Cattle grids and bouganvillea
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382326)
Rockingham, Australia
January 15, 2023 5:43pm CST
I’m sure these are used in the USA and UK but perhaps if you don’t live in the country, you may not have seen these cattle grids as they are called here.
They are placed at gateways and enable vehicles to pass over them but not livestock. Cattle, horses and sheep do not regard the grid as safe and will not tread on the slats. The grid on this one is round piping but some use old railway lines or other material.
Installing a grid means the farmer doesn’t have to open and shut gates but can just drive over the grid and continue on his way. There would normally be a gate to one side so livestock could go through if need be.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
16 Jan 23
We call those cattle grids, too. And yes, they're all over in the countryside where I grew up.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
16 Jan 23
@JudyEv Yes, for a while. One rancher that lived beside us had to install electric gates because his cattle learned to cross cattle grids. *shrug* He still just drove through. the electric gates swung open and closed at the push of a button.
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jan 23
@DaddyEvil We visited a farm the other day and had to put in a code so the gate would open.
I wonder how the cattle crossed. Maybe they just walked carefully.
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@FourWalls (86775)
• United States
17 Jan 23
Yes, we have cattle grids here.
And WOW, that flower bush!!!! 
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 23
@FourWalls It's bouganvillea. They come in a few different colours. You don't know them?
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
16 Jan 23
Yes, we have cattle grids here. That's a beautiful bougainvillea bush. I hope you are having a good time.
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 23
@LindaOHio We do but I'd rather be in the country - and I tell myself we're more likely to avoid covid at our house-sits. 
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
17 Jan 23
@JudyEv At home you have all those special little get-togethers in your complex.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Jan 23
I would love to have one for our gate. We unhooked the automatic gate openeer last year and havent hooked it back up. It's a pain when we want to park inside the gate
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Jan 23
Having to continually open and shut gates is a real pain.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Jan 23
@JudyEv we just don't park in the yard anymore.
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jan 23
@thislittlepennyearns On our farm, we had to open and close a gate to get into the place. If'we went to the drive-in, I'd pretend to be asleep so my brother would have to open the gate. 
@wolfgirl569 (135847)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Jan 23
A few people have them here. But some animals do learn to cross them
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Jan 23
@JudyEv The grids would save a lot of time and effort. They probably have them here, I can’t remember the last time I saw a farm, after making that comment, my brother-in-law owns a cattle farm north of here but I’ve never been where the barn and cattle are. He might have those grids for all I know.
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