Squeeze Chute Project

[wynedot55]

the headgate is looking good.

 

[bizzeeb60]

Thanks Kitty and Wyne!

We probably won't get to work on it again until first part of the week. We have another terribly windy day here again 25-30 mph sustained with higher gusts and the rain is coming in late tonight early morning so so much for any more painting this weekend.

We do so badly need the rain though .. We are in the third year of draught so ANY rain we get is a blessing.

 

[wynedot55]

we was in a 3 year drought here in texas.so i feel your pain.our drough finally broke 2yrs ago.we was lucky in that we could bale enough hay to survive.i thought we might be in trouble this year.so i was lining up hay just in case.but looks like we will get a good cutting this year.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Bizee, just a piece of advice, but I wouldn't paint your headgate yellow, because cattle can in fact see yellow and they tend to baulk (stop suddenly) at that...I'd sooner you paint the whole squeeze green, including the headgate. We have a yellow post (you can see in the first pic) that me and Dad picked up at the local landfill that would've been from making oil pipelines from one oil rig to another. The calves always baulk when they see the post just before they get into the squeeze, and need a prod to get into the squeeze. In the same way, you'd need to prod the cattle to get into the suddenly yellow headgate. If you've looked at the commercial squeezes, they're all painted either the same colour or a colour that the cattle can't see, like red and grey in the Two W catalogue or dark green in the Hi-Hog catalogue. Some other company that has this crap-yellow will also go okay with cattle, because it's a dull colour and not so bright like that of Johne Deere yellow.

Just my two cents.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

BTW, looks like you got a good start on it.

 

[bizzeeb60]

Oh Oh too late! Just posted two new pics showing the yellow trim on the gate that we have already done ....hope it won't cause too much problems .

But thanks for the advice anyhow...

 

[WildRoseBeef]

That's alright...you'll just have to see and watch how the cattle react to it, if you don't have any problems don't worry about it, but if you do...then you'll have another paint job to do.

 

[m.holloway]

hey there, that is a nice chute. I'm still doing the trre thing. I haven't found a chute in my price range. Where is frostproof, fl.

 

[wynedot55]

the headgate looks real good painted.keep up the good work.

 

[bizzeeb60]

hey there, that is a nice chute. I'm still doing the trre thing. I haven't found a chute in my price range. Where is frostproof, fl.

Hey there back. Frostproof is in the center of the State in the very southeastern corner of POLK county.

I would have gottten this one had it not been in my price range FREE...that is always the best price for me.