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<blockquote data-quote="cowboy70" data-source="post: 1176729" data-attributes="member: 22827"><p>Around here we have two chutes , A Morand industries squeeze .They are made in Onoway Alberta .They have a automatic headgate ,shoulder holder , rolling back door . Easy to operate and are heavy duty built . Price wise there in that $5000 to 7000 now . I bought one when they first came out ,over 20 years ago and it is still going strong .Have put a lot of calves and cows and bulls through it with very little problems, just your normal wear and tare .The second chute is a Hydraulic Cattlelac . There made by Regcox feed mixers in Reddeer Alberta . The chute came with overhead scales . This chute is built for the feedlot industry and is extremely heavy duty . Ours has seen a few thousand head from calves to bulls and still like operates like the day we got it .Not sure on price now but I paid around $ 10,000 for it along time ago . I will say that if I had to choose which one to operate all day it would be the Hydraulic !! Easy on Myself and the cattle to . I just wish I had a portable one set up to take to different pastures and run it off my bale bed but so far the Morand works just fine . I have worked around a lot of squeezes [ stampede , Hiqual ,Pearson,Two W, Hihog , Tuff , Silencer,.and a few more not worth a mention ] both manual and Hydraulic . The only advice I can give is ..# 1, Buy a Squeeze that you can operate all day long with out getting yourself ,helpers and animals hurt or injured . #2 A Squeeze that fits you operation ( size of you herd, size of the animals ). #3 Price shouldn't matter with a Squeeze but it does to people . Does one really need a $7000.00 chute for Ten to Thousand cows ,no but what does it cost if you or a animal gets injured every time you use it .I look at at squeeze chute as an investment , if it lasts for 20 years and is still worth something after I'm done using it then it really was a cheap investment. I have helped a lot of people with cattle and I always find it funny that they cheap out then complain at the end of the day that things didn't go well working the herd . All I have to say is .. You get what you paid for !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowboy70, post: 1176729, member: 22827"] Around here we have two chutes , A Morand industries squeeze .They are made in Onoway Alberta .They have a automatic headgate ,shoulder holder , rolling back door . Easy to operate and are heavy duty built . Price wise there in that $5000 to 7000 now . I bought one when they first came out ,over 20 years ago and it is still going strong .Have put a lot of calves and cows and bulls through it with very little problems, just your normal wear and tare .The second chute is a Hydraulic Cattlelac . There made by Regcox feed mixers in Reddeer Alberta . The chute came with overhead scales . This chute is built for the feedlot industry and is extremely heavy duty . Ours has seen a few thousand head from calves to bulls and still like operates like the day we got it .Not sure on price now but I paid around $ 10,000 for it along time ago . I will say that if I had to choose which one to operate all day it would be the Hydraulic !! Easy on Myself and the cattle to . I just wish I had a portable one set up to take to different pastures and run it off my bale bed but so far the Morand works just fine . I have worked around a lot of squeezes [ stampede , Hiqual ,Pearson,Two W, Hihog , Tuff , Silencer,.and a few more not worth a mention ] both manual and Hydraulic . The only advice I can give is ..# 1, Buy a Squeeze that you can operate all day long with out getting yourself ,helpers and animals hurt or injured . #2 A Squeeze that fits you operation ( size of you herd, size of the animals ). #3 Price shouldn't matter with a Squeeze but it does to people . Does one really need a $7000.00 chute for Ten to Thousand cows ,no but what does it cost if you or a animal gets injured every time you use it .I look at at squeeze chute as an investment , if it lasts for 20 years and is still worth something after I'm done using it then it really was a cheap investment. I have helped a lot of people with cattle and I always find it funny that they cheap out then complain at the end of the day that things didn't go well working the herd . All I have to say is .. You get what you paid for !! [/QUOTE]
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