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Old, Assuming the 3 ft. sides are solid, you are half way there. Using light angle iron such as bed rails(which are hard steel) extend sides up to proper height, which is high enough to keep from hitting head when you walk into trailer(top must be covered for goats). Reccomend 2 ft. spacing for uprights. Tie uprights together at top with more angle iron or pipe. Get what TSC lists as "feedlot panels". These are heavy mesh made from about 1/4 diameter wire and come in 16 ft. lengths. Get an appropriate amount and cut to fit, welding on the inside of your frame, sides, top and front. Get as small a mesh as possible. The TSC catalogue lists hog panels at 34 inches high, combo at 52 inches high and cattle at 52 inches high. Horse panel is listed at 8 ft high with 2 in. by 4 in. mesh. Make rear gate. A simple swinging gate which opens both ways with appropriate top and bottom latches should be enough. Be sure to have the bottom of the gate solid like the sides and front. I'm sure you know this, but I will mention anyway that the reason for solid sides is so that the animal can't get a foot through the side and get hurt. If the trailor has that expanded steel on the side, thats OK for solid sides. I have just been looking into building a light single axle cattle trailor for hauling one or two calves behind a light pickup since the livestock barn 10 miles away I have been selling at has closed and I now have a 50 mile haul. Don't want to go that distance in the large truck and trailer for one or two head because of gas milage issues.
Hope this helps. KEH
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