Looking at a new crush , Yoke automatically closes on income beast with its forward movement , but does the narrow gap between the yokes ( you adjust yoke gap for the size of the beast ) actually stop the beast wanting to put its head through in the first place and you end up pushing said beast to get its head through to enable the auto function, I'm working with steady traditional breeds not wild continentals
Auto yoke cattle crush
- Thread starter No wot
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- Location
- South Devon
They're great for wild cattle - the smaller the gap ,the faster they run 
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
If your cattle are docile they will refuse to lock the yoke.
You want more like this.
www.morrislivestockequipment.co.uk
You want more like this.
Morris Livestock Handling Equipment - Beef Crush
Home of the Morris Cattle Crush and Yoke. A robust and well designed range of livestock handling equipment.
www.morrislivestockequipment.co.uk
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
101%If your cattle are docile they will refuse to lock the yoke.
You want more like this.
Morris Livestock Handling Equipment - Beef Crush
Home of the Morris Cattle Crush and Yoke. A robust and well designed range of livestock handling equipment.
That was precisely my fear ,If your cattle are docile they will refuse to lock the yoke.
You want more like this.
Morris Livestock Handling Equipment - Beef Crush
Home of the Morris Cattle Crush and Yoke. A robust and well designed range of livestock handling equipment.
- Location
- North Suffolk
We had to get rid of ours as our cows wouldn't keep walking through to push the yoke shut, just got their head through and then stood waiting. If yours are steady and well trained you will want a manual lock really
j6891
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- Location
- Perth & Kinross
Look at the premier crush with forward catch headstock. Always big it up as think it's brilliant. Ours come to the bucket so no running at speed. They just trip it reaching for bucket job done.
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Automatic yoke will catch lively stock and placid stock will just need a push to get them to proceed that last half step.
Our bluex cows need a bit of a shove to get them in but I wouldn't go back to a manual yoke.
Some of our older lim cows will just stand there and look at the open head yoke, quite frustrating when you want to get on.
I've got two weeks to rip out the old set up to fit a new hydraulic squeeze crush before TB testing mid Nov.
willie waver
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- Location
- walking in the ayr
if they're quiet, some won't close it and need pushed, if they're wild, some hit the sides and close it in front of them. you can't win
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
I've bought a non return gate to fit in the race that should help.
- Location
- Devon
What you want is for the crush to be long enough so that you can shut the rear gate if the yoke hasn't been triggered. You can then get on and do what you want [especially if its a squeeze crush] with or without it's head caught.
It would be excellent to see a comparison like this for British crushes;
It would be excellent to see a comparison like this for British crushes;
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
ours would be wary of the hats, and the paint!
I have thought about making the yoke so it can be operated from the back of the crush as well as the side/front which wouldnt to hard to do but we have only had the crush twenty odd years and these things take time.
