Cattle crush options.

beltbreaker

Member
Location
Ross-shire
Looking at another cattle crush. The old one is rusted through needing a refurb. 100 Sucklers through 5 times plus calves 3 times annually plus monthly weighing of finishers. Is a hydraulic squeeze worth it? What brands, looking at Arrow and Raging Bull plus Bateman. Don't like IAE Saracen. Our old Portequip with Unistock headstock is pretty good but needing refurbished and will go to other unit.
 

mac

Member
Location
Caithness
Looking at another cattle crush. The old one is rusted through needing a refurb. 100 Sucklers through 5 times plus calves 3 times annually plus monthly weighing of finishers. Is a hydraulic squeeze worth it? What brands, looking at Arrow and Raging Bull plus Bateman. Don't like IAE Saracen. Our old Portequip with Unistock headstock is pretty good but needing refurbished and will go to other unit.
We bought a weigh box from uni stock for weighing behind crush and have a hydraulic Pearson squeeze crate. The weigh box fairly speeds up throughput of cattle and can easily weigh 100+ Finishers an hour on my own. We looked at other crate arrowquip looks good but is big as is Titan we are restricted a bit for space. Know what you mean about iae crate I would avoid them there are better choices. And believe me you will get confused as there are so many to choose from.


Mac
 

beltbreaker

Member
Location
Ross-shire
Thanks Mac, I too am constricted by space but like the idea of the weigh box👍👍

North East farmer, so, Fluke and worm, Johnes test/check tags,
pre calving vaccination plus bolus,
Lepto vaccination, along with a Spot on through handling/check tags.
2nd Spot on
Calves through for Clostridia followed by 2 Pneumonia jags
Its quite a bill but all necessary 🤔
 
Location
Cleveland
Thanks Mac, I too am constricted by space but like the idea of the weigh box👍👍

North East farmer, so, Fluke and worm, Johnes test/check tags,
pre calving vaccination plus bolus,
Lepto vaccination, along with a Spot on through handling/check tags.
2nd Spot on
Calves through for Clostridia followed by 2 Pneumonia jags
Its quite a bill but all necessary 🤔
I would look at the big8 but there’s probably a long waiting list
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
I've always been impressed by the Morris cattle handling kit that I've seen about their yard (they do our combining) and, as they work their own cattle, will be designed 'properly'. They will build what you want, how you want it and very fair to deal with. (y) No idea how they compare on price, but I wouldn't expect them to cut any corners to try to be a tenner cheaper.

 

Hampton

Member
BASIS
Location
Shropshire
I've always been impressed by the Morris cattle handling kit that I've seen about their yard (they do our combining) and, as they work their own cattle, will be designed 'properly'. They will build what you want, how you want it and very fair to deal with. (y) No idea how they compare on price, but I wouldn't expect them to cut any corners to try to be a tenner cheaper.

I’ve got two.
David only purchases E grade red lim heifers to fatten, so not the quietest cattle.
Other good thing is much of the kit is modular so you can spec as much or as little as you want.
All made on site.
 
Why no one buying uni stock now ?
Because they last so long :)

Bought 2 20 years ago and still like the brand, very strong and they have plenty of steel in them and a reasonable belly strap and foot winch that don't get in the way when doing other jobs.

I'd look seriously at an Arrowquip if I were buying now, but I'd be hard to put off a Unistock. I don't know if you can lift feet easily in an Arrowquip.

@neilo I really don't see why so many make a fuss about Morris, I've used one and it failed to impress
Why do you like them over the rest?
 

kmo

Member
Location
E. Wales
I've always been impressed by the Morris cattle handling kit that I've seen about their yard
I have a Morris scissor yoke. Seems so much more room around the yoke to put your arm in for tb, testing drenching etc. Made my own crate and put an IAE self locking yoke on the front as a front gate.
Keep an eye on farm sales., a lot of second hand crushes being sold now. Saw an older Leslie Morris make £200 in an online sale recently.
Not sure that the Swiss Army Knife crushes ( does everything) are that good, too many compromises.
 

Hampton

Member
BASIS
Location
Shropshire
Because they last so long :)

Bought 2 20 years ago and still like the brand, very strong and they have plenty of steel in them and a reasonable belly strap and foot winch that don't get in the way when doing other jobs.

I'd look seriously at an Arrowquip if I were buying now, but I'd be hard to put off a Unistock. I don't know if you can lift feet easily in an Arrowquip.

@neilo I really don't see why so many make a fuss about Morris, I've used one and it failed to impress
Why do you like them over the rest?
Local, simple, bulletproof.
 

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