Mobile crush and penning

red_diesel · 05-05-2026 11:41AM #1

I'm looking to get something that I can setup to roundup an animal to load him in the trailer or get them in the crush. My farm is small but split by a road so its a pain when an animal gets a scald and I need to treat or bring in. Looking at something like this:

https://odonnellengineering.ie/product/portable-crush/

Anyone any experiences? Are they sturdy when up? Cattle would be 600 - 750kg.

funkey_monkey · 06-05-2026 09:34AM

They do seem like a good job. However, I think the price of them vary quite a bit between manufacturers.

£10k: Mobile Cattle Handling sytem

£27k: Tamar Cattle Trailer Crush - LM Bateman

I'd say that Condon would be somewhere in the middle? And for all you'd still need to buy pens.

As you say your ground is split by a road, would a second small permanent setup on the other side of the road not come cheaper to you? I see plenty are being done with crash barriers and they do look to be tasty jobs, depending on the boys on the tools. They don't need a concrete base either apart from race/crush.

Though if you are thinking of buying further land then a mobile setup might be better.

red_diesel · 06-05-2026 10:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124447364#Comment_124447364

Apologies, I actually put the wrong link in the original post. Will correct now. Actually looking at the crushes attach to the tractor 3 point linkage. Then you buy penning. There is a 60% TAMS grant to cover the crush and I think 75 meters of penning. I like to look of it but wondering is it sturdy enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxip3PAp-fE

Bass Reeves · 06-05-2026 12:32PM

I bought the clipex mobile penning last year. Much more solid than other makes. Not much more expensive 1.8m high comesmjn 1.8 and 2.2 m lenghts. Two short pens rather than one long one on some systems.

https://clipex.ie/product/animal-handling/cattle/cattle-handling/yardsman-1-8m-panel/

red_diesel · 06-05-2026 09:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124447840#Comment_124447840

Where did you buy those? I'd like to see them first. I like that those are 1.8m high.

Bass Reeves · 06-05-2026 10:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124449234#Comment_124449234

I bought them directly off clipex in Ennis. They are not far from the mart there

Limestone Cowboy · 07-05-2026 09:33AM

I got this setup from Barretts through tams. The penning is solid when its all put up and connected. Theres a few people locally with the clipex penning and its rusting a bit but we are near enough the sea.

Bass Reeves · 07-05-2026 05:28PM

This the clipex penning. We had it set up like this to load cattle into the box on the outside farm

What I disliked about some other penning is the single bar to attach them. If they get bend they areca nuscience

Disadvantage is its quite heavy

limo_100 · 02-06-2026 12:29AM

anyone know what the reference cost of mobile penning is think its 43.50 but not fully sure. I am approved for 40m and gonna go for the clipex yardman, studman is probably to heavy for hauling around.

funkey_monkey · 03-06-2026 09:45AM

@Limestone Cowboy how do you find the Barrett Head Scoop? I think it is one of the few scoops that are not sided. I was considering getting one for bolusing/dosing - are they any good for that job?

What would be a guide cost to either of the above penning/crush setups? On some land we have we went with a permanent setup because we had a headgate and enough gates/steel/blocks to make decent progress.

visatorro · 03-06-2026 12:35PM

Iv the Barrett head scoop. Certainly takes the work out of bolusing and dosing. I dont know what you mean about sided? Iv no experience of any other headscoop but id imagine they all work fairly well. Iv a Morris headgate which is the only job for handling stock i think.

funkey_monkey · 03-06-2026 02:52PM

It being non sided means you can hang it on left or right of the head gate and it'll work. Whereas most of the others can only work on one side.

anthony500_1 · 03-06-2026 06:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124520476#Comment_124520476

5800 for the barrett mobile beef unit to include both sides can be removed, a Morris type head gate, leg lifter, head scoop and a rear sliding door, rubber matting on the floor. That's all the bells and whistles you would need on a mobile unit, I've a deposit paid on one.

As for the head scoop being handed, they asked me what side I wanted to do the work from if I was standing at the rear of the animal so my thinking would be it is possibly handed but can't confirm. In fairness I looked a good few between the ploughing and the tullamore show last year and the barrett one seemed the best thought out overall, in my opinion.

funkey_monkey · 03-06-2026 10:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124521912#Comment_124521912

Just rechecked their video and it just needs an adapter to use on either side.

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