Hello! Those with the ‘paddock paradise’ systems-how wide is your track? Pros/Cons? Have it one width and wish you had changed it-or did you change it?
I am going to be putting in more permanent wooden fence posts for our interior track, instead of temp fence, and have researched some people wary the width, some use 10’, 12’ or 20-30’??
I need enough width for the horses to roll and not get caught in the fence, so 10’ is out.
I have two warmbloods and a mini that will be using it, on a 5 acre farm (4 acre field I am guessing). One simple track around the field, and a field on the inside I can turn the warmbloods out in.
I have a tractor I want to get around the track easily to cut, drag, etc. if needed.
I am leaning towards 20’ width, … any thoughts? Is that ‘too wide’ for real movement?
Thanks!
We don’t have a paddock paradise track, but we do have a track that we use to get to the horses to an from their pastures daily. Ours is just over 16 feet. I wouldn’t go much narrower than that. We find it a good width for moving horses, but it might still be too narrow for rolling.
I can’t speak to 20’ being “too big” though.
If you’re worried about it being too wide, can you keep it at 10 or 12" (since you only have a couple horses) and allow it to open up into bigger 20-30’ sections that are good for rolling, etc?
Ours are 12’. Almost two years now and it seems a great width for our herd of 5.
Horses will mostly “single track” anyway when going to and from locations. Even when we close the pastures down so they will graze down the lanes we have no problems.
My tractor fits just fine and we widen the lane in areas we want to encourage them to hang out or where I would need to be able to turn the tractor around.
I am just starting to fence my first track-pasture, too – 5 acres, 1 horse & 2 minis. I am varying the width with the narrowest part 12’, widening in two corners to almost 30’. My understanding is that varying the width is part of keeping them moving, with different activities in a few different wide spots. I’m going to get sand for one wide spot to encourage rolling, and put the stock tank in the other to make water a lure for that area. I worried, too, about having 12’ areas . . . but, my funky property means that I have to in a few areas. Good luck with yours!
