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DOWNLOAD: 24 Detailed Construction Drawings
$24.95 Add to cartComplete your plan drawing with this folder of 24 detailed elevation drawings. The package includes; Loading Ramp with Level Dock, Solid Fence with Man Gate, Fence with Belly Rail, Slide Gate, Fence to Fence Wide Gate, Drop Latch, Grooved Concrete, Channel Iron Hinge, Horseback Latch, Block Gate Slam Latch, Slide Gate Square Tubing, Straight Sided Single File Chute, V-Shaped Single File Chute, V-Shaped, Back Stop Gate, Palpation Gates, Self-Aligning Dock Bumper, Drop Latch, Curved V-Chute Post Layout, Crowd Pen Ratchet Latch, Loading Ramp, Cross Section, and Grooved Concrete Cross Section. All drawing measurements are in Metric and Standard. The details in this package are all you need to complete your facility construction.
The drawings are in PDF format and Auto Cad on request
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F-1 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageTruckload sized receiving pens held new cattle for one day before initial processing in the squeeze chute. Vulnerable cattle were held longer for feed bunk training when necessary. The fattening pens slope 3° to the drainage ditch, and the sort pens sloped 3° the opposite direction to the same ditch.
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F-2 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe key to this compact curved system is the 20′ straight section at the start of the single file chute. Cattle standing in the crowd pen can see a place to go that does not look dead ended. Twenty-feet is the minimum. Grooved concrete floors, solid sides, and a handler walkway round out this facility.
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F-3 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe sorting pens also serve as receiving pens in this shipping/receiving system. At 1200 square feet each, cattle new cattle have room to lay down if necessary. The cattle scale also serves as a commodities scale for large trucks. Best practice in a large system involves a curved system, crowd pen, and concrete steps in the ramp.
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F-4 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThree days of treatment for sick cattle in feed yards is common. For each of the three days, cattle receive treatments in the squeeze chute. Large sick pens are important for hygiene and cattle comfort. A loafing shed in each pen provides shade, and troughs provide clean and plentiful water.
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F-5 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageDouble curved crowd tubs with concrete ramps, a large truckload scale, receiving pens, angled pre-processing pens, a large wide curved lane, crowd pen, an extended single file chute, and 5 large sorting pens make up this state of the art feed yard processing area.
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F-6 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageLarge scale feedyard cattle pens and cattle shipping pens. Large sort pens hold up to three truckloads of cattle and make up a feeding pen with a capacity of 150 animals. Small sort pens hold weighed cattle ready for shipping. Angled pens hold one truckload of cattle.
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F-7 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis hospital facility has three sick pens and fits in line with the feed bunk. Designed with hygiene in mind, the vet area over the squeeze chute has washable walls and the outside wastewater drains to the main pond. Small ranchers could also use this plan and use the pens for multiple purposes.
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F-8 Drawing (New)
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageNew- Large feed yards require facilities to handle large numbers of cattle for procedures that only take seconds. This high-speed feed yard facility designed to re-implant 1000 cattle in four hours and ship five trucks per hour is ideal for a large mid-west feeder. The 35-foot radius on the wide curved lane is the key to this speed. Keeping one-hundred cattle close to the single-file chute allows handlers to keep the single-file chute full and cattle moving steadily forward. The curved lane holds two truckloads of cattle close to the crowd pen for fast shipping or processing.
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F-9 Drawing (New)
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageNew- Speed comes from moving controlled groups that keep the curved lane and single-file chute full of cattle with no gaps in the line. Pre-working capacity is about 500 cattle. Post-working capacity is 1000+ cattle. Hydraulic gate controls mounted on the squeeze chute control the sorting gates. When cattle run through the squeeze chute and slip through the head gate, they automatically go into the center outlier pen for later recycling back to the squeeze chute.
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Humane Livestock Handling
$29.95 Add to cartDiscover how humanely handling your livestock can improve the day-to-day operation and profitability of your farm. Stressing the importance of understanding livestock behavior, Temple Grandin and Mark Deesing shows you how to develop a respectful working relationship with your animals to promote their health and productivity. With detailed construction plans for animal-friendly facilities of all sizes and dozens of low-stress methods for moving your livestock on pastures, padlocks, and feedlot pens, this guide has everything you need to know to create a comfortable atmosphere for thriving, happy livestock.
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R-1 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis facility was designed for a rancher in southern Colorado. The objective was to tie the handling facility into an existing calving barn, used during extremely cold weather with a calf pulling station inside, and a clean veterinary room for medicines and records. The site was long and narrow so the loading chutes were turned for a large truck to back into. The platform scale is offset from the alley.
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R-10 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis popular plan includes a main cattle alley for sorting before cattle enter the curved alley leading to crowd pen. Loading chutes are connected to the crowd pen leading to the squeeze chute. Two sort pens out of the squeeze chute, or access to a calving barn make up the working area. On the top side is two pens with feed bunk and concrete apron. These pens can be used for sick pens, or calving pens.
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R-11 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageOn this successful purebred cow/calf operation, the rancher understood the importance of good sanitation during AI and embryo transfer procedures. A large calving pasture outside the system kept cows close for observation during calving season. The single pens are used for “shy” cows for calving, or those who may have problems. Sort pens are used to separate cows in different stages of gestation.
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R-12 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA sanctuary for 300 + horses is home to this facility in Texas. Burros, donkeys, and horses are handled for routine husbandry, vaccinations, and hoof trimming inside a large covered work area. Two single file chutes are used, one for the squeeze chute, and one for the hoof trimming equipment. Five (5) sorting pens and two holding pens allow for close inspection of the animals.
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R-13 Drawing
$19.99 – $39.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA team roping and penning club calls this Oklahoma facility home. Holding pens for cattle allow easy access to the arena. A working cattle ranch with a curved handling area, round pen, curved lane and three sorting pens includes a drive-thru stock trailer chute. The three-way gate systems make great intersections without sharp corners or 90° turns.
