CATTLE IMMOBILIZER

[Hotflash]

Have you cattlemen and women used a cattle immobilizer on your bucking stock? If you have how do you like it. Is it worth getting one to handle cows and bulls more safely? Have a new chute to work the cattle, but when you have to work around their heads, they can swing it and jerk around. For a couple of hundred dollors and it works, i would think about getting one for our operation. Just want some input from people who have them. Thanks, Luann

[newcontractor]

We have a mobile dock unit up here at school. It is a silencer hydraulic chute, all self contained and on wheels. We use it mainly for demo purposes, but it has one of those immobilizers that you were asking about. The immobilizer works wonderful for anything dealing with the head of the animal, de-horning, shots, etc. Makes your work alot easier. Hope this helps. :cigar:

[Hotflash]

Thanks Jake, the video at cattleimmobilizer.com, shows the guy getting in behind the young bull and picking up a back leg to check it. Wonder how it would be for preg checking cow.

[newcontractor]

Sorry, just a misunderstanding, I thought you were talking about this kind of immobilizer http://www.molysilencerchutes.com/new_hyd__neck_bars.htm This neck bar works well for working on the head also. The chutes are pretty expensive, but, if I'm not mistaken, you can buy this neck bar for just about any chute, but you would have to make up some type of hydraulic unit to run it.

This is what we have at school http://www.molysilencerchutes.com/Commercial%20Pro.htm and it is made onto a gooseneck trailer with a hydraulic neck and hydraulic wheels, a roof, scales, and a generator in the neck to run all the hydraulics. It's a pretty cool set-up. :D

[JbarV]

I watched a video of the immobolizer once, my neighbor bought one to use on his holsteins. He's afraid to use it though, he heard some rumors about it damaging some nerves. Im kinda with him, Id like to see some effects of it's use after time before Id use it on my cattle.

[newcontractor]

I'd be scared to use this cattle immobilizer too, seems to me like it would be a lot easier and less stressful with some type of neck bar like I was talking about. :seeya:

[JbarV]

It seems to me to work similar to a taser.... I took a 15 second ride on one ( stupid rule you have to follow to get certified to carry one ) and dang sure felt the after effects the next day. :yikes:

[newcontractor]

I think, if I had a choice, I would just use the hydraulic neck bar, just me, but seems a lot less stressful. :yikes:

[newcontractor]

JbarV, looks like we're the only ones still awake on the board this late at night, this calls for a drink!! :cheers:

[JbarV]

I dont get off work until 6am.... so Im stuck for the duration. Had to get a real job to pay for all this fuel I burn.

Is Tony Coleman still the coach at UTM? Lost track of him over the past 15 yrs.....wow, thats been longer than I thought!

[newcontractor]

No, it's John Luthi now. He seems like a pretty good coach, I don't know him that well though. :cigar:

[newcontractor]

Well, I have to get up to get ready for speech class in the morning about the same time you get off work, so I guess I'm out for the night. :cheers: :seeya:

[Vos]

The Immobilizer works on the same principle as the Electronic Muscle Stimulator that chiropractors and Physical Therapists use on human beings. The only difference is that the frequency of the electronic pulses is much higher. It is not at all related to a tazer and in the several years I have used it (since 2002) I have not seen any damage to an animal.

Carl Vos

[Brutes]

We are using the farmfreund units they have no wires and cables.

look at www.farmfreund.com

[Swamper]

Brutes,

Do you mind telling us the approximate cost of the FarmFruend? I am soon to buy an immobilizer and the cost of this unit evades me.

Swamper

[Vos]

You can buy a quality immobilizer for a fraction of the price of some of the other immobilizers on the market at www.cattleimmobilizer.com

[Phil Markoff]

If you have a squeeze chute you can buy a piece of rope for under ten dollars and tie their heads to not move.

[Brent]

Looks 2 me like the Immobilizer can take a lil time to get it hooked up on the animal . A good hydraulic squeeze cute with a hydraulic arm that catches heads works great and is a lot faster than hooking up jumper cables (LOL)to your cattle. If you dont have a hydraulic cute do like someone else said on his reply 10 bucks for rope works also an thats a lot cheaper than the jumper cables. Im not downing the Immobilizer at all I just dont see where it will benefit my operation however it may be the tool for you.