Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: shearing table
In a message dated 10/9/07 9:58:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
maasrj@netzero.
> The other thing I like about shearing on the ground is the price.
> No table, no chute. Just ropes and ratchet pulleys from Home Depot
> and play mats from Sam's
My kind of thinking! This sounds like the set up my shearing uses.....a
large thick soft rubber mat thing and 4 tie stakes with ratchet pulleys. I didn't
really pay that much attention to the details of how he modified the ratchet
thing around their legs. Could you elaborate on this aspect?
I don't recall having a hard time getting them down, but there were always 3
of us as he would bring his wife to help me hold the pacas while he sheared.
I've had them sheared twice by this guy and I remember being pleased with how
unstressed the whole thing was. The pacas didn't resist or stress or struggle
like they did previous years in the chute.
If I can get this kind of setup figured out I will be able to trim their
toenails easily.
<<3) it kills my back. Did I say that already? :)>>
I hear you loud and clear and I appreciate this tidbit as my back gives me
fits as well! So I will stop daydreaming about a table I can merely walk them
up to and lean and have it go horizontal, etc. Now that you mention the back
ache I can just picture having to lean over a table for that long.....ouch.
Thanks! Janice
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