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<blockquote data-quote="SmokinM" data-source="post: 1809455" data-attributes="member: 21382"><p>I despise loading out of a chute. If you insist on loading out of a chute in the interest of everybody's time, safety and stress level buy a good Hot Shot. A well timed and placed bump from that is far better than a stick whaling on them or trying to twist tails and chancing a broken arm. Start at the trailer and walk back down the line they should push forward as you go by.</p><p></p><p>If you want to load cattle the easy way build a spot just wide enough to get the back of the trailer in (8') and about the length of your trailer. Put a good gate at the back and a little better than halfway. In a perfect world as you swing it towards the trailer you can catch the edge of the trailer door with it. ( that obviously doesn't apply with butterfly doors) Load your box and shut the back. Use the gate and patience to push them up. When you reach the cut gate repeat the process overlapping the gate and door. Door to the inside. You can hold pressure and pinch them right on up in the trailer. Alternate the sides your gates swing from so you can work them progressively. Looking from the trailer end the final cut should hinge from the right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmokinM, post: 1809455, member: 21382"] I despise loading out of a chute. If you insist on loading out of a chute in the interest of everybody’s time, safety and stress level buy a good Hot Shot. A well timed and placed bump from that is far better than a stick whaling on them or trying to twist tails and chancing a broken arm. Start at the trailer and walk back down the line they should push forward as you go by. If you want to load cattle the easy way build a spot just wide enough to get the back of the trailer in (8’) and about the length of your trailer. Put a good gate at the back and a little better than halfway. In a perfect world as you swing it towards the trailer you can catch the edge of the trailer door with it. ( that obviously doesn’t apply with butterfly doors) Load your box and shut the back. Use the gate and patience to push them up. When you reach the cut gate repeat the process overlapping the gate and door. Door to the inside. You can hold pressure and pinch them right on up in the trailer. Alternate the sides your gates swing from so you can work them progressively. Looking from the trailer end the final cut should hinge from the right. [/QUOTE]
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