Rappa here.
Wouldn't have anything else for what we use it for.
Wouldn't have anything else for what we use it for.
Rappa here.
Wouldn't have anything else for what we use it for.
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We have a similar set up to this with more hurdles best thing we've ever bought for sheep job will have had it 20 years and still as good as day we bought it, no where near price of prattley and the likes.
Tony binns livestock equipment
Out of interest, what have you got?
Got the Rappa bit, was just wondering which system..
10ft race,20x7ft hurdles and 2x8ft single handling race.
What size flocks will that hold? I see no advantage in a double race system unless dosing 500+ in a couple of holdings?
Sounds ideal. Eould be an upgrade for some pf the tubes i shear forwhy not have what the person i work for has,
timber pens with all the uprights holding the gates rotten, leading to gates hanging off one hinge if lucky, and tow, wire banding, old dog leads, and an ything else that may be scraped up from yard ground used as the other hinge,
if you have broken rails on the race system, like his one does broken, rotten just bang in longer nails to the rotten posts rather than buy new timber,
or use sheep hurdle gate to patch the worst bits then leave yourself short of hurdles for lambing etc,
you can also have a gulliotine gate , so called as it attempts to remove fingers at every opening and closing of it, it is specially un lubricated , for the more discerning user,
then you can have a plastic footbath in the race section that you allow to sit with water in it so sheep wont go through it.
and best of all you can have it so it isnt high enough for wild mules,
why not have what the person i work for has,
timber pens with all the uprights holding the gates rotten, leading to gates hanging off one hinge if lucky, and tow, wire banding, old dog leads, and an ything else that may be scraped up from yard ground used as the other hinge,
if you have broken rails on the race system, like his one does broken, rotten just bang in longer nails to the rotten posts rather than buy new timber,
or use sheep hurdle gate to patch the worst bits then leave yourself short of hurdles for lambing etc,
you can also have a gulliotine gate , so called as it attempts to remove fingers at every opening and closing of it, it is specially un lubricated , for the more discerning user,
then you can have a plastic footbath in the race section that you allow to sit with water in it so sheep wont go through it.
and best of all you can have it so it isnt high enough for wild mules,
Sounds the business, where do I get one and how much are they?why not have what the person i work for has,
timber pens with all the uprights holding the gates rotten, leading to gates hanging off one hinge if lucky, and tow, wire banding, old dog leads, and an ything else that may be scraped up from yard ground used as the other hinge,
if you have broken rails on the race system, like his one does broken, rotten just bang in longer nails to the rotten posts rather than buy new timber,
or use sheep hurdle gate to patch the worst bits then leave yourself short of hurdles for lambing etc,
you can also have a gulliotine gate , so called as it attempts to remove fingers at every opening and closing of it, it is specially un lubricated , for the more discerning user,
then you can have a plastic footbath in the race section that you allow to sit with water in it so sheep wont go through it.
and best of all you can have it so it isnt high enough for wild mules,
Sounds the business, where do I get one and how much are they?
Sounds the business, where do I get one and how much are they?
Agree-- I have a scotpen and a poldenvale & have used the prattley etc@Jim75 how does your scotpen jack up and down?
My 3m trailer used to use a vertical lift farm jack which I hated. FIL modified it to work like a prattley.
Totally agree that it is a great system and sheep run through it well. Much stronger than all the competition too.
We bought a 3m Scotpen mobile system in April 2007. Very happy with it once it is set up to use but getting the wheels off was very difficult verging on dangerous with one of those vertical lift farm jacks.
With huge thanks to my father in law, I now have a Scotpen system with the easy of a prattley/rappa
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@Jim75 how does your scotpen jack up and down?
My 3m trailer used to use a vertical lift farm jack which I hated. FIL modified it to work like a prattley.
Totally agree that it is a great system and sheep run through it well. Much stronger than all the competition too.