Te Pari, clipex or arrowquip cattle crush
- Thread starter tr250
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- East Sussex
Fixed or Mobile?
If a mobile system then GSF is very good for the money.
If a mobile system then GSF is very good for the money.
Fixed
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Arrowquip here, still like it i'd buy another tomorrow if I had to.
- Location
- North yorks
Another happy arrowquip user here, wise-agriculture (local agent/importer) are very helpful too.
John Deere 8530
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Arrowquip here. Don’t think the clipex is quite as refined. Te Pari owners are related to the arrowquip owners apparently. Te pari yoke doesn’t seem quite as good. Biggest let down of the arrowquip is that it isn’t galvanised. All 3 are very good crushes though.
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
Arrowquip works really well, just the finish is a bit disappointing. Maybe our climate up here doesnt help it.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Be nice if you supported British manufacturing if you could .
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Big 8
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Premier , galvanised and made in uk , my vets words were ( thank god you got one of them and not one of them bloody arrowquip ) .
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Haven’t Thorburns of Duns just bought Premier ? Good move for them if they have !
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
Do they still have a rubber floor? We had some calves hurt there feet when dehorning and vaccinating them when we fetched them in last November. On the lookout for a squeeze crush with a rubber floor.
Out of the 3 I would choose arrowquip, I looked at one before I bought the Bateman hydraulic, I chose the Bateman purely because it’s galvanised and it’s 850mm wide whereas the others are standard 750mm and some of my cows at times struggled to get in a standard crush. I’m delighted with the crush and glad I chose it.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Yes they do.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Yes , i dont thjnk its s a fiid move i thjnk everyone bought one under grants andnwont want another for donkeys years and i thjknthat cattle handling is good but from a manufacturing point of veiw will be a total nightmare as every system bespoke which is another word for nightmare !!
Do they do them galvanised? We have a 2008 one at the moment and I’m not keen to have another self trap head yoke as the cattle hit it hard to try and escape hurting them selfs, bending the yoke and putting huge sideways force on the weigh cells which they are not designed for. It’s also suffered with rust fairly badly
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Glaved yes , i had one of the first mk1s for ni on 30 year , still got it infact no rust , dont have any issues with the self
Locking yoke never bent anything on either of them but my cows are probably smaller thsn yours , even then they were always tight fit in mk1 but the new squeeze is good, although i rarley need to use the squeeze bit .
Haven’t seen one in the flesh but slightly put off by weak looking head yoke and front gates. Maybe internet pictures don’t do it justice