If you need a panel system that keeps horses calm, handles uneven ground without drama, and packs up in minutes—HiQual 6 Rail Flex Panels are it. These flex panels were engineered around a single idea: make portable confinement safer for animals and easier for people.
Each panel stands a full 72 inches, giving tall stock plenty of head‑room while still letting you see over the rails. The secret sauce is HiQual’s patented Flex Connector—a hockey‑puck–sized block of high‑density molecular rubber molded with UV inhibitors. Slide the connector over the oval tubing, tap in the locking pin, and you get a joint that absorbs kicks, muffles clangs, and keeps panels tight even when the ground isn’t. Horses stay quieter because the panels don’t rattle, and you stay safer because the impact doesn’t ricochet back at you.
Moving the system is painless. A 10‑foot Flex Panel tips the scale at just 79 pounds thanks to the oval 1 ⅛" × 1 ¾" 16‑gauge tubing. That oval profile adds torsional strength with less steel, so you get the rigidity of a heavier pipe without the deadweight. Toss two panels in the back of the truck, slide the rest onto a flatbed, and you’re off to the next show, pasture, or roping clinic.
Down low, 12‑inch mud legs lift the frame clear of puddles and frozen ruts, extending paint life and keeping the bottom rail from sinking into soft ground. Rail spacing tightens to 7 ½″ near the hooves, guiding animals forward and stopping smaller stock from ducking through. Up top, wider 9 ¾″ gaps improve airflow and visibility, so animals don’t feel boxed in.
Safety is baked into the geometry. Square corners eliminate the “V” that can trap a hoof when two panels meet. Less than a 1‑inch gap between connected frames means no room for a leg—or a small foal’s head—to slip through. Need to tie into existing HiQual systems? The Flex Connector accepts up to four lugs per post, so you can add extra rubber blocks and convert the setup for cattle with zero tools.
Every bar, brace, and post is high‑tensile 58,000 PSI steel smoothed, shot‑blasted, and finished in a baked‑on powder coat that laughs at rain and sun. The result is a panel that bends before it breaks and springs back long after the cheaper stuff has gone to scrap.
In daily use you’ll notice the quiet first. Horses don’t spook when a nervous yearling leans on the rail, because the Flex Connector deadens that metallic bang you hear with rigid pins. Trainers love the hush during round‑pen work; owners love the longevity—HiQual rates the rubber blocks for three full years under warranty, and real‑world ranches report a decade of service before they even think about replacements.
Setups take minutes. Wheel the panels into place on their mud legs, align the connectors, drop the pin, and the run is solid. Need a built‑in gate? Choose a PGF (Panel‑Gate‑Frame) model and swing a 4‑foot walkthrough right into the line. When your season changes, pull the pins, load up, and re‑configure for pasture control, show pens, or temporary foaling stalls.
Whether you’re upgrading from wood panels that warp, or metal panels that ring like a bell, HiQual 6 Rail Flex Panels give you a safer, quieter, longer‑lasting solution that flexes—literally—with your operation.
