CATTLE GUARDS · ATHENS
Cattle Guards in Athens, TX
Steel cattle guards set at the entrance on a proper base, with wings to the fence — so you can drive in without opening a gate and the stock stays put. We work across Athens — Lake Athens, Oakwood, Southwood and the surrounding area.
SCOPE
What this service covers.
Only the work we actually do — no padded list. If you are not sure whether your job fits, send a photo and we will tell you straight.
Steel cattle guards
Pipe or flat-top guards sized to the width of the drive.
Bases that do not settle
Concrete or steel bases set level so the guard does not sink or rock in wet clay.
Wings to the fence
Welded wings on each side so stock cannot step around the ends.
Paired with a gate
A walk-through or bypass gate beside the guard for moving stock or wide equipment.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
You open the gate a dozen times a day
A guard means every trip in and out is a straight drive.
Somebody keeps leaving it open
A guard cannot be left open.
The old guard has sunk
A guard sitting low in mud stops working. It usually needs a new base, not a new guard.
ATHENS, TX
Cattle Guards in Athens: what’s different here.
Athens is the Henderson County seat, a town of about 12,900 people (2020 census) at the crossing of US-175, SH-31 and SH-19, roughly 60 miles southeast of Dallas. It calls itself the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World, is home to Trinity Valley Community College, and has the 1,800-acre Lake Athens on its east side, with Cedar Creek Lake to the northwest. The City of Athens requires a permit for any new or replacement fence (8-foot maximum, smooth side out along a right-of-way, and drive gates in side or rear fences need an approved drive approach and curb cut), and on Lake Athens the Athens Municipal Water Authority separately permits structures built on its shoreline property.
Gates & Operators in Athens
Inside Athens city limits a drive gate in a side or rear fence needs an approved drive approach and curb cut, so the gate width is planned around the concrete, while lake and wooded acreage properties outside town usually want a solar operator at a gate set back under the trees.
The ground
Athens sits where East Texas begins: sandy loam over dense clay subsoil, with deeper sands toward the east of the county and pines and hardwoods along the fence lines, so posts dig easily at the top but need concrete deep enough to bear on firm ground below the sand.
Homes and lots
Older bungalows and cottages near downtown, 1960s–1990s ranch houses in established subdivisions such as Southwood, lake homes on Lake Athens including the gated Oakwood community, and wooded acreage out on the county roads.
Neighborhoods we work in
- Lake Athens
- Oakwood
- Southwood
- Downtown & the courthouse square
- Trinity Valley Community College area
- US-175 corridor
- SH-19 acreage
- SH-31 toward Malakoff & Cedar Creek Lake
RELATED WORK
Often goes with this.
QUESTIONS
Cattle Guards — things people ask.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
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