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<blockquote data-quote="Hippie Rancher" data-source="post: 1328676" data-attributes="member: 4203"><p>not really what you are asking for, but I had the axles turned over on my trailer so I could stop breaking the u-bolts on rocks around here. one interesting side effect of raising the trailer up was once cattle jump in, they take way longer to come back out. Of course if you are trying to load an old crippled critter you need a step or ramp for her. and there have been a couple times a calf crawled under and got away, but for sure it was a big difference in them boiling back out on me when loading.</p><p></p><p>another thing I do is run a line of that nylon tape they use to pull cable from the top of my trailer gate up high and over to the latch side and then back along the side of the loading chute, when they are in I pull the trailer gate shut and keep it tight until I can get in to latch it. They never hit it unless it is just too crowded in there and even then they don't come out and I can still hold it pretty good until a leg gets back in or whatever. I keep the line in the truck and it comes in handy for other stuff too (emergency dog leash or horse halter, tie for pickup load, etc)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippie Rancher, post: 1328676, member: 4203"] not really what you are asking for, but I had the axles turned over on my trailer so I could stop breaking the u-bolts on rocks around here. one interesting side effect of raising the trailer up was once cattle jump in, they take way longer to come back out. Of course if you are trying to load an old crippled critter you need a step or ramp for her. and there have been a couple times a calf crawled under and got away, but for sure it was a big difference in them boiling back out on me when loading. another thing I do is run a line of that nylon tape they use to pull cable from the top of my trailer gate up high and over to the latch side and then back along the side of the loading chute, when they are in I pull the trailer gate shut and keep it tight until I can get in to latch it. They never hit it unless it is just too crowded in there and even then they don't come out and I can still hold it pretty good until a leg gets back in or whatever. I keep the line in the truck and it comes in handy for other stuff too (emergency dog leash or horse halter, tie for pickup load, etc) [/QUOTE]
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