Ritchie Highland Cattle Crush

Ritchie Highland Cattle Crush Designed to provide safety for the operator and to minimise stress to the animal. Complete access to both sides of the animal. Easily adjustable neck yoke, released by pedal operation. Ratchet type rump bar. Supplied in Hot Dipped Galvanised Finish complete with rear gate and aluminium 5-bar treadplate floor. Featuring fully sheeted sides, an automatic head yoke and two easy slide opening gates, the mobile Ritchie unit is hydraulically lowered, unhitched and put to work within a permanent or portable stock handling system very easily.  

On each side of the crush, gates open at various heights to provide access to stock of all sizes.  At the rear, the animal is readily accessible from both sides. Raised operator walkways and multi-position animal stay bars ensure operation and safety work in unison. Based on the well proven 300g automatic yoke cattle handling crate. Fully automatic yoke with auto reset facility. Easily adjusted neck yoke widths. Complete with top and bottom access to beast on all side doors. Ratchet type rump bar operation.

Access cubicle to gain entry to rear of animal from both sides. 2 sliding gates incorporated into the unit, 1 at rear of access cubicle & 1 at rear of race. Walk way fitted to both sides of the race-way. Tack boxes fitted to both sides. Unit designed to carry the optional 12 x 1.5 m hurdles which form holding pen on sides of walk way for transport. Unit lifts and lowers to ground using tractor hydraulics. Full road lighting fitted. Hot dipped galvanised

Uses:

For the safety of the animal and the people attending it, a close-fitting crush may be used to ensure the animal stands “stock still”. The overall purpose of a crush is to hold an animal still to minimise the risk of injury to both the animal and the operator while work on the animal is performed.

Features:

  • Heavy-duty head-lock bar incorporating a positive spring loaded catch mechanism
  • Easy adjustable neck yoke widths, which allows easy handling of the animal
  • Hot Dipped Galvanized finish
  • Heavy-duty head-lock bar incorporating a positive spring loaded catch mechanism
  • Easy adjustable neck yoke widths, which allows easy handling of the animal
  • Complete access to both sides of the animal
  • Ratchet type rump bar operation
  • Pedal release operation 
  • Complete with rear gate and aluminium 5 bar tread-plate floor
  • Hot Dipped Galvanised finish
  • Optional extras include hoof trim kit £597 plus vat and rear hoof blocks (pair) £172 plus vat, weigh platform £450 plus vat and the highland cattle race and access cubicle £2,096 plus vat

Specification:

Dimensions
Internal Length1,780mm
Internal Width700mm
Internal Height1,720mm
Weight370kg

Code: 337G

Prices:

$1,555.00 – $6,555.00

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