Handy Cow & Calf Catcher-Hauler Combo

Handy Cow & Calf Catcher-Hauler Combo LIVESTOCK Beef 18-2-3 "It saves me about 60% of the time and effort that I used to put into getting a cow and her newborn calf up to the barn," says Minnesota cattleman Wayne Pederson, Canby, inventor of a handy new cow and calf catcher-hauler. "Cattle producers who've seen it work tell me it's the best new management tool since barbed wire. In addition to saving time and effort, it makes cow-calf handling safer than ever before. With this rig, your wife or teenage son or daughter can bring the wildest cow, and her calf, to headquarters with virtually no safety risk," Pederson points out. His new-style catcher-hauler is a 12 by 14 ft. portable corral that mounts on the rear 3 pt. hitch of a 90 to 100 hp tractor. The top link of the 3 pt. is adjustable hydraulically, allowing the rear of the corral to be lifted up to 6 ft. above ground level. "If you're dealing with a gentle, mild mannered cow, you can hand carry her calf into a 2 by 4 ft. calf pen build inside the corral. If you don't trust the cow and her temperment, you can drop the corral over the calf, keeping its mother locked out while you enter the corral to hand carry the calf to the built-in calf pen. Then, from the tractor seat, you activate a hydraulic cylinder that opens the corral, letting the anxious mother in to find her calf. She ends up alongside her calf, restrained in a holding chute. Both it and the calf pen have solid wooden floors. With the cow and her calf in tow, the operator raises the corral a foot or so. As it raises, it also elevates both animals for the ride back to headquarters. To help the calf nurse, you can detach removable side panels on the chute and calf pen, giving you clear access to the side of the cow. "It's imperative that the newborn calf receives colostrum milk within the first 12 hours after birth. This invention enables you to get the job done quickly and in a safer work environment," says Pederson. When calving season is finished, he parks his revolutionary catcher-hauler in a barn at headquarters, using it as a portable chute and holding pen for treating individual cows and calves. "I call it `the poor man's corral'. Does the work of an elaborate conventional setup at a fraction of the cost. What's more, it's portable." Pederson has a patent pending on his invention and is finalizing plans to custom build it for interested cattlemen. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wayne Pederson, RR 1, Box 152, Canby, Minn. 56220 (ph 507 223-7171).

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