Hitch, I-beam frame, and unfolded seating on a 10-row, 45-foot highway-towable bleacher.
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10-Row 45-Foot Towable Bleacher at Femme Osage Grove Rodeo 2026 in Defiance, Missouri

Big Ten Rentals delivered and set one of our 10-row, 45-foot towable bleachers at Femme Osage Grove Rodeo on Wednesday, September 24, 2026.

This is a private-ranch arena in the Femme Osage valley — the Defiance / Pacific, Missouri edge of St. Charles and Franklin Counties — not Liberty Field in town. Rafter 7P Rodeo Productions is producing bulls and barrels at the site, with the property branded Femme Osage Grove. The unit went in on the grass strip beside the pipe-panel arena, looking across the dirt toward the numbered bucking chutes and the stone barns behind the pens.

Why a 10-row, 45-foot unit fits this arena

Ranch rodeos do not have a permanent grandstand. Seating has to sit on grass or packed dirt, stay clear of livestock panels, and go up the same day the chutes are set.

This bleacher gives the Grove 273 elevated seats without pouring concrete or building a stand.

This unit includes:
  • Hydraulic fold powered by an onboard 12-volt system — one person can set a unit in about 10 minutes
  • Aluminum seats and walk boards with full 24-inch row spacing
  • Galvanized guardrails and a heavy I-beam main frame
  • Electric brakes on all four wheels, plus stop, turn, and clearance lights for highway towing
  • 45-foot seating length (53 feet with the tongue); unfolded width 19′ 4″
  • Folded travel width 8′ 6″ so it highways like a trailer

We handled delivery and Done For You setup so the producer did not have to stage a crew or a forklift the week of the show.

Set next to the rail, looking into the dirt

The bleacher sits on the spectator side of the arena fence, with hay bales marking the edge of the dirt and the walk-up. From the top rows you see the full arena, the four numbered chutes, and the wooded hillside that wraps the Grove.

That is the usual layout for a private-ranch rodeo: keep the seats close to the action, leave a walkway at ground level, and keep stock and trucks on the barn side of the pens.

Pacific’s municipal Iron Horse Rodeo at Liberty Field ran the weekend before. This stop is a different job — one unit, one ranch arena, a smaller crowd that still needs a safe, elevated view of bulls and barrels.

Specs on the unit at Femme Osage Grove

  • Seats: 273
  • Rows: 10
  • Seating length: 45′
  • Length with tongue: 53′
  • Unfolded width: 19′ 4″
  • Unfolded height: 11′ 2″
  • Weight: 11,750 lbs
  • Hitch: 2-5/16″ ball

Several of these units are in the fleet. We deliver them across the Midwest and the contiguous United States.

Need bleachers for a rodeo, fair, or ranch event?

Whether it is a municipal rodeo, a private ranch production, a fairgrounds show, or a high school playoff, Big Ten Rentals delivers highway-towable hydraulic bleachers, places them, and picks them up when the event is over.

Looking at a 10-row, 45-foot unit like the one at Femme Osage Grove? It seats 273. Two of them put 546 people in elevated seats without a permanent grandstand.

See the product page: 10-Row Towable Bleacher | Seats 273 | 45′ Long

Contact Big Ten Rentals today for a delivery quote on your next event.

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