Jeremy's Treibewagen

[JP1]

A few photos at the start showing @the-mad-welder 's handiwork (and my rubbish paint work)

Just like my crush, P can take a basic sketch by me for what I want and make it happen

More photos over the coming weeks

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Big for a caravan, isn't it....

 

[JP1]

Big for a caravan, isn't it....

It's big . Period

 

[roscoe erf]

Big for a caravan, isn't it....

you need too, to bbq those hedgehogs

 

[yellowbelly]

So, it's a cattle version of one of these....

....

...or a mobile catching pen

....or both

 

[Tarw Coch]

How close to those blue bags is he welding

 

[JP1]

How close to those blue bags is he welding

He's not. Separate workshop . That's just where I paint

 

[JP1]

So, it's a cattle version of one of these....

....

...or a mobile catching pen

....or both

It's both.

I suspect it will mainly be a mobile catching pen with calving gate / yoke although it will be used around the village for halter walking up to six and I may choose to move small mobs locally.

Mainly it will save me lifting , carrying, setting up, dismantling, lifting, carting and stacking heavy hurdles in the future

More pictures to follow

 

[Moors Lad]

o, it's a cattle version of one of these....

Ahh, now I know how that guy manages without a dog....
Guess you can`t use them on dual carriageways though......well, not without at least 2 flashing beacons...

 

[JP1]

Ahh, now I know how that guy manages without a dog....
Guess you can`t use them on dual carriageways though......well, not without at least 2 flashing beacons...

I don't fancy a dual carriageway at cow walking pace. Although it's narrow enough to be legal

 

[Henarar]

be interesting to see how they take to being moved in it

 

[JP1]

be interesting to see how they take to being moved in it

Yep. I have a hang on front trough and I've seen a few moving cows in Germany with someone riding the rear gate to start

 

[Henarar]

I have moved them a bit in the cow catcher, they tend to stop and you have to watch you don't catch their heels

 

[JP1]

I have moved them a bit in the cow catcher, they tend to stop and you have to watch you don't catch their heels

I've noticed a few German models have a low down heel bar. Mine will have my gate in frame (two settings : transport and down on ground)

 

[Henarar]

I've noticed a few German models have a low down heel bar. Mine will have my gate in frame (two settings : transport and down on ground)

we used round bar as much as we could, make sure there is nothing they can catch themselves on.
I soon found with the cow catcher that it was no good to chase them with it as its surprising how quickly they can stop,

I made a cushion out of a very long plastic bag stuffed with old net wrap to go along the bottom bar at the back.
we have a head gate in that much the same as you have with a gate to get them in it, found it very useful for things like AI and the odd jab, bad eye, whatever

 

[neilo]

Leccy fence wire across the back, like on the backing gates used in dairy collecting yards, would keep them moving.

Put a bigger fencer on and you could stick it on a Fastrac.

 

[steveR]

He's not. Separate workshop . That's just where I paint

Posh!! Paint shop AND welding shop...

 

[mar]

A few photos at the start showing @the-mad-welder 's handiwork (and my rubbish paint work)

Just like my crush, P can take a basic sketch by me for what I want and make it happen

More photos over the coming weeks

If you're back, could you get a few more close up photos of the steel rack in the back ground that is in the second last photo, I see some of the steel is placed horizontally and some vertically, I'm wondering how they done it.

 

[Highland Mule]

Just had a lightbulb moment. No weight issues with towing this - I could move half a dozen cattle behind my quad bike.

 

[neilo]

Just had a lightbulb moment. No weight issues with towing this - I could move half a dozen cattle behind my quad bike.

Or half a dozen cattle could move you and your quad bike....