New bespoke crush collected from the fabricator / galvanisers

[Steevo]

Just to assuage your understandable concerns, Stokboard now fitted

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@Walter Price

Now that looks smart....and I'm not even a stockman!!

 

[JP1]

Now that looks smart....and I'm not even a stockman!!

I hope to post a few photos of it in action after tomorrow. Think it was @eulb or @roscoe erf who said it looked to shiny and needed that essential green patina !

 

[JP1]

At work blood testing today

 

[Poorbuthappy]

How did the vet like it?

 

[JP1]

How did the vet like it?

He liked it, it's high too so I don't bump my nut going in and out

We trimmed one cow's rear claws in there too

 

[Blue.]

@JP1 how has the rear hinged gate faired?

I need to fit a stop gate in my race before Tb testing and that style would fit better.

 

[JP1]

@JP1 how has the rear hinged gate faired?

I need to fit a stop gate in my race before Tb testing and that style would fit better.

It works very well. The strength of the bottom pivot fixing is crucial but the tipping action means it's quick to close and you move within the animal's flight zone

 

[Sharpy]

Like the whole thread!

 

[Old Tip]

It looks great @JP1 bet your well chuffed with it, any plans to go into production ?

 

[Xiaomi]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but we are looking to put in a new crush and I was trying to decide between a batwing gate and a sliding gate at the bottom of the crush - until I seen the pivot version here.

Just wondering how the OP is getting on with it now and if it all worked out as planned. Seems like a well thought out system.

 

[puntabrava]

Now that looks smart....and I'm not even a stockman!!

I would tend to agree, tb testing would fly by with help like that.

 

[JP1]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but we are looking to put in a new crush and I was trying to decide between a batwing gate and a sliding gate at the bottom of the crush - until I seen the pivot version here.

Just wondering how the OP is getting on with it now and if it all worked out as planned. Seems like a well thought out system.

Works like a dream as long as you accept little calf followers (up to say 3 months old) can get in and out

I used it to part one young bull to tag him the other night in the dark and on my own. The rear lever for the yoke is a real boon too as you can be in their flight zone and they move forward in to the curved front gate very easy

Friday I'll do about 38 head for the SAC blood tests plus a few PD's with my new vet and I know it will work well with her with the big back space and vet access door

 

[Henarar]

I am trying to see how you work the yoke from the back of the crush but can't, how does it work ?

 

[JP1]

I am trying to see how you work the yoke from the back of the crush but can't, how does it work ?

There's no photo of that on this thread

Here's one

 

[Henarar]

I see you have changed the yoke

 

[JP1]

I see you have changed the yoke

Yes

The old one will be on my "treibewagen" (no English word sorry)

New thread to come !!!

 

[Henarar]

Yes

The old one will be on my "treibewagen" (no English word sorry)

New thread to come !!!

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That is a bit like our cow catcher only its on wheels not the loader, how do you get them in it if they are in the field?

 

[Henarar]

The reason I asked about the yoke is we have a crush with an auto yoke and our blues don't hit it hard enough to work it properly so it would be useful to be able to push it shut from the back but it wouldn't work the same way as that

 

[JP1]

That is a bit like our cow catcher only its on wheels not the loader, how do you get them in it if they are in the field?

Usually feeding (sometimes over a few days). You couldn't move a group on the road with a cow catcher

 

[Tim G]

Works like a dream as long as you accept little calf followers (up to say 3 months old) can get in and out

I used it to part one young bull to tag him the other night in the dark and on my own. The rear lever for the yoke is a real boon too as you can be in their flight zone and they move forward in to the curved front gate very easy

Friday I'll do about 38 head for the SAC blood tests plus a few PD's with my new vet and I know it will work well with her with the big back space and vet access door

Which vets did you go with in the end @JP1?