Cattle Grids - steel tubing etc.

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Betsy Og

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Anyone any experience of diy jobs on these.

3 gaps 12ft wide. Breath debatable but I'd be inclined to give it 5ft. Actual depth under steel also debatable but I'd say 2ft is plenty.

Thinking of using steel tubing (like you see in cattle crushes etc.), would have block suporting wall in the middle.

Anyone know what category of steel, diamenter of tubing etc needed, is 6ft too wide a span (oil trucks and maybe odd cement lorry).

I've seen steel beam ones but they look a bit OTT for the jobs.

Any tips on where to buy or anything else very welcome (in Mid-West).
 
if you are driving trucks over it, even occasionally i would go for the proper concrete job.
 
Hi,

I am in Clare and have a steel cattle grid for sale. This is a heavy duty unit with heavy duty steel pipes welded into a channel frame. I am not sure at the minute what the exact width is, but if you were suitably located and were interested I could measure it and perhaps send you a digital picture.
I used this at the gateway into my house and the oil truck, coal truck etc used it no problem. The council changed the level of the main road so took it up and replaced with a standard gate.

Rujib
 
While it sounds promising I do need 3 grids, but sure if the price was right ........

Would it fit into a car trailer (the square box old timber type)?
Also the floor of that trailer isnt the best so is there savage weight in the grid???

Clare would be logistically possible.

Re the first reply above, what exactly do you mean by the "proper concrete job" - is that more or less like a slab from a slatted house (with wider gaps of course)???
 
precast cattle grids are steel reinforced and wont rust or bend. i cant imagine they are that dear
 
Hi,

Yes it is heavyish, but should be ok in a standard car trailer ar a small builders trailer.
Like Eamonn says you should probably check out the concrete version if only to get a benchmark.
I wouldn't be too hard on you price wise. I think I paid 400 punts when I had it made back in the days of real money.
Right now I do not want lying around so after you check out the concrete version you can twist my arm.

Slan go foil.
 
Concrete "Cattle Grids"

I enquired locally re these and nobody seems to make them but a few people mentioned that they have heard of slats from slatted houses being used upside down (coz the gaps are much wider underneath that at the upper surface).

Are these what you had seen Eamonn66????

Rough price about €250 a go which seems to be a lot cheaper than full steel tubing.
 
The concrete slat that you referred too are they strong enough to support a 20 tonne truck?
 
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