Recommendations for a round pen ?

I found a few for sale at a good price on Craigslist.

I bought new at Tractor supply. They are pipe panels and cost about $70 for a 10 foot section. Two people move them with no problem.

I have about 9 panels set up now but another 3 at the barn to add to it. Plenty of room to canter and move two horses together if needed.

Probably no such thing as cheap, but think SAFE. (One good vet bill can be more than a round pen). There often are pipe panels for sale used, if you don't mind a few dents and a little rust.

There are actually a lot of different companies out there, and many make perfectly fine steel panels. What you want are panels that are 5 feet high -- lower is not safe and higher ones are tough to move.

I personally like a 50-60 foot pen, most of the time one person can move 12 foot panels if they are careful, though 10 footers are a bit easier to move around (but you have to buy more of them!)

The main things to consider with portable pipe panels are

1) get round pipe, not squared-off stuff

2) Panels that join together with chains are more tolerant of uneven terrain that are those that join together with pins. They have the extra advantage that, if you buy used panels from different sources, it won't matter if they are all the exact same brand or because they will all join together anyway

3) Spend the extra money for a "gate panel" with a one-hand operation gate. It's a huge PITA to try and use a panel as your gate when leading a horse, especially one that is tacked up.

4) Compare prices for sets marketed as a "round pen kit" versus buying 18 - 10' panels and a gate panel (for a 60' ring) -- sometimes the kits are cheaper, except when they are endorsed by someone, in which case they can be more expensive! (LOL)

I have used several round pens over the years. The best and least expensive is the panel type. You can find many different sizes and styles 10 feet to 12 feet are the most common. Kow that the distance around the pen is about the desired diameter times 3.14(pi). So if you want a 50 foot round pen you will need about 150+ feet of panels. If you live in an area that has a cattle sale barn, usually there are dealers that leave contact informtion around the sale office. When choosing the panels consider safety, height should be about 6 feet and top of panels should be square and close together when set-up. I have also used the side of a barn (outside wall) to replace some of the panels. Round is nice but sometimes corners can be used to stop a run-a-way. lol

Tractor supply sells portable corral panels from around $55 to $70. You would need 18 panels for a 60 foot diameter round pen and 15 for a 50 foot one. The panels are completely portable. They are very useful when it comes to livestock. I use them to make a separate area for a new horse, sick horse or a new mother. I can make a small pen in order to medicate a difficult horse or foal. They have a lot of uses and are good to have around. They can be a temporary fix for a downed fence. I have 15 of them and use them for a lot things. Once you have them you won't want to be without them.

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Panels would be your best bet, but with the price of steel right now they are expensive. You should be able to get a 6' high 60' diameter pen for around $2,500. That's the best price I could find for one anyway. Just make sure that the pipes are 12 - 14 gage steel. That way it's good and strong.

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Recommendations for a round pen ?

At the farm where I work, we are in DESPERATE need of a round pen. I can do nothing with the mare that I need to lunge, because she's too distracted when we're in the pasture. I need to work with one of the colts, and a round pen would be the best situation for it. Not to mention when I...

I bought one in '05 for about $1100.00 new from a company in Bakersfield, CA (I knew the owner when he had his feed/tack store in LA a couple of decades ago.).

It's 50' circumfrence (sp?) and the right size for breaking youngsters and schooling horses. It came in 15, 10' (I think) panels and 3 of us set it up in about an hour.

I'm LOST without a round pen!