On The Move
Farm life, even on a pocket-handkerchief farm like mine, means that you will need to move stock from time to time. I run a few cattle beasts and a few goats. I plan to get a few sheep soon, too. The issue with stock is moving them. Moving the cattle is a different story but for the smaller stock I could carry them either on the tray of my ute or my trailer if either had a stock cage.
I decided that building a cage could be an easily achievable project and so it has proved. It has value even if you don’t have stock — it certainly increases the options for your trailer. It is a lot easier collecting firewood with a cage, even transporting rubbish or green waste. In the case of the latter you might want to make the end hinged rather than incorporate a gate, to make it easier to unload the waste.
It has value even if you don’t have stock — it
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