Hi-Hog's Common Connector System allows you to custom design the Cattle Handling System that works best for your operation.

 

Each sample below provides a possible solution. Contact Hi-Hog and we will assist you in developing a corral plan that works specifically for you. This is a FREE service. 

If you’re calling from within mainland North America you can reach Hi-Hog toll free at 1-800-661-7002 (Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm MST).

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Hi-Hog offers several different types of gates for you to choose from including bolt-on gates, weld-on gates, bow frames with gates and U-frames with gates.

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Hi-Hog panels and gates come in several weights, lengths and heights. All manufactured with Hi-Tensile North American Steel Tubing and standard with our baked on "Hi-Hog Green" Polyester Powdercoat Finish.

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You may wish to modify the design of the handling system itself. For example, you may wish a longer cattle working alley or prefer a hydraulic squeeze chute instead of a manual chute. The plans themselves can also be modified to size and locate the pens according to your individual herd management needs. The circular Pen design is unique in that the central Hub to direct the cattle in and out.

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By focusing on how your cattle perceive their environment, you can create a safer and more efficient cattle handling environment. A well-designed Hi-Hog Cattle Handling System and Corral will consider the instinctive behaviours and sensory traits of your cattle.

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Our designers collaborate with you to develop a design specifically for your needs. This FREE*, no obligation service, is offered because we want you to have the best solution for your design challenges. The typical design service includes accurate AutoCAD drawings as well as itemized product lists and a corresponding quote.

*NOTE: charges may apply on projects requiring extensive custom PRODUCT design. Less than 1% of the designs we prepare require custom product designs.

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It is rare for a customer to require any custom designed products to create the cattle handling system or livestock corrals they need to meet their ranch requirements. However, If custom product designs are required, there may be small custom product design consultancy charge. This will be discussed up front, on a case-by-case basis.

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Tell us about your site

• Provide a dimensioned sketch of your site (unless the site is completely clear). Your sketch does not need to be beautiful or to scale
• If the site has any obstructions or important physical features that the corrals or handling system needs to work around please identify them
• If the site is inside of a barn please provide the inside dimensions of the barn as well as any physical features that may impact the design.
• Indicate how/where your cattle will enter your corrals/system
• Indicate how/where your cattle will exit the corrals/system
• Include a NORTH arrow so our designers can orient their drawing correctly
• Optional. If the site is outdoors and you can provide your GPS coordinates this can help our designers to overlay their drawing on top of a google satellite view of your site (need to know the length of one element in the image to scale the image appropriately.

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With Hi-Hog's Common Connector System Hi-Hog's Universal Loading Chute can be added to any Hi-Hog System for loading out directly from the sort.

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Hi-Hog's Calf Tipping Table comes with a self-catch, auto-return Headgate. The Headgate is activated and locked by the animals themselves. This frees the operator to work more effectively from the flight zone of your livestock. Working from behind the animal will minimize livestock stress and increase processing efficiency. In Sample 10 a #55 Calf Tipping Table is added to the system using a #85 Access door and a #251 Sheeted Panel.

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Those animals that have been sorted for sale, or to be loaded out, are sometimes held in a Collection Pen with feed and water to ensure they are ready to be loaded out for transport at a later time.

Do you require post sorting pens? What kind of post sorting pens do you require? How many animals will be in each of these pens? How large (heavy) will the animals be that are held in these pens?

Once you have determined the type of pens you require you need to determine the pen sizes and the number of pens you will require.

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The size of the pens you require depends on:

• the number of cattle you need to hold
• the size of the animals you will be holding
• the length of time you will be holding the animals
• the disposition, or temperament, of the animals being held.

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For a Bud Box to function well, the pen requires specific design features and the handler must be skilled at safely working the flight zone of their cattle. If these two conditions are met, the Bud Box makes an excellent alternative to the standard crowding tub or cattle sweep.

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Hi-Hog Has been helping ranchers improve their corrals and cattle handling facilities since 1974 and our experience tells us the best livestock handling solutions are one-of-a-kind design solutions prepared for the individual rancher. Your experiences, preferences, site, and herd management requirements, are uniquely yours.

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You may also be interested in these Hi-Hog resources:

• Sample Cattle Handling Systems
• Cattle Handling Systems & Corral Design Service
• Cattle Facilities Design Guide
• Introduction to Cattle Behavior
• A selection of cattle handling tips 

 

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