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our new 2011/2012
Sheep Yards Brochure |
National Stockyard Systems designs and
manufactures an innovative and award winning range of sheep yards which will make
handling of your sheep easier.
"Our sheep yards are designed
for one person operation. The finished product is the result of
years of development and fine turning. The basic bugle and
fundamental yard design is a copy of a timber set of yards that
I built on a property that I had leased at Manilla in the 1980’s
and 90’s. One person drafting (with dogs) was easy and drenching
400 wethers per hour was normal.”
Murray Schaefer
Managing Director
National Stockyard Systems
Key strengths of our
unique sheep yards
- Our patented bolt together
system will handle uneven or sloping group. Importantly,
impact is still spread over the adjacent panels if a sheep
hits hard against the yards.
- The steel we use in your
sheep yards is Grade 450 (very high tensile) and galvanised
both inside
and out.
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- The longer panels we use
result in the erected sheep yards being bigger than they
appear on paper or the screen.
- We provide realistic working
and holding capacities for all of our sheep yards, based on
3 sheep / square metre. Our working capacities leave room
for drafting and processing.
- The automatic stoppers on
our gates prevent the gates over riding the keeper when
slammed and
eliminates the gate being pushed through when counting. The
slam catch pin rotates back behind the gate
post so as not to be a rib catcher when counting.
- The main drafting race body
on our sheep yards is 4.0 metres long to give more time for
accurate ear mark drafting.
- The draft gates on both the
V Race and Draft Box have 7 rails so lambs cannot get their
head between the rails.
- The V Race is separate from
the main working race. If sheep have to file through the V
Race into the working race
it makes for a slow fill. Also sheep will not pack up tight.
- Vertical rails in the race
gates minimise the chance of a broken leg.
- The yards are designed to be
fully erected and then the concrete is poured in place. The
V Race and Draft Box
have their own inbuilt formwork so the only additional
formwork required is along the race.
- All sheepyards in our range can be easily adapted
for load out facilities, count out pens and shed loading. An
important consideration is direction of race in relation to
the shed. It is vital for sheep flow that the finished yard
does not have the bugle, working race or V Race headed back
toward the shed.
- We are often asked by
resellers to sell through them, but we only sell direct.
Thus, by purchasing direct the end
user is receiving practical advice and a superior product at
a lower cost than going through a reseller. Some resellers
push clients into products they make the most margin on,
rather than the most suitable product.
For more detailed information on
the exciting options and features available in our sheep yard
range, please
Download our
NEW Sheep
Yards Brochure. Award of
Excellence
National Stockyard Systems was
awarded the "NAB Agribusiness Award of Excellence"
for our relocatable sheep yards at the October 2011 Australian
National Field Days in Orange NSW. The award recognises new,
innovative design and manufacture of machinery and equipment
designed for use in the Australian agricultural industry.
This award is an acknowledgement
that the products meets high criteria standards and is worthy of
the attention of primary producers. Judging criteria include
standard of design and engineering, safety, value for money, and
easy of use.
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