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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 1724555" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>That is the way we did it before both of our backs went kaput. Mike does 90% of the weighing and tagging now but his back is not what it once was either, although he is strong enough to still do it that way. a Number of years ago we had a calf catcher built that hooks up to a four wheeler. It wouldn't work for a lot of folks who have rough ground or a lot of trees we don't have much of either so it works great. The best part besides not having to worry about a cow working you over trying to keep you away from her newborn is the weigh set up we put a boat winch in so we put the sling on hook the sling onto the calf the sling to the scale but the scale is hooked to the wench so you just crank it up until the feet are off the ground then get your weight. Getting old tends to make you very creative <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /> [ATTACH=full]11937[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 1724555, member: 13402"] That is the way we did it before both of our backs went kaput. Mike does 90% of the weighing and tagging now but his back is not what it once was either, although he is strong enough to still do it that way. a Number of years ago we had a calf catcher built that hooks up to a four wheeler. It wouldn’t work for a lot of folks who have rough ground or a lot of trees we don’t have much of either so it works great. The best part besides not having to worry about a cow working you over trying to keep you away from her newborn is the weigh set up we put a boat winch in so we put the sling on hook the sling onto the calf the sling to the scale but the scale is hooked to the wench so you just crank it up until the feet are off the ground then get your weight. Getting old tends to make you very creative 😂 [ATTACH type="full"]11937[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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