Integrating new technologies onto ranches can be daunting. Their current systems run day and night, making it hard to blend into and get people on board with new initiatives.
An operator using a calf working tipping table can quickly and safely perform jobs such as branding, castrating, and dehorning with minimal fuss and time spent per animal. These tables offer various features to streamline this process for the fastest possible and safest outcome.
Origins: Calf Tipping Tables' Evolution
Castration, vaccination or branding cattle can be challenging when done manually; using a calf working table makes the process safer and more efficient.
Priefert's double pivot action makes their Calf Working Tipping Table one of the safest and most productive ways to work calves weighing up to 450 lbs. A smaller operator can then roll larger calves more safely; plus its fully tilted position provides easy access for branding, castration or injections. Furthermore, their Powder River Classic table comes complete with head gates on both ends making it easily adaptable for permanent or portable corral systems.
Ranchers with open hearts often feel moved to take action when they see animals suffering or needing assistance. Miller's calf trimming business began as a means of providing hoof-care services for his herd and his father-in-law's herds, but has since expanded into an income stream. He credits his calf tipping table with helping keep costs down by restraining animals without resorting to tranquilizers - something Miller credits the table for doing effectively.
Mechanical Mastery in Livestock Handling
Working ranches are complex machines that never stop moving - herding animals, feeding and caring for them, selling them and giving birth. Unlike a company which can coast on inertia alone, working ranches must stay busy in order to survive and flourish.
Not that the Ranch doesn't need improvement - no doubt about that - in fact a successful Ranch should always strive to increase efficiency and productivity while at the same time taking into consideration any sacrifices needed to reach that goal. But it can be difficult deciding what improvements can be made without jeopardizing aspects which keep it operating effectively. It requires careful consideration in identifying areas for improvement while not undermining those essential to its function altogether.
Like other ranches, Parker Ranch is taking advantage of new technologies and tools to better perform its duties. They have adopted drone technology to scout their ranch and identify problem areas - this can be particularly helpful when addressing issues like brush control, monitoring grass fires or searching for lost cattle as it's far faster and simpler than riding around on horseback searching for them.
The Ranch is also exploring the use of calf tables to facilitate stress-free handling of young calves. These specialized tables can tilt to various positions for easy work on multiple calves at once by one or multiple people - tasks such as castingrating, dehorning and branding can be performed more accurately from these elevated positions than on the ground itself.
Calf tables can also be useful tools in performing veterinary procedures like ear tagging and doctoring eyes. A head catch chain can be secured around the calf's neck before tilting them onto their respective positions for these procedures. Priefert's two-stage pivot action provides quick operation - especially useful when handling anxious or distressed animals.
As detailed in a prior article, proper livestock handling practices are key for avoiding stress and injury to cattle during vaccination processes. An important point to keep in mind when administering vaccinations is that all required steps must be followed exactly - with handlers present when possible to prevent cattle being scared off by inexperienced helpers or scared into uncontrollable positions by them.
Ranching's Evolution: Tipping Tables
Ranching can be an intensive business, making it challenging for new technologies to gain acceptance. A working ranch runs from sunrise to sunset and its directors have an enormous list of responsibilities they need to complete in a given day; leaving no time or space for experimentation that might not work out well.
So it is no wonder calf working tables have become such an invaluable resource. They enable humans to significantly decrease the labor required for tasks such as castrating, dehorning and branding calves - with one person performing these jobs on several calves at once; some even feature reversible sheeted access panels so two or more can work cattle at the same time! Calf tipping tables make an invaluable tool for increasing ranching efficiency; it may revolutionize how we deal with livestock altogether.
Efficiency Unleashed: Calf Tipping Tables
Calf tipping tables are essential tools when it comes to working cattle efficiently, providing more control and less stress for animals while simultaneously streamlining multiple procedures into one session - especially when prepping calves for multiple processes such as branding, vaccination, castrating and dehorning.
The Priefert Calf Table was specifically created with calves' safety in mind and provides the safest, most productive method to handle animals weighing up to 450 pounds. Its double pivot action uses weight of the animal to move it into position easily for smaller operators to use larger calves with less effort - once in place it allows easy access for branding, vaccinations, castration, ear tagging and any other necessary procedures.
Calf tables are designed for ease of use as well as durability, made of heavy long-term North American materials to ensure that it stands the test of time. Their tipping table features an easy open/close access roll gate as well as an auto return head gate activated and locked by animals themselves - ideal for tipping operations of various kinds! Plus they can easily accommodate various calf sizes, making this table suitable for many operations across various sectors.
Before purchasing a calf tipping table, it's essential to consider how much manpower will be necessary to operate it. A calf tipping table requires considerably less power and manpower compared to its electric squeeze chute counterpart; adding a hydraulic kit further reduces this figure.
Calf tipping tables not only increase productivity and efficiency, but they can also provide other advantages that help ranchers save money and increase profits. For instance, they allow ranchers to process more calves faster, leading to reduced labor costs and faster production rates.