The Farmers Mart Feb/Mar 2015 - Issue 38 | Page 35

The Willows YORKSHIRE’S LEADING MULTI AUCTION CENTRE MACHINERY SALES Tractors, forklifts & loaders, agricultural & commercial plant & machinery, horticultural & groundcare, building materials & workshop tools WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH WEDNESDAY 6 MAY Entries Close 16 March Entries Close 27 April Bid and follow the auction online Murton York YO19 5GF T: 01904 489731 www.ylc.co.uk decided to market it further as he feels his Dales Way Cattle Handler could help others in a similar position. In essence it is a cattle pen attached to a fork-lift / telescopic handler that is lifted up and over cattle, or he corners them, so that he can work with individual beasts. “I need to be able to go into the yard or the fields and do things on my own and this enables me to do just that. It has been working very well for me so I thought I ought to be passing on my idea. I designed my own prototype that you see here working on the farm and my good friend, Derek Triffitt, who is well known for his trailers, has made a couple more to see how we go. I’m not aiming to make a lot out of this, I just think it’s something that many other cattle men would benefit from having on their farms. “Even with several people around it is often difficult to catch the beast you need to look at but this device certainly makes life easier and safer too. Because I use a forklift or handler there is an assumption that this means food is being brought and that brings the cattle closer to start with,” he explained. Having seen Pip in action with his Manitou and Dales Way Cattle Handler I can personally testify to its usefulness. He successfully and with great alacrity cornered a beast in one of his sheds with the gates to the pen open. Once cornered and with the beast inside he W reversed slightly so that the gates could then close. “Once the beast is inside the pen I then climb in and can work with it individually without worrying about whether it is going to run off or in the case of a calf, whether its mother is going to be able to get to WICSTUN VETERINARY GROUP W Ripon Farm Services are proud suppliers to The Willows and the Dale Family v G Long established practice in the centre of town providing the complete Veterinary Service FOR FARM, EQUINE AND COMPANION ANIMALS v Consultations by Appointment MARKET WEIGHTON - 46 Southgate - Tel 01430 823219 Monday - Friday morning, afternoon & evening - Saturday morning Also surgeries at Pocklington 01759 304977 and South Cave 01430 423492 G 24 HOUR EMERGENCY NO: 01430 873219 The Wicstun Vet Group are proud to be associated with Pip and his team & wish them luck in the future www.farmers-mart.co.uk Feb/Mar 2015 35