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<blockquote data-quote="TNtrout23" data-source="post: 1848314" data-attributes="member: 42637"><p>So I had planned on hauling all of my calves off today. Man how a good day can turn in a split second. </p><p></p><p>I have 2 small catch pens split down the middle. There are gates on the same end to release back into the pasture and a gate in the middle to sort the calf's or cows from 1 catch pen from the other. One of the pens also has a gate making it into 2 separates and also has the alley way at the end of it. Everything was going great until the very first calf went in the trailer and the other calves stopped in the alley way giving the first calf enough time to get in the trailer and turn around and come back out of it. That's when everything went south. The other calves started stepping back with the front one pushing them. They ended up back in the catch pen and the calf that was turned backwards ended up jumping up on the gate bending it down allowing it and another to escaped. I ended up getting my wife out to help close the slide door on the trailer when there was a gap of the calves moving. </p><p></p><p>So I need to come up with something to help since 90% of the time I can't get any help with the wife watching a 5 and 2 year old. I'm wide open to suggestions. My alley way is just built of cattle panels with posts where they join at so they can't push it any wider. I've been on the fence about getting a squeeze chute and possibly a sweep tub but that way before I realized the trailer I just bought won't pull with my truck. These newer trucks with the older style goosenecks aren't a good match. I ended up having to lower the coupler so much that the first axle of the trailer wouldn't even touch the ground so I'm S.O.L. on the trailer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TNtrout23, post: 1848314, member: 42637"] So I had planned on hauling all of my calves off today. Man how a good day can turn in a split second. I have 2 small catch pens split down the middle. There are gates on the same end to release back into the pasture and a gate in the middle to sort the calf’s or cows from 1 catch pen from the other. One of the pens also has a gate making it into 2 separates and also has the alley way at the end of it. Everything was going great until the very first calf went in the trailer and the other calves stopped in the alley way giving the first calf enough time to get in the trailer and turn around and come back out of it. That’s when everything went south. The other calves started stepping back with the front one pushing them. They ended up back in the catch pen and the calf that was turned backwards ended up jumping up on the gate bending it down allowing it and another to escaped. I ended up getting my wife out to help close the slide door on the trailer when there was a gap of the calves moving. So I need to come up with something to help since 90% of the time I can’t get any help with the wife watching a 5 and 2 year old. I’m wide open to suggestions. My alley way is just built of cattle panels with posts where they join at so they can’t push it any wider. I’ve been on the fence about getting a squeeze chute and possibly a sweep tub but that way before I realized the trailer I just bought won’t pull with my truck. These newer trucks with the older style goosenecks aren’t a good match. I ended up having to lower the coupler so much that the first axle of the trailer wouldn’t even touch the ground so I’m S.O.L. on the trailer. [/QUOTE]
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