Trying out our new Priefert S04 Squeeze Chute | Not as easy as we thought it would be! 

Thanks for sharing this video! As a start-up farmer myself, I appreciate seeing your real world struggles so I can learn. Also appreciate the constructive advice in the comments - ignore the haters. Progress over perfection. I’m now watching your follow up videos. Aloha!

Great job showing the product

I have the S0191 chute, the trick with the auto catch is to be sure all the joints and slides are lubed up, so everything works easily. I have plywood (you could use dark colored tarps) on the sides of my alleyway and a sliding gate to hold two animals at the ready. I setup a corral with a section about 1/3 smaller as a sort pen -- then off of that a "squeeze pen" to get the cattle ready to enter the alleyway. My corral is made of cattle panels, but the last pen (squeeze pen) is made of corral panels with plywood on the side the operator is on. The other side has posts set so that I can move the side of the pen in 3 different locations easily. The pen is short enough that the movable corral panel wedges between the posts and can be moved forward one end at a time, if the cattle push on it, the panel just wedges again. I would like to have a better setup on this Farm, but we work with what we have -- much better still than what I started with.

Good job, team work. It will get better with practice

You guys are doing a great job. You are recognizing where you can improve. One suggestion I would make, get a sharps box so she doesn't need to recap those needles.

Tighten up your alley or if possible buy an adjustable one. A sweep is great help also.

I have same chute and love it can work cattle by myself .

Have same one. Only thing I don't like is that it only squeezes from one side.

I would get some regular pipe gates. Ive got dexter cattle now, have had TX longhorns in the past and have found good pens and setup are good for us and the cattle. Those wire panels are going to lead to some one - you or cattle getting hurt. the pipe gates you can climb up out of the way of needed. The cross bars on those wire panels will break when you seriously need them.

Don’t get discouraged, try putting up plywood on each side of the alley. That way the only light they see is ahead through the chute. I’ve had the so4 for about 12 years or more . On my second one already to be honest. If you can’t put it on a cement slab. Try to put it on cement blocks at least so the bottom can avoid moisture. The automatic closing head gate isn’t reliable so have someone at the chute ready for cattle and someone trying to push them. They sell some black sight covers to put on the part of chuTe that swing down . EiTher use those or try not to let them see you until they have already committed to getting into chute

Leaving that side panel open is going to have them little ones attempting to jump out that hole

Smart cows

I was here once. Friendly pet like cows don't act like cows. I still have a couple of old mama cows I can just vaccinate standing there and they are probably 1600 + lbs . I don't know for sure cause they won't go through the chute with the scales. The rest act like cows cause they have been treated like cows and have a natural fear of humans. I started with a couple of cows and now run about 70 head. I know we work with what we have but you have a $6000 chute and $10 worth of fencing/alley way. Just saying. You will get there!

You don’t have to spend all the money on a sweep if you don’t want to. They are nice and make things easy but make the alley more narrow, add plywood to the sides and you will see a major difference. If you get some rowdier cattle switch the cattle panels to corral panels and put the plywood back in and your still good to go.

30 seconds seing the head gate i knew this was total rookies..Cows are A Lot Biger & Stronger than we are dont let them be smarter & Be safe they can hurt you Very Bad Very Fast No Mater How Tame you Think They Are!

I feed mine where they have to go through the chute to get to the feed. Start w/ the side open, when they get used to that I close off the side and open head gate all the way to let them come through. The only catch with this method is they will pile up trying get through.

I just purchased one for my overseas operation. Looks like the head catch was “stiff” did you add wd40?? Based on the calves size did you try reducing the squeeze to the narrowest point, maybe that would help in holding them In place. Btw I’m asking because I have never used one before. Thanks in advance for any input you can share.

Having a small folding table to put your supplies on might save your back from bending so much and from getting knocked over on the ground.

As stated, your alley is way too wide. Before trying to 'force' them into the chute, I trained mine to go thru the chute to get to their water or back out to the pasture from the pen by leaving the chute as the only exit from the feeding pen. Took a little time but they figured it out and now running all of my herd thru the chute for AI, shots, whatever is no big deal. Best of luck to you. Pinch your alleyway down as tight as possible so even the little ones can't turn around.

U need to bite the bullet and purchase a bud box from priefurt thats what I use works great

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Thats how u get hurt my friend

bei diesem Stand fehlt leider der Eintreibkreis und auch ein professioneller Treibgang, so wird das nichts

Just comes to show you not everyone can be a farmer. Video clearly shows this lol. I think you should consider going back to a normal day job 8-4.