Calving Gates

[Doddsy]

Anyone any experience of the calving gate from bo steel in Ireland

Seems to be a few options around IAE/Ritchie/Jourdain but not seen this one mentioned?? Don't even know if they export at this stage.

 

[AGN76]

Yep we have one. Highly recommend it!

 

[BobbySusie]

I got one as a christmas present, very well made. I also have a crush from Bo Steel. The headgate on the crush has been disappointing, it still works but you have to close it yourself when the cows is in it, plus if the cow puts any backward pressure on the headgate it wont open. I nearly had an animal choke when they went down and I couldn't open the gate to release.

 

[Blue.]

We’ve an Iae gate good but very short.?

 

[sheep&cows&stuff]

i have one - does the job

 

[Doddsy]

I got one as a christmas present, very well made. I also have a crush from Bo Steel. The headgate on the crush has been disappointing, it still works but you have to close it yourself when the cows is in it, plus if the cow puts any backward pressure on the headgate it wont open. I nearly had an animal choke when they went down and I couldn't open the gate to release.

Cheers, from their website it looks like they've added a quick release mechanism which should hopefully help!?

 

[Doddsy]

We’ve an Iae gate good but very short.?

Thanks, is it the IAE one is too short when it's closed and you're working with cows, or is just a bit short when you're trying to get the cow into the yoke? I like the fact the bo steel one has the extra few feet of gate to help guide it in, but I'm not sure which one actually has the longer holding/ceasarian gate?

 

[Milkcow365]

I made my own last week just cut a yoke out of a set of locking yokes that where lying in scrap and welded it into my calving box barrier , bit of string along top of wall handle on the end jobs a good one

 

[Doddsy]

I made my own last week just cut a yoke out of a set of locking yokes that where lying in scrap and welded it into my calving box barrier , bit of string along top of wall handle on the end jobs a good one

Looks just the job . Have been thinking about rigging up a home made job, but then again in I've 'thought' about it for a while now! !

 

[Nearly]

I've a home made job in every pen (4).
No headlock and I've made the bottom, back third swing out to suckle a calf on.

 

[bob_01]

Yep we have one. Highly recommend it!

Ive inquired about one today but theres a delay due to brexit, they said i need a revenue number to have one imported. Did you get it from local dealer or direct from Ireland?

 

[AGN76]

Ive inquired about one today but theres a delay due to brexit, they said i need a revenue number to have one imported. Did you get it from local dealer or direct from Ireland?

No I just ordered one direct from them. Definitely don't recall a revenue number. Must be a brexit thing?

 

[bob_01]

No I just ordered one direct from them. Definitely don't recall a revenue number. Must be a brexit thing?

Cheers, i was hoping for a English stockists of it. Yes its a brexit thing, i should of got it sorted earlier as ive had plenty of brexit reminders on the telly . The guy said they should be back up and running sometime in February, I'll have to tell the cows to cross there legs until then. Its looks a cracking gate though from the video. I can get the iae and richie locally but im thinking this bo steel one looks a better job in the long run

 

[AGN76]

Cheers, i was hoping for a English stockists of it. Yes its a brexit thing, i should of got it sorted earlier as ive had plenty of brexit reminders on the telly . The guy said they should be back up and running sometime in February, I'll have to tell the cows to cross there legs until then. Its looks a cracking gate though from the video. I can get the iae and richie locally but im thinking this bo steel one looks a better job in the long run

It'll definitely be worth the wait. We have it folded flat out the way until we need it. Then can create an extra pen by bolting the yoke down and opening out the gate. Its more than a calving gate to us.

 

[bob_01]

It'll definitely be worth the wait. We have it folded flat out the way until we need it. Then can create an extra pen by bolting the yoke down and opening out the gate. Its more than a calving gate to us.

Thats what has drawn us to to, we've not got the space for a dedicated calving pen so when not in use for calving it has to be a normal pen, i like the look of the Jordanian ex5 set-up but im not sure its practical for the rest of the year

 

[Lazy Eric]

I’ve a Ritchie one which is good , but it’s not a patch on that Irish one on the YouTube clip..... I want one of those!!

 

[AGN76]

Our Bo Steel Gate

 

[jamj]

Thats what has drawn us to to, we've not got the space for a dedicated calving pen so when not in use for calving it has to be a normal pen, i like the look of the Jordanian ex5 set-up but im not sure its practical for the rest of the year

We have ex5 with operation gate.
Good gate and operation gate works well. Ours has older headstock which I rate as just ok. No doubt newer one is better.
What I like -
When operation gate is in use two pens are still separate, no opening in main gate.
Operation gate can be hung on either side for eg doing lda operation.
No bar to drop into hole in ground which would probably be full of dirt.
What I don't like.
If you need to get to animal head when it's in the yolk, you have to climb gate. Doesn't happen too often.

When not in use the gate goes back against wall like a normal gate.

 

[Doddsy]

Our Bo Steel Gate

Do u manage to operate yours (with a beast caught in the yoke) without the brace at the top of the headstock? Or am I just not seeing it?

 

[AGN76]

The brace?