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<blockquote data-quote="Bcompton53" data-source="post: 1778221" data-attributes="member: 38094"><p>I was in the same boat 8 years ago. We had an old filson manual headgate squeeze chute, and it was just too small, and floor needed replaced. I looked at about every manufacturer around. Arrowquip was by far my first choice, but also was overkill. We only have 25 cows or so. I ended up taking the old filson, widening the head gate opening to the more modern style where the pivots are wider at the bottom of the head gate. I raised the closing mechanism to handle larger animals better. I improved the function of the side opening gate, of course replaced the floor. But the best thing I did was i added a lever on the rear of the chute where I can close the head gate from the back or the front. The lever in the back folds down when I don't need it. To be honest, the improved chute has better features and user friendly ergonomics than most of the new chutes, and I saved several thousand dollars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bcompton53, post: 1778221, member: 38094"] I was in the same boat 8 years ago. We had an old filson manual headgate squeeze chute, and it was just too small, and floor needed replaced. I looked at about every manufacturer around. Arrowquip was by far my first choice, but also was overkill. We only have 25 cows or so. I ended up taking the old filson, widening the head gate opening to the more modern style where the pivots are wider at the bottom of the head gate. I raised the closing mechanism to handle larger animals better. I improved the function of the side opening gate, of course replaced the floor. But the best thing I did was i added a lever on the rear of the chute where I can close the head gate from the back or the front. The lever in the back folds down when I don’t need it. To be honest, the improved chute has better features and user friendly ergonomics than most of the new chutes, and I saved several thousand dollars. [/QUOTE]
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