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Portable Horse Pens
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horse pen Designed for
traveling with Your horse
A great gift for the horseman or horsewoman!
A must have for people who trail ride!
Assembles
to a
strong, tough, and safe
13 ft round pen (or larger).
Attach to
trailer side for more room.
4light
weight
4compact
for easy transport-collapses to fit in trailer back seat of crew cab!
4quick
& easy to assemble
4No
muscle or help required!
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Carri Lite Corrals CarriLite Corrals
If you've found this page, then you've probably shared some
of my concerns. I enjoy competitive distance riding & I often ride my six
year old stallion so I needed a safe, tough & secure, portable horse pen
that was compact and easy to store and one that I could set up by myself.
Traveling and camping with a horse can be stressful for you
and the horse. I have used picket lines, electric fence kits. and metal
round pen panels. I even had a "Hi Tie" attached to the trailer. I
had containment problems with all of these products and began a search for
a horse pen that was secure enough to give me the confidence to sleep at
night. To see problems with
electric fence kits,
travel round pens made of
metal, regular size light duty,
light weight round pen panels, and
PVC portable stalls,
click here. After a very
close call (involving metal round pen I traveled with) that could have
resulted in a serious accident (about), I
began a search for a portable stall or portable round pen that would work
for me. I'm a 55 year old woman. I travel alone with my horses.
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About Resin Material
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My criteria for search were:
Strength - Strong enough to
safely contain a horse
Easy to See - Horse and
people had to be able to see it - even in the
dark. It should appear strong to the
horse so he won't be tempted to test it.
Safety -
It should be made of material that is unlikely to
split into pieces that could impale a horse if it did collapse
under the horse's weight. No metal rails or
PVC pieces that would split vertically.
Light Weight
- I had to be able to
set up and pack up by myself.
Quick Assembly
- I wanted to be able to use it on every trail
ride and I didn't want to be too tired, too late to ride,
or cause others to wait on me.
Portability
- Forget attaching to the side of the trailer, too dangerous. (See
why.) Been there! It had to pack in my
trailer dressing room.
Affordability
- I place value I on my horse's safety and my piece of mind; but, there is
only so much $. I've already made too many poor
containment purchase decisions. None of the options are cheap,
so this time the manufacturer must offer a
guarantee
and a
warranty!
I wanted affordability and
some purchase
flexibility and I wanted
references too.
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Portable and light weight
Each 6 ft panel
weighs 11 lbs and collapses down to
approximately 1/5th of its expanded size and
can fit in your
trailer's mid-tack area, the bed of your truck, and even the back seat of
our hatch back economy car! I'm 5'6", 135 lbs, and 55 yrs old
with a bad back - lifting a panel with one arm even over my head - is no problem for me - and
that is why I sell them! I can even carry a four pack in each arm
for a short distance. A four pack is not as heavy as a bag of feed!
Assembles Quickly
While it will take you longer
the first couple of times, you should be able to assemble the system in 10
minutes or less. I can. Release the simple locking ping and panels
expand outward (length) from both sides. Legs pull out for full height.
Slots for pins to connect panels are higher on one side than the other,
making level assembly so simple. Attach to the side of the trailer
to brackets provided in the kit.
Size & measurements
before and after assembly:
Strength, & Safety -
Engineering grade
resin - not PVC
On first notice, most people think
that the corral is made of PVC. It isn't. PVC will crack and chip and is not as strong
as resin. We use a high impact, rigid, engineering grade resin - our pens
are tough and strong.
Portable aluminum or steel panels cannot take this
kind of abuse, neither can a lot of permanent panels.
UV stabilized, won't crack and chip even under freezing
conditions. Plus,
no other panels have the unique pins that keep the panels from
streamlining and falling over. They are
made of high impact engineering grade resin, ultrasonically welded and
hydraulic pressed fitting. The unique locking pins add stability and
won't uncouple when in use.
The rails are large and white. Easy to see, even in the dark.
Testing:
As with any new innovative
product, we have continued to develop and test these corrals over the last
3 1/2 years. Our testing includes extreme freezing with high impacts, uv
protection, wind, and lots of horse time.
Demonstrations at Expos, include climbing
on our panels and high impacts with hammers.
We literally take our test panels that we have totally abused to these
Expos and continue the abuse for people to see the punishment that these
panels can take while remaining completely functional.
Affordability. Of course, they are not
cheap and I couldn't afford another poor purchase
decision. What convinced me that this
was the option for me was the customer satisfaction policy and the three
year warranty. This company stands behind their product!
Also, I could
purchase a half system and purchase the other half later. I could
purchase one panel at a time if I wanted. This gave me some
purchase flexibility.
Pricing...
(Go
to pricing)
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Product Specifications and
Measurements
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Available in 4 ft. or 5 ft.
panel heights.
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5' Panels
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4' Panels
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One pen is
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Make it larger by
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UV stabilized, won't crack and chip even under freezing conditions.
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Panel height adjusts from regular horses to miniatures.
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Satisfaction guarantee and 3
yr. manufacturer warranty.
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Corrals ship regular ground
UPS/FedEx and will be delivered to your door.
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Manufacturer
Warranty
Satisfaction guaranteed.
3 year material and workmanship warranty
Intended for use with tame, broke horses, they are not intended for use
with unbroken, unruly, wild horses or cattle.
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Products and Pricing |
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4
foot pen height - Assembles into a 13 ft
round pen.
Attach to your trailer to add even more
space.
Complete
corral unit includes; (8) panels, (24) locking pins,
(6) velcro straps, (4) trailer attachment brackets, stake kit
and comes with both a Manufacturer Warranty and a Satisfaction
Guarantee.
Visa/MC Accepted
Suggested Retail Price..$695
Sale Price $639
Plus Shipping & Handling
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5 foot
pen height - Assembles into a 13
ft round pen.
Attach to your trailer to add even more
space.
Complete
corral unit includes; (8) panels, (24) locking pins,
(6) velcro straps, (4) trailer attachment brackets, stake kit
and comes with both a
Manufacturer Warranty and Satisfaction
Guarantee.
Visa/MC Accepted
Suggested
Retail Price..$795
Sale Price
$739
Plus Shipping & Handling
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5 ft. Half Unit
Half unit
includes; (4) panels, (12) locking pins, (3) velcro straps,
(2) trailer attachment brackets, stake kit and comes with a Manufacturer Warranty and Satisfaction Guarantee.
Visa/MC Accepted
Retail Price..$399
Sale Price $379
Plus Shipping & Handling
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4 ft. Half Unit
Half unit
includes; (4) panels, (12) locking pins, (3) velcro straps,
(2) trailer attachment brackets, stake kit and comes with both
a Manufacturer Warranty and a Satisfaction Guarantee.
Visa/MC Accepted
Retail Price..$355
Sale Price $325
Plus Shipping & Handling
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5
ft. Individual Panels
Comes with
both a Manufacturer Warranty and a Satisfaction Guarantee.
Retail Price...$99
Sale Price $92.99
Plus Shipping & Handling
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4 ft.
Individual Panels
Comes with both a Manufacturer Warranty and a Satisfaction Guarantee.
Retail Price...$89
Sale Price $82.99
Plus Shipping & Handling
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Updated Locking
Pins
Package of 32
Sale Price $40
Package of 24
Sale Price $31
Plus Shipping & Handling
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 Custom
Height End Post
Additional snap button locations drilled in end posts for height
adjustment for Miniature Horses and Ponies. Cost per each new
snap button
(for height adjustment) is $2.00.
Customize Lower Height Full Unit........$32 Half Unit........$16
Single Panel....$4
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Showme Fence Clips
These clips attach to any type of wire fence product including electric,
woven wire or high tensile.
They provide fence visibility for familiar and unfamiliar areas.
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Other
Horse Travel Containment Options (and why I decided against them):
Light weight
round pen panels: For
years, I carried light duty, 8 ft regular round pen panels you can
buy at any feed store. They were cumbersome to handle, not really very
light weight, at least for me, and extremely difficult to store for safe,
secure travel. Last year, after two strong guys helped me attach my round
pen panels to my trailer with six ratchet straps and rope, to special
hooks I'd had attached to the trailer. (We even put rope over the top of
the trailer and tied to windows on the other side for added security.) I
headed home from an endurance ride near Huntsville. Thankfully, I
didn't have far to travel because upon exiting the freeway, I stopped to
check my horse and found the panels loose and only 2 inches from the
pavement. Can you imagine what could have happened had I driven over
a bump or hill? The panel would have broken up and rails from the panels
could have not only penetrated my aluminum trailer, but would have
certainly caused accidents on the freeway
crowded with people returning from a weekend at the lake.
I've also
tried
electric fence kits for travel with horses.
I own the EZ kit and would be happy to make you a deal.. Not only did
I keep shocking myself, other campers have walked into them accidentally
in the dark allowing my horse to escape - even when I used the breakable
stick lights to indicate their presence. One of my horses, paid no
attention the hot wire and would take a running start right through it.
Many times the ground was just too hard or too soft to place the posts
into the ground securely. I certainly couldn't depend on a hot wire to
confine a stallion and could not sleep at night because I worried about my
horse wandering away. What if the battery died? What if a limb
fell or a forest animal took the wire down? What if a small branch or
leaves, or a lizard shorted it out? Would a flimsy hot wire
contain a spooked horse? Not mine!
I considered
using
PVC to make a travel horse pen.
The designs I found were suspect. I wasn't
convinced that they would be secure. Many people seemed to have had
trouble with the horse using his head to lift the PVC pens and escape
underneath. The cost of PVC was surprisingly expensive and too much so to
experiment. Additionally, it was not something I could design or build by
myself. I would have to get my husband to do it or hire help. What
convinced me that it was not a goof option was seeing a horse crash
through a PVC panel. I then had legitimate concerns with the
potential for injury that PVC can cause if stressed to breaking because it
splits into sharp pieces that could impale my horse. Also, PVC won't
hold up in cold weather. Cold will cause it to crack and break when
stressed very little.
I found
travel
round pens made of metal for horses I could handle, but
after seeing the system collapse around a well trained gelding that didn't
want to be left behind when his buddy was taken on the trail I decided
quickly that the containment system needed to look strong - if it didn't
it probably wouldn't be and horses would certainly test it. Again, the
panel that collapsed broke apart into long metal pieces less than 2"
square that could impale the horse. They would be unsatisfactory
especially for a young horse, a stallion, or even a well trained gelding
or mare that didn't want to be left behind.
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Frequently Asked Questions
 Q:
Are the corrals durable and sturdy enough to contain my horse?
A: Our corrals are made of very durable high impact engineering
grade resin; these resins are stronger than wood and very resilient. These
panels have been put under many tests including freezing and extreme
impacting with hammers onto concrete with no material failures, no
bending, denting, or cracking. These corrals come with a 3 year
manufacturer warranty. They are
portable corrals and safer than most all metal corrals
certainly safer than any of the other portable corrals I've seen metal or
otherwise. Still, you take a risk when using any metal round pens
and any portable corral are with unbroken, unruly horses.
Unruly horses require
permanent stalling not portable corrals.
Q. Many of the aluminum panels and steel panels will become bent after
a forceful impact, affecting their function and ability to store. How do
the corrals react to a forceful impact?
A. Keeping in mind that all the panels we are talking about are portable
panels, "high impact" engineering grade resin is just as it is described,
due to the fact that it is very resilient. It can take an impact and keep
its shape, permanently bending or breaking the high impact engineering
grade resin panel is less likely than with steel or aluminum. At an
endurance ride, a man leading two mares approached my stallion to comment
on his beauty (Thank you very much!). One of his mares, whipped
around and put her butt to the corral inviting my stallion to become one
of her best friends. He, of course, tried to oblige but the mare was
not quite close enough. He rested both front legs on the top of one
panel trying to get to the mare. The corral held, didn't bend or
break. While I don't certainly don't recommend you allow mares to approach
your stallion while he is confined in the corral, that event is about the
best reference and example I can give.
Q: How do you transport corrals, many portable corrals require hangers
to be mounted on outside of trailer or taking up a stall inside the
trailer?
A: I carry mine in the tack area of my slant load trailer. It
is a typical aluminum trailer with a tack compartment. They fit
right under the blanket bar and in that corner next to the door where
nothing else fits anyway. The corrals were designed for "portability" and "take anywhere".
The collapsed corral can be put into bed of truck, back seat, tack area,
just about anywhere a large suitcase would fit. Eliminating outside
hangers/panels on trailer required to transport corral and prevent tying a
horse to trailer where these hangers/corrals are mounted or taking up a
stall inside trailer.
Q: Do the corrals stand alone or do they require attachment to
trailer?
A: -The corrals can do both. They come with (4) small (1 1/2"x 3")
brackets that attach corral to trailer. The unique locking pins keep
geometric shape of corral when using as a stand alone corral or attached
to trailer.
Q. Do the corrals need to be anchored to ground when using as a
stand alone corral to preventing horse from dragging panels or lifting
panels?
A: I've never staked mine to the ground and I've left my stallion
overnight inside at endurance and CTRs plenty. Since they do not streamline or uncouple, combined with
the approximate 10lb weight of each panel and the friction between the
open tubing and ground, it would be very difficult for a horse to drag corral.
That said, if I were staying in a place for extended periods, of if I had
a mischievous horse I might stake the corral. Lets face it, tethering any portable corral to ground is inexpensive and fool
proof insurance.
Q: What kind of maintenance is required for the corral?
A: If you like it clean, then you'll probably need to rinse it off
occasionally. I never have...LOL! The corral is maintenance free. Designed for years of service, the high
impact resins will not crack, chip, or rust.
Q: How safe are the panels compared to the aluminum or steel
panels?
A: In the event that a horse should spook
or decide he was going to get out, the resin panel impact would cause
less injury to the animal than aluminum or steel. The resin is strong, but resilient
- it gives and returns - somewhat like elastic or rubber - but not that
much of course - making it more difficult to break apart. The
round tubular design has no sharp corners, greatly reducing a contusion
injury in severity. Now as far as the safety of metal panels, II
have a couple of personal examples.
The funny one first. Our feeding stalls (12x10) used to be made with steel
panel sides and a typical round pen gate. They were secured to wood
posts grounded in concrete so they weren't going anywhere. We used them
for keeping the pasture horses from eating each other's food, worming,
shots -- but not extended stabling. A filly we foaled out and raised
here decided to take a nap after eating. When she awoke, all four
feet and knees were inside another stall. She couldn't get up and
didn't really try. When I went back to turn them out I found her lying
there. She called out to me when I left her to get a tranquilizer (for
her) because I knew it would take a while to get her out. I didn't
give it to her because she remained calm. (I should have taken it). She
rested there for 40 minutes or so until I managed to find the tools and
get the darn thing apart. On two
different occasions, we've had injuries as a result of metal panels.
Both times, boarders left horses unattended in the feed pens while they
took the buddy horses out to ride. Both were small horses -- an
Arabian and a Paso Fino so it doesn't take a big horse to break metal
panels. Both horses literally bent the steel panels over to the
ground on the other side and escaped. My belief is that they reared or
kicked and got both legs stuck. In one case, the panel was the
heavier gate panel and in the other, a side panel was bent.
In both cases, in addition to being bent over, some of the welds broke on
the horizontal rails. The released sides of the rails resembled
metal stakes point upward and could have impaled them, but luckily didn't.
In both cases, most of the horizontal rails stayed in place, but the panel
was bent over so that the rails in the middle were about one to two and a
half feet from the ground. The result was similar to a half circle cattle
guard. I can't imagine how they got over it. In each case I was
amazed that the horses were not hurt more severely than they were.
The Arabian was a bit bunged up and the Paso had some leg cuts but after a
visit from the vet they both healed nicely and no permanent damage was
done - except to the panels We were lucky though. It is a wonder
neither broke a leg getting free.
Q: Can the corrals be used for Miniature Horses?
A: Yes, we custom drill the end post for different panel height, and if
connecting to trailer, usually a ½ unit or (4) panels will be a sufficient
area for a small horse to rest.
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References
We
have sold hundreds of units, our product comes with a satisfaction
guarantee and a 1
yr. manufacturer warranty.
Here are
just a few of the responses we have received
from people who have purchased our corrals:
 Terri
Kaye Kirkland (2x NFR qualifier) Billings, MT:
"The panels are unique and terrific. They hold their shape well, easy to
carry and my horses are secure. I'm really pleased with them."
Terry Stedman of MA purchased 4 units and called to say how
satisfied they were with the corrals. Also had an idea that he
incorporated into their units, which was to use (3) 1/2" x 6" bolts and
replaced the locking pins on one panel making a swinging gate.
Dave Williams of MI: "We are so happy with our corral and would
like to tell you that we are ordering another one for our other horse."
Anne Hyde of IN: "Laura, our daughter was at a rodeo in TX when the
Budweiser horses spooked another horse that ran into the panels, the
panels survived in tact, also she had them in the back of her pick-up with
a goose neck trailer attached when she had an accident. The trailer and
pick up were totaled, but Laura and the horses, were OK. The panels
didn't break, crack or dent and took a really good hit from the trailer."
Kristi Kingma of ID: "We have received our corral, and I am very
impressed. It is difficult ordering online something you have never seen,
but they were definitely as advertised."
Susan Gibson, Publisher - TRAIL BLAZER MAGAZINE -
WWW.HORSETRAILS.COM:
"I know that we are to ship the corral set back that we used for our
containment review, but we would like to keep the set for future use. Your
system is so cleaver and beautiful, we could use it in all the photo
shoots. Just an outstanding product, one of the best products I have seen
for our trail riders."
Lori Sanders of Marshall, WI: "Now that I've had a few months to
use my Corral, I just wanted to let you know that I am really
sold on them. Besides using them when I am on the road, I use them almost
every day at home. I have put them through the test, Thanks for a great
product!"
Robin Galbreath - Barrel Racer News
"I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed the panels. They are
easy enough that my kids help set them up."
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