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Cujo1969
Posted 7/4/2007 22:00 (#170411)
Subject: best cattle oiler?


Southern Alberta		We need to get another oiler have lewis 1 but it doesnt seem to get much on cattle. Anybody hear of a palliser 1? What the 1 to buy?
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Jim
Posted 7/5/2007 00:52 (#170506 - in reply to #170411)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?


Driftless SW Wisconsin

I am no cattle expert by any means however I did put one of these up with the ties that dangle down about two weeks ago. It is amazing how well they work with a couple gallons of diesel and a couple ounces of pyrethrum (sp?). Fly problem immediately almost disappeared. I hung a 10ft + a 5 ft together across a 16 ft lane to a waterer. Not sure if this is what you were looking for but they seem to work well. The cattle had no problem going under them the first time.

Jim at Dawn

http://www.phwhite.com/

 



Edited by Jim 7/5/2007 00:53
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cotman
Posted 7/5/2007 07:34 (#170541 - in reply to #170411)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?



NW Tennessee		I had the same suggestion as Jim. Don't know if that's what you're looking for, but they work very well. They do need to be hung across a gateway.
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Robert..cSD
Posted 7/5/2007 10:01 (#170583 - in reply to #170541)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?



we welded up a trailer for ours so we could move it to the same pasture with the cows. Just put the mineral barrels next to it and the cows will come use it.

 

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cotman
Posted 7/5/2007 13:43 (#170638 - in reply to #170583)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?



NW Tennessee

That looks like a pretty good idea.

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PeteMN
Posted 7/5/2007 19:20 (#170736 - in reply to #170583)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?


E.Central MN		So how far can your cattle push that trailer or don't you have any fences nearby?
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Robert..cSD
Posted 7/5/2007 21:37 (#170805 - in reply to #170736)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?



On another board someone asked how many times a day we have to fish it out of the pond but they don't seem to move it all that far.

I have never seen the cows move it but the bulls get to playing and push it around a lot, but with the tongue down and the wheels turned a little they can only move it backwards in about a 30 ft circle. We have been using it for about 25 years now and I can only remember having to fish it out of the water 1 time

The mineral barrels on the other hand always seem to end up in the pond when they get to pushing them around.
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PeteMN
Posted 7/6/2007 11:26 (#171035 - in reply to #170805)
Subject: RE: best cattle oiler?


E.Central MN		Oh, by the way, nice looking rig you made to hang that cattle rub on. I keep tying one between a couple boxelder trees where I feed the cows but it seems one end is always laying on the ground by fall.
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Skipper
Posted 7/8/2007 15:48 (#171863 - in reply to #170805)
Subject: Mineral feeders that don't move



Well at least they don't until you want them too. We use loose mineral in these and (so far) nothing has damaged them.



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John SD
Posted 7/7/2007 19:03 (#171555 - in reply to #170583)
Subject: Re: best cattle oiler?



That's a pretty slick looking rig you got there Robert. I'm wondering do you ever have problems with the cattle rubbing/chewing the valve stems on the tires? A guy could probably tack weld some kind of guard on there. I've seen wheels with that feature on some feed wagons.
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Robert..cSD
Posted 7/7/2007 20:09 (#171575 - in reply to #171555)
Subject: Re: best cattle oiler?



Hey John

No they have never bothered the valve stems. Occasionally they will rub a tire off the bead but that only happens when the air pressure gets too low. We put tubes in all the tires now so all we have to do is air them back up and go when that happens
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