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Title: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: BMichalak on May 05, 2008, 05:03:46 pm I just got through building this dog box on the front of my trailer
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/bam028/hogs/hogpics104.jpg) Front of box (http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/bam028/hogs/hogpics100.jpg) behind my truck (http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/bam028/hogs/hogpics099.jpg) loading gate for getting hogs out of traps (http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk267/bam028/hogs/hogpics101.jpg) Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: Mike on May 06, 2008, 11:57:51 am Nice lookin' rig!
Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: BMichalak on May 06, 2008, 12:59:56 pm Thanks alot man! theres still a few more things id like to do to it like add a divider gate in the middle to run multiple traps!!
Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: tnichol on May 07, 2008, 08:39:12 am Nice lookin setup! Question for you and/or others - for the section that holds trapped/caught hogs what is the ideal height from floor to ceiling? I've made a few and I think I leave too much room in there.. want to get some opinions.
Tim Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: BMichalak on May 07, 2008, 02:40:38 pm thanks alot man! in the part where i load the hogs in and the part that holds the hogs in my trailer is about 4 and a half foot. but i made the trailer liek that so that i could haul my fourwheeler in the trailer on the way to go hunting, and then on the way back if i have hogs, then i can put the fourwheeler on the back of my truck. for the most part this height works fine. but i have had bigger hogs that have tried to get up in the corners of the trailer and climb out and break part of the paneling off before. but if i were to build another trailer JUST to haul hogs in i would probably make the height of one hog panel. which if im not mistakeing is about 3 foot tall.. maybe a few inches taller??.. but i think that would work well!!! thanks!
Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: longshot on May 07, 2008, 04:47:13 pm awesome looking rig!!!
Only thing I would have done different is use the 4" utility panel instead of the 5"cattle panel. I have seen 60lb dogs snake through a 5" square if they want to, dogs can put their head through and fight with each other or bite things on the outside and big hogs break their snouts in them and small hogs run out of them like they dont exist. Other than that I really like the design..........Good JOB Longshot Title: Re: pics of new stuff on the trailer Post by: BMichalak on May 07, 2008, 06:00:08 pm thanks man! yea you have a good point there... but as you can see under the dog box is the only spot that i used the 5' panel where they hogs are, the rest is expanded metal. but where I did use it, between the 5 " gaps, i welded 1/2 inch solid rod there to reduce the gap... the first time i loaded a hog in there i didnt have the solid rod in there and it was about a 80 lb sow and she did like you said, she stuck her head in the gaps and broke that panel off the welds!!
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