posted 7 years ago
I'm curious as to how you plan to use either one, but regardless of application, the longevity will be in the cattle panels. They've galvanized and a much heavier gauge. The only real difficulty with the cattle panels is cutting them and bolt cutters are needed to cut them. Other tools such as a hacksaw, reciprocating saw or cut-off wheel on an angle grinder would work too, but those take much longer; the bolt cutters are quick and easy.
I used cattle panels to make tomato cages because I was tired of the wimpy round ones not lasting, bending over under the weight of a tomato laden plant, and the welds popping.
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