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Eastern NE KS | 1. Tubing
2. 1" od
3. We cut rod that fit inside tubing
4. Sucker pipe is a misnomer. 'Sucker rod' is what I think you are thinking about; it is a solid rod. I've seen a variety of diameters 1/2" light up to 7/8". Sucker rod is the rod that goes from a oilwell pump jack down the well pipe to the pump in the oil reservoir. It is higher carbon steel that is somewhat hard to weld to regular steel pipe. Some freestanding panels are made with sucker rod as filler within the pipe frame. I have seen one builder drill holes through interior stayed and on one side of the end pipe. The rod is just threaded into the pipe and not welded. Full length sucker rod has male and female coupler ends that thread to another rod.
I watched Dad build and use corrals from used oil field pipe and rod. I don't recommend it. The used pipe will have spots where the pipe wall is thin from the sucker rod rubbing the pipe and rusted pipe with pits or thin walls. However, Dad sorted thru the stuff and made useful corrals.
The picture has posts at 12' (used 10' in crowding corrals), top rail stiffens everything. Filler is 1" tubing (easy welding).
Edited by Doug61 1/11/2026 18:08
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Continuous fence question
