 | 12' x 24' All-Wood Portable with Wood Siding and Shingle Roof 9 pages of CAD drawings along with a full material list to make the construction of your shed easier. Drawings include framing, rafter construction, rafter layout, inside wall kick panels and framing details. | 12' x 24' $14.95 wlsgrp1224 |
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| 8' x 8' All-Wood Portable Construction Llama Shed This 2x4 framed shed has a raised wood floor with 2x8 floor joists, skids, wood siding and shingle roof. It is easily moved to a new location or to change opening directions during winter or summer months. | 8' x 8' $14.95
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| Fences and Pens
Wood and wood-like synthetics are classic and attractive forms of fencing. Horses evolved to live on prairie grasslands and to cover long distances unfettered by artificial barriers. Therefore, when fenced in, accident potential must be considered. Horses will put their heads and legs through fences in an attempt to reach forage on the other side. They may run into fences if chased by another animal, or even when running at play if the fence (such as a wire fence) is not particularly visible. The smaller the area, the more visible and substantial a fence needs to be. For exercise alone, a pen, run, corral or "dry lot" without forage can be much smaller than a pasture, and this is a common way that many horses are managed; kept in a barn with a turnout run, or in a dry lot with a shelter, feeding hay, allowing either no pasture access, or grazing for only a few hours per day. Outdoor turnout pens range greatly in size, but 12 feet (4 m) by 20 to 30 feet (9 m) is a bare minimum for a horse that does not get ridden daily. To gallop for short stretches, a horse needs a "run" of at least 50 to 100 feet (30 m). When kept in a dry lot, a barn or shelter is a must. If kept in a small pen, a horse needs to be worked regularly or turned out in a larger area for free exercise.
Fences in pens must be sturdy. In close quarters, a horse may contact the fence frequently. Wire is very dangerous in any small pen. Pens are often made of metal pipe, or wood. Larger pens are sometimes enclosed in closely woven mesh, sometimes called "no climb" fencing. However, if a wire mesh is used in a small pen, the openings must be too small for a horse hoof to pass through.
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