Hello, has anyone bought or built a gate that can be driven over with a tractor to get into a shed of cattle? So you could get in with feed or bedding without the cattle getting out when you open the gate. I've seen the electric spring loaded ones but I think the cattle running around would mean they'd push each other out. There are a few mechanical ones after a quick Google, some look like the muck getting higher would be a problem for them. Thanks
Drive over/through gate
- Thread starter CWS86
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Is there something called a dofy gate which is basically an electrified sprung barrier?
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Sorry dofy gate
My uncle had a STRONG dog. He could open the gate, leave it open while he drove in bedded up etc with the dog keeping the cattle in.
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- East Sussex
Would be worth getting them trained to electric although I do appreciate what you say about getting excited.
I made a windscreen wiper gate for the cow yards. Little remote in each vehicle to let itself through and move the gate to the calving fields in the spring for easy lookering in the middle of the night.
Ive got a thread somewhere
I made a windscreen wiper gate for the cow yards. Little remote in each vehicle to let itself through and move the gate to the calving fields in the spring for easy lookering in the middle of the night.
Ive got a thread somewhere
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Post in thread 'Wiper motor circuit bodgery help!'
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/wiper-motor-circuit-bodgery-help.259204/post-6715674
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/wiper-motor-circuit-bodgery-help.259204/post-6715674
That does look handy as well as good and cheap! They've never seen an electric fence before and they're finishers and should only be around another couple of months so maybe not worth training them now. Something to think about for next year tho if I don't get anything this year