TOP DOG GATES

The Top Dog Gate is an overhead gate extending the radius of  a circular yard or width of a rectangular yard, which descends into a mob of cows to separate a smaller mob for moving towards the dairy. A low current runs through gate chains to prod stock only when the gate ropes are in the "down" position. It offers the option of automated or manual control.

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The Top Dog Gate manufactured by Dairy Tech is a gate system well proven for the dual purpose of being a strong stock barrier in the dairy yard and one that can quietly separate a smaller mob of cows for prompting towards the dairy bail area with minimum fuss.

'Top Dog' is operated:

• manually or automatically,

• within circular or rectangular yards,

• with optional high pressure spray jets for washing a circular yard.

Each `Top Dog' boom manufactured by Dairy Tech over the past 10 years has been designed to the client farm's specific dairy yard measurements.

It extends the radius of  a circular yard or width of a rectangular yard.

The gate is called a Top Dog because it is maneouvered overhead and then lowered among the yarded cows to separate a smaller mob for heading into the dairy.

A low electric current runs through gate chains to prod stock, but is "live" only when the gate ropes are in the "down" position. A safety feature is that there is no current flow in the gate ropes when in their "up" position.

The gate can be controlled by way of a manual or automated control system. The automated system offers the option of pulsing forward as the cows come off the platform.

The directional drive is through a right angle reduction box and chain drive with nylon rollers. The wire winder unit has a separate motor and is designed to raise and lower the electrically charged prodder chains.

There is a 12 month warranty on the `Top Dog' gate when installed by a registered electrician.

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