Fowrass concertina sheep hurdle

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
Has anyone bought any of these hurdles from Fowrass Fabrications?
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Steel, obviously. But they're concertina - so they fold up like the aluminium mobile yards.

I'm well aware the aluminium hurdles will be 'better' - I've already got 105feet of aluminium hurdles, I'm just needing a couple extra hurdles for in the shed... they're £65 for 8 feet compared to £140 for aluminium 5 feet!

If anyone has them - verdict? And do the ends match up with aluminium mobile yard hurdles for pinning together?

I'm just an hour away from Fowrass at Penrith, so I could go see - but I'm just wanting anyone with experience using them opinions before I take it farther...

TIA
 

Highland Mule

Member
Livestock Farmer
Has anyone bought any of these hurdles from Fowrass Fabrications?
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Steel, obviously. But they're concertina - so they fold up like the aluminium mobile yards.

I'm well aware the aluminium hurdles will be 'better' - I've already got 105feet of aluminium hurdles, I'm just needing a couple extra hurdles for in the shed... they're £65 for 8 feet compared to £140 for aluminium 5 feet!

If anyone has them - verdict? And do the ends match up with aluminium mobile yard hurdles for pinning together?

I'm just an hour away from Fowrass at Penrith, so I could go see - but I'm just wanting anyone with experience using them opinions before I take it farther...

TIA

If you only need a couple more, stick to what you have - no messing with fitting, better to move and they can fit in anywhere to your system.
 

David.

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
The eyes and tube look fairly tight fitting so there won't be hardly any leeway on uneven surfaces.
But that is also common with Ali ones. They look tidy, but are they heavy enough gauge to last, or will they fall apart like lambing hurdles do under frequent not very gentle use?
 

S J H

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
The eyes and tube look fairly tight fitting so there won't be hardly any leeway on uneven surfaces.
But that is also common with Ali ones. They look tidy, but are they heavy enough gauge to last, or will they fall apart like lambing hurdles do under frequent not very gentle use?
I spoke to them about them, they say that they are as strong as Ali hurdles, but haven't seen them in the flesh
 

David.

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
They look ok, aluminium used to be rule of thumb, 3 or 4 x price of steel equivalent to do same job; so the price is about right.
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
On a mobile yard, used out in the field, it would be a job to better the Ali ones for ease of use. However, if you use them in a semi-permanent situation, such as handy folding hurdles in a shed, decent gauge steel ones would be better imo.

I have 3 Ali ones permanently in a shed behind my static pens, and they are the only ones that ever get twisted by (Charollais) sheep putting pressure on them. Some heavy steel ones would be far better there, where weight isn’t so much of an issue, but where they still need to slide.
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
this looks such a brilliant and simple idea for making a combi clamp mobile! Without the hassle of tipping it over and having to wobble it around to get ramp and races lined up!
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