New bespoke crush collected from the fabricator / galvanisers

[JP1]

To the folks in Workshop Projects, thanks for your help

To the folks from BFF and now TFF who've watched the progress on the way developing my portable crush, here it is

The brief was to be able to move a crush, hurdles and portable race and parting pen behind a 4x4 to outlying grazing up to 26 miles away

I gave up making it mobile on it's own wheels thanks to the Type Approval rules from last October ruling out one-off projects

I can cart and unload this without a loader using my 12ft Ifor trailer

It will carry the IAE Economy handling system and this crush

It features a back vet box access, a tipping rear gate and a self closing / tightening headstock

The web straps stop show jumping suckled calves

More photos to follow as upload reached it's max

 

[roscoe erf]

so you went for galvanizing after all then nice looking crush

 

[C.J]

How are you going to raise and lower the crush ?

 

[JP1]

 

[JP1]

How are you going to raise and lower the crush ?

I hope the second batch of photos explains this. Basically using a FarmJack. The last photo is a library shot of my existing pend system

The little / odd bits should fit inside the crush for travel and the standard hurdles in the u-channels on one side

 

[Walterp]

Is it going to be cladded?

We'd be concerned about cattle getting their legs and/or heads caught as they don't tend to stay stationary in the crush....

 

[JP1]

Is it going to be cladded?

We'd be concerned about cattle getting their legs and/or heads caught as they don't tend to stay stationary in the crush....

Yes stock board on sides. Holes already drilled.

The tray is also bent in to a u-shape on the chequer plate which should help

 

[JP1]

so you went for galvanizing after all then nice looking crush

Yes went for galvanising

Bare it weighed around 670kg and the portable pen adds around 1000kg

 

[roscoe erf]

Yes went for galvanising

Bare it weighed around 670kg and the portable pen adds around 1000kg

you was worried about it bending obviously not a problem then

 

[JP1]

you was worried about it bending obviously not a problem then

Paul still was worried before it went away

 

[roscoe erf]

Paul still was worried before it went away

told you nothing to worry about, its easy to be right when its someone else paying the bill

 

[C.J]

I've never seen a yoke like that before - Is it your own design, and have you tested it yet ?

Now you have an excuse to post more pictures of hairy rugs

 

[JP1]

Yes it's an ancient crush I bought and it self tightens. Hairy rugs indeed

 

[Cowcalf]

would be concerned the swing gate at the rear would suffer at the pivot if beast came back when door has not got into lock position

 

[JP1]

would be concerned the swing gate at the rear would suffer at the pivot if beast came back when door has not got into lock position

I agree

Going to be quick with that with me along the walkway.

The "clasps" are quite deep in the closed / closing position but I agree that will be the weak point

 

[C.J]

Yes it's an ancient crush I bought and it self tightens. Hairy rugs indeed

My cousins have some Blackies and Blue Greys on Brent moor and W.W has Belties on Harford,but they ain't many riggits down here.

 

[JP1]

Is it going to be cladded?

We'd be concerned about cattle getting their legs and/or heads caught as they don't tend to stay stationary in the crush....

Just to assuage your understandable concerns, Stokboard now fitted

@Walter Price

 

[Allied Weighing]

do you intend to do weighing with this crush?

 

[JP1]

No plans to weigh currently

 

[roscoe erf]

do you intend to do weighing with this crush?

looks like we have another ft