Sheep handling system

[Will hockridge]

Recently got the approval for the grant I’m, just looking at my options what does anyone else have or use it’s got to be a 250 sheep one with forcing pen , race etc I’m liking the porta yard system just wandering what everyone else has used to even possibly what they’re getting on the grant cheers

 

[Keepers]

Surely you would have decided before applying for your grant? I didn’t think you could choose or change your choose after?

Ive been accepted, but am going with the items I originally planned and then pre ordered

 

[Will hockridge]

Well I never preordered anything because you didn’t know if you was going to get it or no, you can’t change what you want just the different makes in the group so I deleted a mobile sheep handling system as one , so I now need to decide between what brands but as I stated I was hoping to go for the porta yard but Just checking my options you then have to place your order by the 10 of November , as I’m sure it states you cannot buy or order items before you got the grant approoval

 

[delilah]

you then have to place your order by the 10 of November ,

You only need to accept/decline the grant by 10 Nov, there's no rush, got 6 months to select and purchase.
I think,

 

[Nithsdale]

@Bill dog do/did you not have a Porta Yard?



Only advice I can give is to physically go and see all the brand's which take your fancy. Pictures are good but seeing and feeling them in the flesh is much better (much like women )

 

[Bury the Trash]

You only need to accept/decline the grant by 10 Nov, there's no rush, got 6 months to select and purchase.
I think,

But Availiabilty might be a problem for popular choices....

 

[HarryB97]

The Porta yard is very smart, why don't you fancy a Rappa? Built by a small british firm, great quality and great people to deal with. We always want people to buy English food etc so wanting a sheep system from the other side of the world doesn't seam quite right especially when the English versions are as good. The hydraulic lift on the Porta yard does look nice after a long day though!

 

[Bill dog]

Cheers @Nithsdale Farmer
Yes I’ve a porta yards. It’s solid and bloody well made. The hurdles are taller than the rappa/ prattley gates, so if your a shorty, worth bearing in mind for crossing over ( grocery bashing !)
Got mine from rob Livesey in the borders. Defo worth seeing whatever system you fancy in the flesh.
As mentioned the manual pump hydraulic lift is a great bit of kit !

 

[Bob]

The Porta yard is very smart, why don't you fancy a Rappa? Built by a small british firm, great quality and great people to deal with. We always want people to buy English food etc so wanting a sheep system from the other side of the world doesn't seam quite right especially when the English versions are as good. The hydraulic lift on the Porta yard does look nice after a long day though!

Rappa is a brilliant design and very well built kit. Good firm to deal with. Probably the most expensive of all the systems but worth the extra British!!

 

[Keepers]

I ordered a rappa super yard with the race weigh, looking forward to not having to lug a heavy crate around!

the scotpen is also well made but the hurdles are heavy and too tall to step over, have to climb over them which after slipping on a wet rung and landing leg either side I don’t fancy doing any more

 

[Nithsdale]

To add to the buy British thing...
IAE, Rappa, Alligator, Scotpen and Portequip all make ally mobile yards and are all British - so there's plenty of choice.

They all have pro and con points but will all do a job and are all decent. I said already, you need to see them in the flesh and decide if whichever make you're looking as is what you need/want.

Word of warning with Rappa - if you have a time limit on your grant, there was a long waiting list when I enquired (so long that it ruled them out for me!).
They told me they could hopefully get one to me in 4months time from date of ordering. But they wouldn't put a promise on that wait... It may have changed since then but you'd better talk to them soon if you want one!

 

[Hesstondriver]

any experience or opinions of Fowrass Fabrication - the chap based in cumbria ?

 

[beardface]

As far as I could tell from the options list it has to be Road legal as well so rules out rappa/prattley style with removable wheels. Could just bd the way I read it.

 

[DanM]

As far as I could tell from the options list it has to be Road legal as well so rules out rappa/prattley style with removable wheels. Could just bd the way I read it.

why would they not be road legal??

 

[Will hockridge]

Thanks for all the replies much appreciated, I’ve spoke to a few local farming outlets and they’re all getting back to me on the price of different sorts, so see what they come back with! Also managed to get a livestock monitoring camera along with a crush and weigh bars, has anyone else applied for a camera for monitoring livestock and what they’ve got that meets the grant as I’m struggling to find the right thing for the roughly similar price

 

[@dlm]

As far as I could tell from the options list it has to be Road legal as well so rules out rappa/prattley style with removable wheels. Could just bd the way I read it.

May well be wrong as not studied in depth but I thought I read on rappa Web site it was road legal? Hope so as was my declared and preferred choice. Isn't it up to may to get things delivered after last years delays? Have placed a provisional order whether that makes a difference or not?

 

[farmeronecow]

I was thinking of being tight and getting a Romney Ranger from GSF, would this meet the criteria?

 

[Bob]

The Rappa is road legal as far as I know. They told me it was anyway

 

[Sheepy Shambles]

I am hoping to get a Romney Ranger. We checked with RPA that it meets the criteria and were told yes it does. But it does need a few extras to meet the criteria, a few extra hurdles and a gate etc.

 

[JP1]

May well be wrong as not studied in depth but I thought I read on rappa Web site it was road legal? Hope so as was my declared and preferred choice. Isn't it up to may to get things delivered after last years delays? Have placed a provisional order whether that makes a difference or not?

Road legal and with the 250 sheep additional holding capacity hurdles will mean lights, brakes and suspension. So the manufacturer needs to prove type approval to the grant scheme spec parameters