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Howdy,

I read most of this informative forum. I thought I would respond to a few of the comments. Of course, I'm quite biased towards Used Guardrail, but here are some of the benefits:

> We don't sell new anymore. We found the prices just could not keep up with USED. Used is durable, tough and affordable. It drives NEW out of the market.
> Don't waste your time looking for NEW manufacturers. New guardrail is around $5/ft right now. USED will land for +/- $2/ft, and it will last decades.
> Check out our USED POSTS on our website. They might help you with some installations: http://www.livestocksteel.com/products/posts.html

Grabbed this from our Website:
Guardrail Fencing System is the preferred choice for a lifetime installation.

1. LONGEVITY
Owners who choose to install Guardrail do not expect to replace their product again. Heavily Galvanized coatings provide guardrail fence owners with long years of reliable service. Once the basic installation is completed, owners enjoy a reduction in maintenance and upgrade costs. Why waste valuable time, money and resources with the weaker, short-term-fix products which must be replaced again and again? Guardrail stands up to the test of time.

2. CALMING to ANIMALS
Animals are significantly blinded by the coverage of the Livestock Steel Guardrail Fencing System. Animals remain calmer since their perception of activity in the areas beyond the barrier is significantly reduced.

3. CORRUGATED STRENGTH
Guardrail Fencing System uses the powerful strength of corrugation to effectively interlock the legs of the installation into a self-supported fencing system. Impacts are distributed along the run of installation. Owners claim that, due to the system rigidity, Guardrail Fencing Systems will remain in position even after a support post has been completely broken.

4. INCREASED ANIMAL HEALTH
Guardrail Fencing Systems present the presence of a uniform and visible barrier which is clearly present to an animal’s perception. This awareness reduces impacts to the animal and to the Fencing System.

5. NIGHT-TIME VISIBILITY
Guardrail Fencing proves to be a more visible barrier in low light or night-time. The mildly reflective surface of guardrail panel thus reduces the night-time impacts for both the animal and the Fencing System.

6. FAST, EASY INSTALLATION
Guardrail Fencing is pre-cut and drilled which translates into fast, cost-effective installation.

7. WE HAVE THE OPTIONS YOU NEED
Customize products to your specific needs. Choose from:
1. Standard 12.25” width W-Beam –and/OR- 20” Wide Thrie-Beam panel;
2. Choose the length of your panels: 13.5 (Short ) or 26’ (Long );
3. Choose from Used and/or New product;
4. On our POSTS: Choose type of the posts
1. Steel or Wood Posts (These only work well when about 300 miles or less from our yard )
2. Choose the length of your posts [approx. 8-15 feet ea.].

8. INCREASE ANIMAL SAFETY
Guardrail Fencing Systems offers less injury and healthier animals. Even in the reduced event of animal contact with the Fencing System, Guardrail’s smooth, mildly humped design provides an ample, gently curved surface, distributing impact over a large surface area, resulting in less injury than other traditional fencing.

9. RECYCLED FOR LIVESTOCK
Livestock Steel Fencing Systems care for our environment: Users who purchase used materials can rightly claim a part in recycling millions of pounds of AMERICAN made materials by choosing this viable resource.

10. THE NINE LIVES OF GUARDRAIL...
Some owners continue to find applications for the same guardrail panel through various installations. If the need for the material comes to an end at a particular location, due to remarkable flexibility as a building material, the guardrail panel is re-used again as fencing or in the hundreds of growing, useful applications being discovered by brilliant users.

11. SMART CUSTOMERS MAKE SMART DECISIONS
Our customers are making great choices by:
1. Being smart with our national non-renewable resources of steel and zinc.
2. investing in our great nation’s agricultural infrastructure with superior, long-lasting, resource-smart materials.
3. investing in multiple-application, re-usable materials.
4. keep prices down for the entire national industry by choosing affordable, efficient products at the best prices on the market… and that’s good for everybody’s business.

12. VERSATILE BUILDING MATERIAL
One of the huge benefits to owners is the amazing flexibility of the Guardrail Fencing System Material. The applications are ever-growing: Windbreaks, Feed Troughs, Feed Bunks, Bail Feeders, Re-Enforcements to Crowd areas, Cut Panel used as Uprights in the fence itself, Gates, Feeders, Etc. The list goes on.

The main purpose of a guard rail, also known as a guide rail, is to provide a safety barrier for motorists who have left the roadway. Guardrails can serve a variety of purposes for keeping motorists safe. A guard rail can help to deflect a vehicle back to the roadway or slow down the vehicle to a complete stop. It can also, in some cases, help to slow down the vehicle and allow the vehicle to process past the guard rail.

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Goto Vertepron International to know more.

The guard rail is meant to prevent the motorist from hitting objects such as utility poles, trees, retaining walls, or other objects that are not feasible to remove from the side of the road. A guard also helps to prevent motorists from becoming stuck on a steep embankment or side slope surrounding the road.

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