Diagonal feed barrier for dairy cows

Sam Kade

should I put a heavy duty barrier for cows or would a medium strength barrier do 15' length? Any idea of the price of them?

Buford T. Justice XIX

I have all straight barriers with no problems at all. Safe to feed at and secure.

But I am thinking of putting in diagonal barriers like these...

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/livestock-handling-equipment/5665689

because feeding bales sometimes have cows dragging in feed and throwing scrapers off their tracks at least once per day. Iirc when I priced a few years ago, they came in at 250 a length (15'9") for just the diagonal section, I already have a concrete stubwall.

C0N0R

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I have all straight barriers with no problems at all. Safe to feed at and secure.

But I am thinking of putting in diagonal barriers like these...

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/livestock-handling-equipment/5665689

because feeding bales sometimes have cows dragging in feed and throwing scrapers off their tracks at least once per day. Iirc when I priced a few years ago, they came in at 250 a length (15'9") for just the diagonal section, I already have a concrete stubwall.

Prices some last year, think they were €270 or there abouts. We used to have all box neck rails, a few years ago we bought some diagonal barriers so in the end this year we bought lengths of 40mm pipe and welded them I between two neck rails, seem to be doing the trick lovely and quite a bit cheaper.

Deepsouthwest

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I have all straight barriers with no problems at all. Safe to feed at and secure.

But I am thinking of putting in diagonal barriers like these...

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/livestock-handling-equipment/5665689

because feeding bales sometimes have cows dragging in feed and throwing scrapers off their tracks at least once per day. Iirc when I priced a few years ago, they came in at 250 a length (15'9") for just the diagonal section, I already have a concrete stubwall.

Love the straight pipe here, and yes they're def safer, but having a prob with bale silage being pulled in. So it'll be diagonal barriers going into any sheds from now on.
And to answer the original op question, heavy duty should be fine for dairy cows

Sam Kade

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Love the straight pipe here, and yes they're def safer, but having a prob with bale silage being pulled in. So it'll be diagonal barriers going into any sheds from now on.
And to answer the original op question, heavy duty should be fine for dairy cows

I have the straight rail with years only problem is the baled silage being dragged in stopping the scraper and having to pike it out once a day.

mahoney_j

Had all straight rails ,***** of yokes especially with bales ,pulled them all out last year and put 60 mm diagonal barriers from condons in .have hardly had to take a fork of silage out this winter and before it was a daily chore to gather silage at bottom of scraper package and pulled onto slats out

mahoney_j

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I have all straight barriers with no problems at all. Safe to feed at and secure.

But I am thinking of putting in diagonal barriers like these...

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/livestock-handling-equipment/5665689

because feeding bales sometimes have cows dragging in feed and throwing scrapers off their tracks at least once per day. Iirc when I priced a few years ago, they came in at 250 a length (15'9") for just the diagonal section, I already have a concrete stubwall.

Bought 60 mm diagonals from condons for 180 plus vat

mahoney_j

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I have all straight barriers with no problems at all. Safe to feed at and secure.

But I am thinking of putting in diagonal barriers like these...

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/livestock-handling-equipment/5665689

because feeding bales sometimes have cows dragging in feed and throwing scrapers off their tracks at least once per day. Iirc when I priced a few years ago, they came in at 250 a length (15'9") for just the diagonal section, I already have a concrete stubwall.

Bought 60 mm diagonals from condons for 180 plus vat

atlantic mist

diagonal all the way we removed all straight bars from farm, hated seeing the rub marks on cows neck, ring worm reduced when we installed.

defiantly stops them pulling silage back in, helps when feeding concentrates as the cow cant just push the cow beside out, can fit slightly less cows eating as result but worth it.

we got them made up by a local engineering/fabrication company made stronger and dipped in galvinise, cost a little more than buying as standard

howdee

Diagonal barriers here for the cows and I feed bales, whole straw and double chop silage and very little pulled in. I have straight rails in a beef house and I have to get in every few weeks to give the silage that they pull in on the slats a poke of a sprong so the will walk it down.
O donnell engineering can sell diagonal barriers for 180 plus vat. At that price I wouldn't bother with anything else,

einn32

All diagonal at home too and found them great job. We did have issues with silage being dragged in but we were putting bales to close to barrier and not forcing the cows to stick their heads out. Got them from O Donnell engineering. I'm not sure of the price.

fanmanad

Just fitted 60mm diagonals this weekend. were supplied by condon. I think around 180 plus vat. Couldn't be made for it.

White Clover

Gibney 76mm here. Beef cattle. Easier to open if you have to and more bolts securing them to shed columns than competitors.May be overkill for dairy cows tho.

Sam Kade

Dairygold are selling heavy duty for around €290 incl vat, I'll try a few engineering crowds first as they should be cheaper by cutting out the middle man. I presume you can claim the vat back on barriers as they are part of the building.