Recomend me a lamb weigh crate

[tr250]

We are thinking we might invest in a new lamb weigher we would like it to be easy to access the lamb for drenching and tagging. Be lightweight and maybe even able to be carried in the prattly but also used in a static system and have a basic digital read out we are not interested in eid

 

[Al R]

@Allied Weighing have you made your own lightweight Ali crate yet?
Prattley/FarmIT3000/pharmweigh plus a pile of others? Most are using a weigh head like a tru test to monitor lamb growth etc for those that tag at birth

 

[neilo]

@Allied Weighing have you made your own lightweight Ali crate yet?
Prattley/FarmIT3000/pharmweigh plus a pile of others? Most are using a weigh head like a tru test to monitor lamb growth etc for those that tag at birth

Any of those would do well, being open topped to allow handling. You don’t have to use EID, just buy one without the reader panels attached (although it’s integral in the FarmIT one iirc).

 

[Ffarmwr bach]

I place a Dog weighing electronic platfrom in the race, with a backing gate. Works fine cost me £250. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Weig...948676&hash=item25fed457cf:g:jCoAAOSwCGVYBjOW

 

[JD-Kid]

the prattley one we had a simple crate years ago but would not be too keen to ear tag in one. lambs jump around a fair bit and hands get whacked
big thing is dont got to a steel crate heavy as hell to move and prone to rust very first. crate had was still the gates got sticky and. rust killed it
combi clamp best deal if wanting to do alot of things
there is a poor mans clamp set up can't recall the name of it mainly for drenching etc. but. could do tagging etc in it kinda just lean on it to crush them not sure if could put load bars under it would start to become harder to shift around

 

[Kip]

Wouldn’t recommend IAE or bateman. Big heavy clumsy things

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Depends on the numbers you are doing and the durability of it.
If you want something that will do thousands of lambs very quickly and have the capability of recording if you want to but be able to be operated by one person then the Pharmweigh is the best. However it is quite heavy being made of stainless steel.

It is extremely fast for just weighing lambs and you can draft 3 ways manually. The top is open so you can drench and tag however I would always prefer to do that in a race anyway.

 

[Fendt516profi]

the prattley one we had a simple crate years ago but would not be too keen to ear tag in one. lambs jump around a fair bit and hands get whacked
big thing is dont got to a steel crate heavy as hell to move and prone to rust very first. crate had was still the gates got sticky and. rust killed it
combi clamp best deal if wanting to do alot of things
there is a poor mans clamp set up can't recall the name of it mainly for drenching etc. but. could do tagging etc in it kinda just lean on it to crush them not sure if could put load bars under it would start to become harder to shift around

@Nithsdale Farmer

 

[Nithsdale]

Rancher/Orangeworks Gripper.

You can have it with loadbars underneath. Happy with my one

 

[JD-Kid]

DrenchMaster. Mobile Sheep Handler

The Mobile DrenchMaster from Perkinz is a fantastic and very cost-effective handler for all your sheep handling needs. Great for drenching, vaccinating, tagging etc.

shop.perkinz.co.nz

that was one I was thinking of but can't see how could put load bars under it if 2 sheep on the unit

 

[Nithsdale]

Aye, you won't can use that for weighing

They also don't do it in a Left handed version...

 

[tr250]

Thanks everyone I’ve rung about a prattly, Farm I’d , and left a message for pharmweigh. Quite a variation in weight even between the ally ones prattly being lightest. Does anyone know how easy a prattly one is to carry on a prattly yard?

 

[Farmer 83563]

Thanks everyone I’ve rung about a prattly, Farm I’d , and left a message for pharmweigh. Quite a variation in weight even between the ally ones prattly being lightest. Does anyone know how easy a prattly one is to carry on a prattly yard?

You can get a holder and strap that fits on the back of the system. Takes a couple of mins to load tho. easier with two people!

 

[DB67]

FarmIT is a good weigher with 3 way draft but you wouldn’t be able to do much tagging or drenching in it.

 

[at the edge]

This works for me, just drops in whatever race we are working in, or light enough to strap onto the Portayard.

We needed to cable tie on some plastic panels over the mesh for the horned sheep, but otherwise fine, handy for lost/retagging, no waiting for swinging needles, no bars to dodge when marking or grading by hand, and light at the end of a long day!

 

[James169]

Thanks everyone I’ve rung about a prattly, Farm I’d , and left a message for pharmweigh. Quite a variation in weight even between the ally ones prattly being lightest. Does anyone know how easy a prattly one is to carry on a prattly yard?

We have just bought a pratley weigh Crete along with a carrier. It slots in where the back gate goes and then a strap similar to the straps that hold the gates to the frame

 

[tr250]

We have just bought a pratley weigh Crete along with a carrier. It slots in where the back gate goes and then a strap similar to the straps that hold the gates to the frame

Is this carrier extra or is it included in the £2745 I’ve been quoted for the crate and load bars as we’ve already got a tru-test box

 

[Mcnulty24]

I have a used prattley weigh crate for sale in the classifieds

 

[tr250]

I have a used prattley weigh crate for sale in the classifieds

Do you have a link to it I can’t find it. Why are you selling it I’ve found a thread by you saying that it’s heavy to move about I thought they are only 44kg

 

[hally]

Do you have a link to it I can’t find it. Why are you selling it I’ve found a thread by you saying that it’s heavy to move about I thought they are only 44kg

We used to have a Pharmweigh, great crate and we just made a bracket to hitch it on the side of the prattley, very easy to move with the prattley tbh and it was fairly heavy