Using gates for stall walls?

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I have a large run-in shelter for my horses at pasture.  There are three stalls, needed only for farrier visits, and the rest of the time just left open.

The rest of the shelter I can clean with a front end loader, but the stalls must be done by hand.

I'm considering replacing the interior partiticions and stall fronts with pipe gates, so they can all be removed for easier cleaning.

Does anyone have any experience using pipe gates between stalls?  Advantages/disadvantages?  Chances of injury?

Interested to hear your experiences.

Joe · Accepted Answer

If you don't need them as stalls, can you close them off?  You won't have to clean them often at all, then.

I think you're asking for trouble with pipe walls.  If you need movable partitions, consider the panels used for temporary stabling, (often in large tents) at horse shows.  I've seen horses get into trouble with those, too, but it's a lot less likely than wide open pipe barriers.

EDIT:
Look into temporary stabling partitions, then.  (They are blocked off to about four feet, with a couple of feet of bars above.)

Or, maybe you could reduce the cleaning by training your horses.  Horses don't like to splash themselves when they pee.  Since they have free access, in-and-out, you could deeply bed a pee area outside the stalls, and don't bed the stalls at all.  They should learn to pee outside, and all you'll have to do in the stalls is pick manure.

(Caveat: I haven't had to try this, myself.  But I've heard that it works.)

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Using gates for stall walls?

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