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<blockquote data-quote="brigadoon" data-source="post: 6908808" data-attributes="member: 49880"><p>We have gone through this cycle, we started with some small cattle and an inherited crush - old style with gate hinged on one side and a half height door.</p><p></p><p>I realised that the crush was reaching the end of its life so took it to a local guy and got him to make me a new frame and sheet the bottom since we had had a couple of scares with feet through the horizontal bars.</p><p></p><p>We also found that if we left the neck trap open the fitter / flightier cattle would try to jump and some would succeed in getting a front leg through which was not too handy. A couple went down after being caught by the neck and started to choke on the halfdoor.</p><p></p><p>We have since bought a used, but relatively new crush of a modern design which (just) takes everything from the whitebred bull to the dexter calves (a couple of pallets in the side are handy here since some of the little so and sos can turn around).</p><p></p><p>We also picked up some cattle hurdles secondhand and have a few spare gates, and a calving hurdle - which will suffice for most things if a little slow and tedious, there is nothing wrong with binder twine and rachet straps if used <strong><u>properly.</u></strong></p><p></p><p>The essentials are that it is fit for purpose and safe for all parties</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brigadoon, post: 6908808, member: 49880"] We have gone through this cycle, we started with some small cattle and an inherited crush - old style with gate hinged on one side and a half height door. I realised that the crush was reaching the end of its life so took it to a local guy and got him to make me a new frame and sheet the bottom since we had had a couple of scares with feet through the horizontal bars. We also found that if we left the neck trap open the fitter / flightier cattle would try to jump and some would succeed in getting a front leg through which was not too handy. A couple went down after being caught by the neck and started to choke on the halfdoor. We have since bought a used, but relatively new crush of a modern design which (just) takes everything from the whitebred bull to the dexter calves (a couple of pallets in the side are handy here since some of the little so and sos can turn around). We also picked up some cattle hurdles secondhand and have a few spare gates, and a calving hurdle - which will suffice for most things if a little slow and tedious, there is nothing wrong with binder twine and rachet straps if used [B][U]properly.[/U][/B] The essentials are that it is fit for purpose and safe for all parties [/QUOTE]
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