Headbail Installed
In August we went to Agquip, which is a huge agricultural show (probably larger than the Sydney Easter Show). There were some really huge big ticket items such as machinery and cars and silos and caravans, plus tools and clothes and hundreds of other things. You could even choose your lunch steak sandwich by the breed of steer. I tried five headbails, with varying degrees of ease of use. I have to take into account my arthritis, plus the fact that I'm a 'girl'. I found the perfect action, which was made with ratchets, plus I think it was actually the cheapest. I had the attaching brackets placed where I needed them to link up with my existing yards and it was delivered in no time. Total cost $1,240.
We had to remove the existing sliding gate and fit in the headbail, which was 6cm wider than the sliding gate. With the use of a crowbar and a round of wood as a fulcrum we inched the panels and gates along and fitted it in. (Of course I use the term 'we' loosely here, but I did help.) I have included two photos, one with the gate closed and one with the headbail and chin bar in action (not with cows yet). I still need to get yet another fence built to help me get the cows into the yards, but that's another story.
In August we went to Agquip, which is a huge agricultural show (probably larger than the Sydney Easter Show). There were some really huge big ticket items such as machinery and cars and silos and caravans, plus tools and clothes and hundreds of other things. You could even choose your lunch steak sandwich by the breed of steer. I tried five headbails, with varying degrees of ease of use. I have to take into account my arthritis, plus the fact that I'm a 'girl'. I found the perfect action, which was made with ratchets, plus I think it was actually the cheapest. I had the attaching brackets placed where I needed them to link up with my existing yards and it was delivered in no time. Total cost $1,240. 
We had to remove the existing sliding gate and fit in the headbail, which was 6cm wider than the sliding gate. With the use of a crowbar and a round of wood as a fulcrum we inched the panels and gates along and fitted it in. (Of course I use the term 'we' loosely here, but I did help.) I have included two photos, one with the gate closed and one with the headbail and chin bar in action (not with cows yet). I still need to get yet another fence built to help me get the cows into the yards, but that's another story.