What I've seen is guy lines run down outside the corner posts, kinda like stakes on tents. They're staked into the ground at a slant (top of the stake further away than the inserted end). Seems to work for those who have them.

Good luck on your endurance ride! What distance are you doing? I've only been brave enough to do 25's.

If yall are tired of the electric portable corrals, this guy has some really nice steel ones that fold up into a small space in the back of your pickup or tack room. I ordered 2 extra panels for a little more room for my chuncky quarter mare. I have used them camping and they are great! Check out the site...

Thunderstorm Ranch Cart a Corrals

http://thunderstormranch.com/

WOW!!!! Didn't realize he upped the price, I got mine for only $399!!!!

Hey cowpony01,

A little off subject here but whens Your next guided tour of Your latest trail adventures? Have really enjoyed the last one and had been wondering when You'd be posting another. Fantastic views with a writers touch! I'll Probably never get to go to places like those but the stories and pictures go a long way toward taking me there!

              Again,great writing,

                                            Ardly

Sorry all don't like the steel, mine fit right in the rear tack and don't take up any room, my horse is not used to electric and she doesnt' push on panels so these are great!

I have an adventure from the Memorial Day weekend, just been busy with cattle, marking, cutting, doctoring, etc. So be patient cause there's tons of pictures. Will let ya know on the trail /camping board here....

I went back and reread my post.  It sounded a little harsh in my head.  I did not mean it to be demeaning to any person or any thing.  When it comes to corrals it's "whatever turns your crank."

Hey don't worry, sometimes things on the board sound harsh sometimes not. This forum is pretty "no holds barred" which is fine with me. So, no hard feeling

Thinking of getting away for an overnite stay in the sierras. The weather is supposed to be 65 during the day and 36 at nite. So..........either a day ride or ride all day, stay the nite and come home when I decide to thaw out!!!! Either way hopefully will get the ride up on my site if I get a free chance after my weekend!

Hey mingiz.......

My saddle racks are up front, and I have a 3 tier one, I only put my saddle in there when I go to the mountains and keep it in with me if it rains. Yes, I have a rear tack and no saddle rack in it, I think there is a pic of my rear tack in my photo album on here with the corral in the back, it's in the black bag............

I have alot more crap in the rear tack now too!!!! Everything fits in it's own spot in there, all my camping stuff is in the front in the corner where my saddle rack is. I make good use of minimal space....... My husband just shakes his head when I add more crap in there!

 Here are bigger pics for ya so you can see both areas.........

I've used the portable electric fence a lot.

Somethime we pack in a full spool of wire and put up 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile wire around a large meadow in the wilderness.  The photo below is in 4 lakes Basin in the Uinta Wilderness and we have strung two 1/4 mile spools of hot wire to make a large pasture that we turned all 19 of our horses out into. We let them graze all day and highline them at dark. We included some Spruce trees inside the  hot wire enclosure, so the horses had some shelter from the sun o occassional rain. By making it this big, we spread the horses over a large area and they don't wear out the fragile mountain meadow.

Other trips, I just build a small corral by the trailer, Like others above, I usually make mine round so the pressure is equal all around.  Sometimes I'll use a tree or a ring off the trailer to support a squared off corner.  (Put a step in stake at the corner and run the hot wire through the insulator on the stake,  Using some baling string, I'll tie the stake to something firm like a tree. This holds a square corner from  bowing in.

My horses respect the wire and it works just fine for them.  Deer and Elk don't know what it is and they will run through the meadows at night and knock down the hot wire, That's why we highline at night.