Starting over

[Warren Allison]

I want to thank everyone who took the time to reply and offer advice, I truly appreciate it.
I am going to be checking Craig's list for a used Priefert SO-4. If that doesn't work out will probably just get a new head gate to mount at the end of the alleyway ( that I have not built yet)

You might check here, too. https://www.facebook.com/cbfarmoutdoors/

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[moses388]

WI public auction {click here}
@GreyGus - Thought of you when I seen it. I realize Virginia is a long way from Wisconsin, so it may not be feasible. If the wife won't go get it, maybe @kenny thomas is going that way...

 

[GreyGus]

WI public auction {click here}
@GreyGus - Thought of you when I seen it. I realize Virginia is a long way from Wisconsin, so it may not be feasible. If the wife won't go get it, maybe @kenny thomas is going that way...

I like it,,, if you don't mind running buy and picking it up, and dropping it off in Virginia…..

Seriously, thanks for the link, makes me aware there are options other than just new retail.

 

[kenny thomas]

We have an auction next weekend or it would be possible

 

[GreyGus]

these guys went to the sale barn this morning , Staunton , VA. Three #1 bulls, weight 1760 lbs.
We will see what they bring

 

[kenny thomas]

these guys went to the sale barn this morning , Staunton , VA. Three #1 bulls, weight 1760 lbs.
We will see what they bring

I woukd give 2.75-2.90 but i aint there.

 

[farmerjan]

@GreyGus can you go to your name ... top right... down to account details and to locatuion and put in a general area... you will see that @kenny thomas has his area and I have mine in there... we also deal with the stockyard in Staunton, Va... as well as the ones in Harrisonburg...

 

[GreyGus]

I woukd give 2.75-2.90 but i aint there.

They brought $2.97 per lb.

 

[kenny thomas]

They brought $2.97 per lb.

Great

 

[GreyGus]

Great

Yes, I was pretty pleased with that. Worried all day yesterday about how I would get them in the trailer by myself, I walked in with a bucket of grain and all three just followed me in

 

[kenny thomas]

Yes, I was pretty pleased with that. Worried all day yesterday about how I would get them in the trailer by myself, I walked in with a bucket of grain and all three just followed me in

Training them means a lot.

 

[farmerjan]

Good for you....

 

[GreyGus]

one benefit of having only a few cows. They are basically grass feed, but even with good summer grass, I give them a little grain 2X a week. I keep a couple feed troughs in the pasture, that moves when the cows move. I drive the grain out to them in the Polaris side by side. I stay with them while they eat.
I can walk up and pet the cows and they will follow the Polaris anywhere on the farm.

 

[farmerjan]

At any of our pastures, ours will nearly all come to call and they get a treat of some grain whenever we call them so they don't look at you and say... why should I bother to come... helps to teach the calves to come to call also... great for when we wean them.

 

[sstterry]

Here is an auction that goes live tomorrow located in East TN. They usually have some used squeeze chutes for sale. I can't say yet because viewing does not start until tomorrow.

Pro Team Auction

 

[greybeard]

The biig difference in the s01 and so 4 is the length and rear gate, as well as the cable pull on the so1 vs the handle on the so4. The 2 videos Brute posted shows the so1 with a manual only head gate but you can get either the manual or the manual/auto headgate and it will bolt right on to the so4. If you're a 1 man operation most of the time, that auto option comes in pretty handy. I think that combo is now called the so191, which means so1 chute with model 91auto/manual headgate.
I had the so1 with the model 91 head gate working sim/chars and beefmasters and had no trouble with it. Was a tight squeeze (no pun intended) on the char bull, but he fit ok.
(I used the chute so seldom that I eventually gave it to my nephew and I just used the 91 headgate mounted on a Priefert headgate stand and alleyway. It worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend it for a larger operation.)

 

[greybeard]

Here's an older thread about the same subject

so1 vs so4

 

[GreyGus]

First calf came today. Her momma was from my first calf crop (2 total) born early spring of 22. So this is her first calf, she did well.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Had one blast right through the catch yesterday on our S04. Was set to auto. She hit it HARD though.

 

[kenny thomas]

Had one blast right through the catch yesterday on our S04. Was set to auto. She hit it HARD though.

Must have been a red one..