Cattle Guards

Drive a ranch road in Texas and you will probably cross a cattle guard. Drive a back road in Alberta

The short answer is that a cattle guard is built for one animal. For the rest, the evidence ranges from

You’ve driven over one. The tires drum across a row of steel bars at a ranch gate, and there’s no

H-15. H-20. HS-20. U-80. You’ll see these labels next to cattle guard prices everywhere, and almost nobody explains what they

Ask “how much is a cattle guard?” and you’ll get a dozen answers, most of them just a sticker price.

You’ve bought the guard, or you’re about to, and now comes the part nobody explains well: installing the cattle guard.