After some bulls got loose the Gilbert Plains- Grandview Ag Society realized they needed to upgrade their fence.
The society has built a 5 bar continuous rail fence made out of pipe that Jack Bremner says will last for a very long time.
Bremner shares the story of what happened to the old fence.
“Well, what happened was that we had the rodeo stock inside a fence, and it was built as a temporary fence about 20 years ago, and last year the rodeo bulls got into a fight and pretty much wiped out one side of it, and we managed to prop it back up and get them back in. It took a little work, and we used a tractor and a quad to chase them back in. But we did get them back in, so they didn’t go through Gilbert Plains. And our rodeo contractor looked at the fence and said ‘if you guys don’t get a new fence, I'm not coming back.’ Because he’d be liable for any damage that was caused.”
Bremner hopes the bulls will respect the new steel fence, the group has put up, and not try to smash through it.
“It’s a new type of fencing that different welding shops have come out with. It’s a five bar fence made out of pipe, and it’s welded together into 20-foot panels. Each panel slides together into another, so it makes a continuous rail. It’s about five feet high. The panels are four feet, and we put them about a foot off the ground. And they are actually leg bolted to the fence post. And we used some really heavy fence posts to put it up so the bulls won’t be breaking those off.”
The group applied for an Infrastructure grant from the Manitoba government as well as the Gilbert Plains Community Fund to raise enough money to complete this 5 thousand dollar fence.
