Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Cattle guard

As I was going through the last of the pictures of my camping trip I found these and wondered how many people use this method of preventing cattle from leaving.     Is it used in your area?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  We call it a cattle guard or a Texas gate.  Apparently cattle will not cross because they cannot stand on it as their hooves slip right through.  There were a number of them throughout the journey, some without the ridges to drive on and unless you slow to a crawl the vibration will shake your teeth loose.
                                                    
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7 comments:

  1. Its normally used across drives or where they have open range so they don't cross the road. See it more in western states, but a few around here.

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  2. We have those guards down here in Georgia. My sister and brother-in-law use them to contain their horses. Every time I have to walk over one I fear I'm going to slip though!:)

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  3. I have seen these,but not in our area.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  4. Yes, we have plenty of them around here - think they're usually called 'cattle grids'.

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  5. I wonder why it wont let you view my photo's... please email me if you have the time, I would like to ask a couple of questions to see if I can find out why.

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  7. Fedback:Europeans are less conservative on the beach :).I read a study made by Romanian Police since 1 June: no major fellony hapenned on seaside, no crime, no killing, only petty thefts.

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