with plastic insulators. Then I made 12 foot strands of fence tape with an electric fence handle at each end, so when I put those strands up, the whole system would be hot.
Does your system need to be free standing, or will/can you use wall(s) or posts in the system?

[Jeannette_formerly_ponygyrl]

Another option which might work for you and be more economical, depending on how many panels you would need to make your stalls, would be electric fencing. I have a pole barn w supports every 12 feet. For years I used a system where I encircled each pole with a stand of electric rope, attached to the pole with plastic insulators. Then I made 12 foot strands of fence tape with an electric fence handle at each end, so when I put those strands up, the whole system would be hot.
Does your system need to be free standing, or will/can you use wall(s) or posts in the system?

[dani0303]

[QUOTE=Jeannette, formerly ponygyrl;8312506]
Another option which might work for you and be more economical, depending on how many panels you would need to make your stalls, would be electric fencing. I have a pole barn w supports every 12 feet. For years I used a system where I encircled each pole with a stand of electric rope, attached to the pole with plastic insulators. Then I made 12 foot strands of fence tape with an electric fence handle at each end, so when I put those strands up, the whole system would be hot.
Does your system need to be free standing, or will/can you use wall(s) or posts in the system?[/QUOTE]

I’m looking for economical but safe. I will be using walls and poles as support. I’m planning on placing them in the corner so it looks like I’ll only need 4 panels total. Unfortunately I don’t have electric in the barn yet so that isn’t an option right now

Here’s the inside of the barn
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11836902_10207656996091701_8336177304485464347_n.jpg?oh=69f994b1efcb2edaf7e13c5080b86fff&oe=56A39D78

[Simkie]

[QUOTE=dani0303;8312521]
I’m looking for economical but safe. I will be using walls and poles as support. I’m planning on placing them in the corner so it looks like I’ll only need 4 panels total. Unfortunately I don’t have electric in the barn yet so that isn’t an option right now

Here’s the inside of the barn
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11836902_10207656996091701_8336177304485464347_n.jpg?oh=69f994b1efcb2edaf7e13c5080b86fff&oe=56A39D78[/QUOTE]

Keep in mind that you don’t want to put horses up against that metal wall without a kick board. Line the barn with something they can’t kick through if you’re going to put stalls in a corner.

When we first moved here, we set up two temp stalls in the barn with panels. Our barn was a shell, too, so we did free standing stalls (7 panels total) that were about two feet away from the barn walls. Not ideal, but kept ponies from putting a foot through the barn until we built their “real” stalls.

When we did put in the stalls, we lined the barn there with yellow pine tongue and groove. It’s beautiful, and VERY sturdy.

Pic of wood on walls

Ponies in temp stalls

[dani0303]

[QUOTE=Simkie;8312537]
Keep in mind that you don’t want to put horses up against that metal wall without a kick board. Line the barn with something they can’t kick through if you’re going to put stalls in a corner.

When we first moved here, we set up two temp stalls in the barn with panels. Our barn was a shell, too, so we did free standing stalls (7 panels total) that were about two feet away from the barn walls. Not ideal, but kept ponies from putting a foot through the barn until we built their “real” stalls.

When we did put in the stalls, we lined the barn there with yellow pine tongue and groove. It’s beautiful, and VERY sturdy.

Pic of wood on walls

Ponies in temp stalls[/QUOTE]

I like your setup! I’ll show these pics to my SO and see how quickly he could get wood up

[Simkie]

Oh, also found out last weekend that 1 1/4" pipe straps are just right for securing the Priefert panels to posts.

[moving_to_dc]

[QUOTE=dani0303;8312473]
Are these a better option?
http://www.murdochs.com/shop/priefert-utility-panel-62-h/[/QUOTE]

Those are still “lightweight” panels.

The barn I work at special ordered a ton of Priefert gates when they re-did their pasture set-up in 2013. I am NOT impressed with the quality of the construction and the durability AT ALL. Paint is chipping off, welds are rusting horribly, and every gate is bent to heck already, and we do not have destructive horses on the property…

You are lucky, given your location in Colorado, you have an option that many “East Coasters” don’t have! I would suggest looking for a private individual who constructs/welds panels of their own, they are generally pretty easy to find in that region. We have a dozen privately made galvanized panels from Oklahoma, and they are built like tanks - completely different than any commercial panel I have purchased from Atwood’s, Orscheln’s or TSC.