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Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: Hamish Crofter on April 26, 2015, 07:24:49 pm

Title: Cattle grids
Post by: Hamish Crofter on April 26, 2015, 07:24:49 pm

Hi,
Can anyone tell me roughly how much a cattle grid costs to supply and fit.
Thanks

Title: Re: Cattle grids
Post by: Creagan on April 26, 2015, 09:25:33 pm

There was one going free on Skye Free Ads recently!
A self-supporting one (i.e. You dig a hole and chuck it in, no need to build a concrete base) is £1800, I never got a price for a more conventional one.

Title: Re: Cattle grids
Post by: Hamish Crofter on April 26, 2015, 09:26:43 pm

Cheers, sorry I missed it!

Title: Re: Cattle grids
Post by: mab on April 26, 2015, 09:48:01 pm

found these 2nd hand - rather depends on how long you can wait for one to come available near you though:-


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Livestock-Cattle-Grid-Box-Section-9ft-x-9ft-NO-VAT-/331532492752?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d30e05fd0 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Livestock-Cattle-Grid-Box-Section-9ft-x-9ft-NO-VAT-/331532492752?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d30e05fd0)



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cattle-Grid-/271847776228?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4b63dfe4 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cattle-Grid-/271847776228?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4b63dfe4)

Title: Re: Cattle grids
Post by: oor wullie on April 27, 2015, 07:10:06 am

I think you can get CCAGS grants for cattle grids (assuming you are a crofter).

Title: Re: Cattle grids
Post by: Garmoran on May 02, 2015, 02:45:49 pm

Just bear in mind that to be sheep-proof it needs to have round bars, absolutely no space at the edges and be wide enough to convince even the most determined animal that it cannot be jumped, even with a long run-up. I have personal experience of a few cattle grids that fail the test, not to mention the angular wooden grids at railway level crossings which are merely there for decoration, as far as I can see.