Fixing Stokboard to Cattle Hurdles

[steveR]

I have a Rancher cattle handling system that I want to partially line with stockboard, to keep stock moving into the race more easily.

I am working on leaving the bottom rail to ground, uncovered to allow cleaning etc.

So a couple of questions to some who have already done this, sheets on inside or outside of steelwork. First thought is inside, but I can see benefits of the sheets being outside as not being knocked and hit by stock in the handling pens.

Fixing, will Tek screws hold them, possibly with a larger washer....?

 

[Lincs Lass]

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[HarryB97]

We tried Tek screws of different makes, sizes and drilling expansion holes etc but they kept shearing off. We now use U bolts and have no issues. The side you fix the Stokboard on mainly depends on what fittings you use and if they have a pertruding thread or not as you dont want the cattle cutting themselves.

 

[hally]

We use old fashioned pop rivets, nice smooth finish for stock. Don’t like tec screws for that job, protrude too much

 

[Andrew]

Tek screws and penny washers, stockboard on the inside for us. Ours is never in direct sunlight though, which may help with expansion / contraction.

Edit: when we put it on hurdles temporarily, half a dozen holes along the top of the stockboard and some string worked really well.

 

[steveR]

Thanks all.

I had reservations about Tek screws to, as they are fine in a "fixed" job, but less so when under side or moving load. I wondered about putting the sheets on the outside, as it would reduce pressure...

 

[Zippy768]

We tried Tek screws of different makes, sizes and drilling expansion holes etc but they kept shearing off. We now use U bolts and have no issues. The side you fix the Stokboard on mainly depends on what fittings you use and if they have a pertruding thread or not as you dont want the cattle cutting themselves.

Do you use a plate on the stock board side or just washers and nuts?

 

[steveR]

Tek screws and penny washers, stockboard on the inside for us. Ours is never in direct sunlight though, which may help with expansion / contraction.

Edit: when we put it on hurdles temporarily, half a dozen holes along the top of the stockboard and some string worked really well.

I did ponder string.... or even cheap jubilee clips which I have used to hold sheets on elsewhere.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I did ponder string.... or even cheap jubilee clips which I have used to hold sheets on elsewhere.

Cable ties ? They are hellish strong Used a few of them on my sheep weigher when I clad it but mainly used gutter bolts with the ( flat) heads on the stock side.

 

[steveR]

Cable ties ? They are hellish strong Used a few of them on my sheep weigher when I clad it but mainly used gutter bolts with the ( flat) heads on the stock side.

I do have a bit of an addiction for cable ties.... I use jubilee clips to do the same, but at a cost!

I was not keen on all the drilling that gutter bolts would mean. One, it breaks the galvanised seal, and two, the steel in the hurdles is THICK, none of that IAE type paper thin stuff.

 

[neilo]

Just give in to those primal urges that all farmers feel. You know you want to....

 

[steveR]

Just give in to those primal urges that all farmers feel. You know you want to....

Noooooooooooo! Get thee behind me, Satan!






At least not unless it's proper stuff off a 6 stringer....

 

[HarryB97]

Do you use a plate on the stock board side or just washers and nuts?

I use large washers and nuts, much easier than drilling lots of pieces of plate

 

[Zippy768]

I use large washers and nuts, much easier than drilling lots of pieces of plate

Absolutely, I was hoping you would say that
How many u bolts do u have around a 8'x4' sheet?

 

[kmo]

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[Bury the Trash]

https://www.solwayrecycling.co.uk/media/uploads/cat-349/Stokbord%20Fixing%20Instructions.pdf

Didnt realise its weldable , that's given me an idea for a little thing I'm doing

 

[Bury the Trash]

I use large washers and nuts, much easier than drilling lots of pieces of plate

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[steveR]

Didnt realise its weldable , that's given me an idea for a little thing I'm doing

I have a hot air welding gun that I've used in the past to weld Plygene gutter lining and Polyprop sheet! Wonder if it would work with this...?

I was wondering about using heat to mould a "hook" on the sheet itself, to hang off a gate.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I have a hot air welding gun that I've used in the past to weld Plygene gutter lining and Polyprop sheet! Wonder if it would work with this...?

I was wondering about using heat to mould a "hook" on the sheet itself, to hang off a gate.

Its low density polyethylene looks like, so get some rods of that or cut some thin slither s to use I guess.... and give it a go.


I think @Pan mixer has done a lot with it

We used to use it years ago but indoors for pigs after fibre cement got broke, I must admit I havnt used it outside too much .
But theres no doubt 'Tis Bledy good stuff ' as im sure Jethro would say.

 

[steveR]

https://www.solwayrecycling.co.uk/media/uploads/cat-349/Stokbord%20Fixing%20Instructions.pdf

The sheets really do need a lot of expansion ability in the mountings...!

 Stokbord® can expand up to 2.5mm per linear metre for every 10 degrees increase in temperature...