Loading a bull for the factory

Timmaay

The bull was suppose to be off the the factory this afternoon, local cattle lorry was on a run up there (why on a sunday I don't know ha!), anyways nomatter what we tried, we couldn't get him to go up onto the lorry. Tried to make him follow a cow, nuts etc, but no budge, he is normally very quite but was getting fairly aggravated by the end, so we just had to leave him there, not worth the risk at all. I'll try to load him into ourown trailer in the morning and drive him up myself. All hassle I could do without, but out of options by now.

Bizzum

Timmaay wrote: »

The bull was suppose to be off the the factory this afternoon, local cattle lorry was on a run up there (why on a sunday I don't know ha!), anyways nomatter what we tried, we couldn't get him to go up onto the lorry. Tried to make him follow a cow, nuts etc, but no budge, he is normally very quite but was getting fairly aggravated by the end, so we just had to leave him there, not worth the risk at all. I'll try to load him into ourown trailer in the morning and drive him up myself. All hassle I could do without, but out of options by now.

Our own lad wouldn't go into the trailer for the off either, no way, he was woeful calm about it, just refused to go.
We got him as far as we could, threw a rachet strap around him and wound him up, inch by inch!

agriman27

Bizzum wrote: »

Our own lad wouldn't go into the trailer for the off either, no way, he was woeful calm about it, just refused to go.
We got him as far as we could, threw a rachet strap around him and wound him up, inch by inch!

I find the old ratchet strap is a great tool to restrain the odd uncivilised beast, I had a shockin vicious suckler calved last spring got mastitis in one teat. She would split you with kicks. I put the strap around her belly and winched her to a barrier great job. The only way I could see tube her and inject her

moy83

agriman27 wrote: »

I find the old ratchet strap is a great tool to restrain the odd uncivilised beast, I had a shockin vicious suckler calved last spring got mastitis in one teat. She would split you with kicks. I put the strap around her belly and winched her to a barrier great job. The only way I could see tube her and inject her

I think the strap around the belly calms them down a bit aswell

Sharpshooter82

moy83 wrote: »

I think the strap around the belly calms them down a bit aswell

restricts the breathing maybe

agriman27

Kickin bars are only toys when your dealin with big vicious sucklers

Bizzum

moy83 wrote: »

I think the strap around the belly calms them down a bit aswell

The laydeez or the livestock ? :-)

cristeoir

Bizzum wrote: »

Our own lad wouldn't go into the trailer for the off either, no way, he was woeful calm about it, just refused to go.
We got him as far as we could, threw a rachet strap around him and wound him up, inch by inch!

That happened with a bull of ours once- spent a good hour hitting coaxing and pushing him to no avail , inthe end we got a length of electric fence rope and tied it to the gates of the ramp and started shaking it and closing it in on him.
Now there was no power in it but he was so wary of it he walked straight on up the ramp and job done!!

have2flushtwice

Watch him. The f3kers know where they are goin. Exact same situation happened a relative, tired to load the same "quiet" animal the next day after a failed attempt and they left the yard in the wrong order..you know yourself how to load stock so be careful. [ quote="Timmaay;87906859"]The bull was suppose to be off the the factory this afternoon, local cattle lorry was on a run up there (why on a sunday I don't know ha!), anyways nomatter what we tried, we couldn't get him to go up onto the lorry. Tried to make him follow a cow, nuts etc, but no budge, he is normally very quite but was getting fairly aggravated by the end, so we just had to leave him there, not worth the risk at all. I'll try to load him into ourown trailer in the morning and drive him up myself. All hassle I could do without, but out of options by now.[/quote]

bob charles

Timmaay wrote: »

The bull was suppose to be off the the factory this afternoon, local cattle lorry was on a run up there (why on a sunday I don't know ha!), anyways nomatter what we tried, we couldn't get him to go up onto the lorry. Tried to make him follow a cow, nuts etc, but no budge, he is normally very quite but was getting fairly aggravated by the end, so we just had to leave him there, not worth the risk at all. I'll try to load him into ourown trailer in the morning and drive him up myself. All hassle I could do without, but out of options by now.

easiest way to get them up on a trailer is to keep backing him slowly into a corner so eventually he has nowhere to go only to put his front paws up on the ramp

Timmaay

That bull I couldn't load yday into the lorry, eventually manged to get him into the jeep trailer, cornered the bull in his pin and backed it right up to him, thanks for whoever suggested that trick! Had a cull cow accompany him to the trailer also, took a fair bit of effort to get him to follow her in, and when I eventually got him in I closed the door. Decided fu£kit I'd bring her also and see if they would take her, which they did! She won't make much, 400ish at a guess, but one of them ladies who would take a serious amount of feeding to fatten, straight outa the parlour so no tubes etc either.

bob charles

Timmaay wrote: »

That bull I couldn't load yday into the lorry, eventually manged to get him into the jeep trailer, cornered the bull in his pin and backed it right up to him, thanks for whoever suggested that trick!

your welcome

neighbor asked me a few months ago to take a bull for him to slaughter as he would fit in his trailer. laoded him using the above method eventually. Going along the road I was thinking the jeep was under a fair bit of pressure with only one animal:rolleyes:. the animal had to be quartered so as to be weighed, he came in something in and around 825kgs deadweight :eek:

Timmaay

Hmm I wounder what that bull weights, well over the 700kg at a guess, he would of been more but lame last while. Him and the cow must have been tussling abit at one stage, the trailer gave a fair few swings back and forward while sitting on the middle lane on the m50,with bloody lorries each side of me ha, brown trousers moment!

keep going

No bother here, he knows theres nearly always new females at the end of the trip

locky76

Ah jaysus Bob, 825kgs can't be right, that would be putting him at over 1,500kilos live weight...

bob charles wrote: »

your welcome

neighbor asked me a few months ago to take a bull for him to slaughter as he would fit in his trailer. laoded him using the above method eventually. Going along the road I was thinking the jeep was under a fair bit of pressure with only one animal:rolleyes:. the animal had to be quartered so as to be weighed, he came in something in and around 825kgs deadweight :eek:

bob charles

locky76 wrote: »

Ah jaysus Bob, 825kgs can't be right, that would be putting him at over 1,500kilos live weight...

7 or 8 yr old pb Charolais bull

stand on!!

bob charles wrote: »

7 or 8 yr old pb Charolais bull

Seen a bull 840 kilos dead, the scales only went to 800kg so he was weighed in quarters after

TITANIUM.

locky76 wrote: »

Ah jaysus Bob, 825kgs can't be right, that would be putting him at over 1,500kilos live weight...

Quite possible. And more common then you would think. Seen a ch Bullock at the mart here clock in at just over two ton. Tallest animal ive ever seen.

Muckit

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Quite possible. And more common then you would think. Seen a ch Bullock at the mart here clock in at just over two ton. Tallest animal ive ever seen.

Yes l think the story goes that he weighed the same as the year he was born.....2010.

Well that's the way l'll be telling it down the pub :-)

Muckit

And his dob sounded like the dramatic music he entered the ring to....

*TEn ...ten ....ten*