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How to lock feeding barriers

  • 31-12-2014 8:22pm
    #1
    dungfly
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    I have diagonal feeding barriers and would like to be able to prevent animals from getting their heads trapped by the loader during feeding. Has anyone created such a device?


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  • #2
    49801
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    dungfly wrote: »
    I have diagonal feeding barriers and would like to be able to prevent animals from getting their heads trapped by the loader during feeding. Has anyone created such a device?

    A plank


  • #3
    paulmclaughlin
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    Robbed this from the Labour Saving and General Guntering thread!
    dryan wrote: »
    My idea:

    The 3-bay double slatted shed on the farm was built back in the early 1970's.
    At the time, the width centre passage/feeding passage up the middle of the shed was 9ft - probably standard at the time cause the majority of tractors on farms were no bigger than a MF135 which left plenty of room either side for the cattles heads. In the mid nineties we purchased a MF390. This caused problems for a few years as i would have to keep the cattles heads back while putting in silage. Had a few close ones where i nearly took the heads of a few bullocks when i wasnt paying attention.

    I then came up with the idea of these light weight gates that hinged along the top of the feeding barrier. Got the brother-in-law to give me a few welding tips, bought a few bits of steel and a week later, had the gates installed.
    The gates are hinged along the top of the barrier. When i want to put in silage, i lower the gates, preventing the cattle from putting out their heads. When the silage is all in, i raise the gates and the cattle can feed away.

    Worked a treat!


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