I need to upgrade some of my cattle handling facilities to make it easier to sort and handle cattle as a one man show. Traditionally we had a lot of gates that have the short stub tube sticking out that catches on an auto latch. For all you locals, its the Paul B Zimmerman style. These work well but the auto latches are a little expensive. The upside is that stub tube is around 2" dia, so its about impossible to bend it.
Does anyone have any experience with the "slam latches". Basically its a tube with a 3/4" or 1" shaft that's spring loaded. The shaft catches in a plate with a slot in it that's bolted or welded to a post? These latches are much cheaper, however I wonder how strong they are. I could see a cow in a confined area backing up into one of these gates and bending the 3/4" or 1" shaft. Anyone have any experience?
Cattle Gate Auto Latches
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