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wdcook

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to hold trailer doors open while loading cattle? Am learning that an aluminum door blows much easier than my old steel door. I use copper wire hooked to fence and wrapped around trailer door so I can still grab the door and yank it shut quickly but would like to know if anyone has a better idea.
 
I use my wife.

she holds it well, is very quick to closethe gate, and is a prime target of blame when something goes wrong.

in the event she breaks under the pressure and constant bitching on my part,and will not hold the gate any longer, she is easily interchangable with one of 4 kids.

this system works real good for me...I often wind up cooking supper on these days,and doing alot of butt kissing, but it works
 
Jigs your too much, I've tried your idea before, the copper wire doesn't get mad at me when I blame it for the screw ups :wink:
 
Jigs, that's too funny, But also soooo true.

We have gates that open either to the inside or the outside of the trailer, when backed up to the chute we fold em to the inside of the trailer (usually only one) run whatevers to be loaded up the chute and whoevers handy shuts it. Sometimes it's me, sometimes lil lilly, sometimes one of the guys. Just whoever's not doin somethin else at the time of loadin. Also depends on if the trailers packed tight or if it's just a few head. If it's a tight load, Lil Lilly aint the one that gets to shut the gate. Usually one of the guys that's runnin em up the chute, and when the last one's loaded they'll slam it shut.
but to hold it open, we usually use a piece of feed sack string, that way it's easy to yank and break it to shut it.
If the gates are swung to the outside, we usually just loop a tie rope around it, not tied just looped around it, with someone on the outside holdin the rope ends, so it can easily be swung shut without any hangups.

I sure would like to have a trailer that had slidin gates.
 
My brother in law was in charge of gates and just about got me an interview with St. Peter-we were loading bulls at the U.S. customs-I ran two up in the front and he threw the cross gate at them just as I step[ped in the trailer-that one bull kicked it and it went about a hundredth of an inch past my snout. He got quite a 'lecture' on throwing gates shut-I think even the vet was scared when I got out of that trailer lol.
 
jigs said:
I use my wife.

she holds it well, is very quick to closethe gate, and is a prime target of blame when something goes wrong.

in the event she breaks under the pressure and constant bitching on my part,and will not hold the gate any longer, she is easily interchangable with one of 4 kids.

this system works real good for me...I often wind up cooking supper on these days,and doing alot of butt kissing, but it works
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Sounds like around here! :wink:
 

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