Bridge for ATV

[txdon]

They looked at the sign.......It said "tractors only".

 

[txdon]

One of The cows really thought the bridge could be used for a cow crossing and he wandered almost to the railing.

 

[txdon]

But eventually they all just went to their old trail further upstream to get to the other side of the bridge.

Harvey, I just guess you are going to have to make a cow rock for the bridge so they will have permission to cross. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( One of The cows really thought the bridge could be used for a cow crossing and he wandered almost to the railing )</font>

Uh . . ., Don, did you say "he"? Nice pictures, though. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[txdon]

Bird, you are a good Moderator, you do not miss a thing. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Actually I named them all Mary. Their Ear tags are M1, M2, M3, etc... That way I can remember all their names. Now I'm going to have to name them Mary Female 1, Mary Female 2, etc. and add another letter to their ear tags. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

You might have known I couldn't resist that, Don. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Harvey, I just guess you are going to have to make a cow rock for the bridge so they will have permission to cross. )</font>

That sounds like bs Don. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

From my experience with the bovine species a "no cows allowed" would encourage them to use it. They're more like us than we'd like to admit. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( "no cows allowed" would encourage them to use it. They're more like us than we'd like to admit )</font>

Truer words were never spoken. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( From my experience with the bovine species a "no cows allowed" would encourage them to use it. They're more like us than we'd like to admit. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

Or you could put a fence up. Three strand barbwire ought to encourage them to believe the grass is much better on the other side of the bridge.

We had a cow named Betsy who, for one reason or another, had not been dehorned. She would walk up to the fence, put her head down, one horn above the strand and one horn below, then twist her head and rip the fence apart. I think my father sold her.

Cliff

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( But eventually they all just went to their old trail further upstream to get to the other side of the bridge.
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Don, I'd bet the reason the cows don't cross your bridge is the same reason a cattle-guard works. Those rocks must seem a little less than sure-footed to them. I can't recall ever seeing a cow voluntarily stand on a hard rock surface. Even cattle trailers have soft/flat wooden floors.

On the other hand...
If you had goats, you'd always know where to find them. They'd love to stand right in the middle of the bridge and they'd walk the handrail if it was a little flatter. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif