Dragging out dead pigs

[OLT]

Has anyone got any tips/good ideas for dragging dead pigs out of sheds? We currently tie some band around their legs and drag them out that way but when you get a 110kg one in the middle of the shed it takes some doing especially with others jumping on top of it.
cheers.

 

[nowtofajob]

I use these sometimes for pulling sows

 

[Tim G]

I think @JP1 would have some equipment ideas.

 

[bitwrx]

There are trollies available - look on MS Schippers website for an idea. As much use as a chocolate fireguard if you're on straw though.

Don't think there is a really easy answer tbh. If you find one, be sure to let me know.

 

[Spud]

We tie band round a leg and drag them to the forklift headstock.
Most feasible alternative so far is an electric winch mounted on the boom end of the oldest forklift - the flaw being two biggish cables down the boom, and more of a pain to get the pig off again.
With you though, the 110kg buggers not only choose to die a few days before departure, as far away from the gate as possible.

 

[JP1]

£255.75 + VAT and carriage

 

[case44]

I feel a dead horse thread starting.

 

[Fat Lamb]

I feel a dead horse thread starting.

Don't suppose anyone out there knows anything about removing a dead horse do they?
Just asking on the off chance....,

 

[SteveHants]

We used to put them on the pallet forks of the bobcat, which was a simple enough procedure (usually). Occasionally had to jiggle them into the right position with a loop of rope. These were boars, mind.
Wouldn't use the bale grab though...

 

[Pan mixer]

Rope round leg drag out with loader that stays outside the shed.

 

[radar]

Worst is when they die at the back of the pen under the straw walkway on a hot steamy summers day and you don't spot (smell) them till the next day, and their neighbours have had a nibble!

 

[livestock 1]

Why don’t you ask one of these sorts that never has anything die?
There’s a fair few I know that never looses a beast or a sheep.
One told me a few years ago that out of his 600 ewes he never lost one
If you find out the secret then you will never have a dead pig again or anything else for that matter

 

[Hilly]

Why don’t you ask one of these sorts that never has anything die?
There’s a fair few I know that never looses a beast or a sheep.
One told me a few years ago that out of his 600 ewes he never lost one
If you find out the secret then you will never have a dead pig again or anything else for that matter

I’ve got one with nearly 2000 ewes never has anything die or Anything go wrong or ever bought anything that’s not fantastic and the best thing ever bought lol fuking idiots man .

 

[GeorgeK]

I feel a dead horse thread starting.

Fill the shed with water, float the pig out

 

[Fat Lamb]

Why don’t you ask one of these sorts that never has anything die?
There’s a fair few I know that never looses a beast or a sheep.
One told me a few years ago that out of his 600 ewes he never lost one
If you find out the secret then you will never have a dead pig again or anything else for that matter

The secret to never ever having a dead sheep or anything else for that matter is having a good supply of bulls**t readily available to you at all times.

 

[livestock 1]

I’ve got one with nearly 2000 ewes never has anything die or Anything go wrong or ever bought anything that’s not fantastic and the best thing ever bought lol fuking idiots man .

Yes we have them all around here. Another silly bugger was buying draft horned ewes at near £200 and just about took his bed when some twit went out with lurchers and killed a few of mine and a few of his

 

[glasshouse]

I’ve got one with nearly 2000 ewes never has anything die or Anything go wrong or ever bought anything that’s not fantastic and the best thing ever bought lol fuking idiots man .

All his eggs are double yolked too?

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Worst is when they die at the back of the pen under the straw walkway on a hot steamy summers day and you don't spot (smell) them till the next day, and their neighbours have had a nibble!

They do get lighter though over time

Seriously though we have a trolley like @JP1 referred to on each farm for anything over 40kg up to sows.
On straw it's a slightly different proposition though, but loader usually has access to straw pens. A bit of baler band and you're good to go surely

 

[JP1]

They do get lighter though over time

Seriously though we have a trolley like @JP1 referred to on each farm for anything over 40kg up to sows.
On straw it's a slightly different proposition though, but loader usually has access to straw pens. A bit of baler band and you're good to go surely

You can get another model with rear legs (like some sack barrows) which helps with weight - though not with straw

We also sell an electric model with removable scoop so that the prime mover can carry a bale buck or a Paneltim weaning box - spreads the functionality and investment and keeps the batteries refreshed but it's a good few more £££

The photos are the sow model with stabiliser legs and a winch for farrowing pens etc

 

[neilo]

Sounds a simple enough job....