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ProWay Livestock Equipment�s core business is design, manufacture and installation of livestock handling facilities.

Andrew McFarlandProWay Stockyard Designer

ProWay-Prattley have;� 5 stockyard designers� 5 C.A.D draughtsman� 30 workshop and delivery staff� 4 in house construction crew members� 10 Regionally based construction crews

ProWay Livestock Equipment

Designed to work built to last �

To design and build livestock handling products that make handling more efficient and safer for our clients.

Our Aim

� Most yards are custom designed as most sites and operations are different.


CattleyardsOur Products Include


SheepyardsOur Products Include


Loading RampsOur Products Include


Shearing ShedsOur Products Include


FeedlotsOur Products Include


Cattle Movement Principles


Mobbing Behavior � Cattle find safety within a group and

when frightened, will mob together.� When separated from the mob, a solo

disturbed beast will run towards the mob irrespective of the position of the handler.� The natural circling instinct is thought

to be associated with the need to keep visual contact with other animals in the mob.� When unfamiliar mobs are mixed, they

can keep in their own groups for weeks before integrating.


Cattle Movement PrinciplesVision Analysis � The latest research on colour vision in

farm animals shows that they are dichromats with colour sensitive cells, particularly to yellowish-green and blue/purple light. � Dichromatic vision makes the

animal more sensitive to seeing sudden movement.� Grazing animals have a visual system

that provides excellent distance vision but relatively weak eye muscles inhibit their ability to focus quickly on nearby objects.


Cattle Movement PrinciplesDepth Perception

� Because of the location of the eyes, cattle have poor depth perception. Their ability to perceive depth at ground level while their heads are up is reduced and have a wide blind area beneath them.� To see depth on the ground, the

animal would have to stop and lower its head. This may explain why livestock often lower their heads and stop to look at strange things on the ground.

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Cattle Movement PrinciplesVisual Field of Cattle� Cattle are relative defenseless and so,

must remain vigilant against �predators�� They have good vision in paddock

conditions and can see predators from over 500m away.

� With eyes on the side of their head they have a wide field of vision, averaging 270°, however are blind to the 90° behind the body and will turn to look at oncoming �predators�

Other Factors include:� Change in colour and lighting will

often spook cattle and make it difficult to move mobs. This is definitely evident in closed environments where light coming through the board makes stock hesitant to flow. � Advancing cattle must not be able to

see other cattle behind them, that is stock flow better if rear vision is restricted. � Light up ahead can often be used to

draw cattle through the working area.

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Cattle Movement Principles



Cattle Movement PrinciplesOther Factors include:� Following cattle must be able to see

the other cattle ahead even as it is disappearing around a corner.� Cattle run better around curved

corners� Cattle flow better through yards if the

same paths are followed and the same flow directions are maintained. It has been observed that when old cattle yards are replaced by new ones, mobs can be reluctant to flow through. However, after the second or third yarding, cattle flow usually improves greatly.

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� They can ruin a well designed facility because animals will balk, refuse to move or turn back.

Distractions

� It is critical to minimise or eliminatedistractions in order to promote healthystock flow.


Well designed stockyards will make your livestock operation more profitable for the following reasons:� Less labour is required to efficiently handle stock.� Good yards encourage timely husbandry (that difficult job does not get put off).� Good yards make more intensive husbandry viable (it may pay to regularly weigh stock

to allow management and targeting for specific markets).� Less stress and bruising on stock� Less chance of injury to operators.

Well designed Stockyards


If you understand stock behaviour

Design your yards to utilise natural stock movements and instincts

Stock handling skills

OH & S, as cattle flow rather than having to be forced.

Labour efficiency Animal welfare

Less bruising Less time off feed Less stress

If you maximise stockflow then you will improve


Provide safe and efficient work areas for the handler.

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Benefits of new facilities

Good facilities promote regular animal husbandry practices. They also encourage herd recording which increases profitability of your operation.

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Benefits of new facilities

Enquiries come through either the office, field days or word of mouth.

Your enquiry will be taken and forwarded onto your regional designer.

The designer will contact you to discuss your requirements and send out a relative package of information including standard designs & pricing

On-Site Design Process - working with you to come up with a design concept that suits your operation & site. Total Station technology is used to ensure accuracy and efficiency.

-Design fine tuning and sign-off on fixed price-Enter manufacturing queue-Site Preparation Info

Please note the time and resources put into site preparation are very important, it makes a big difference to the quality of the end product.

Once the deposit of 10% is paid a brief is submitted to our CAD Department to create a workshop orderAt this point any components of your yards or shed which require 3-D Drawing are drawn by one of our 5 CAD drawers.

The designer will keep you informed of your place in the queue and advise of the date that fabrication will commence. Generally at this point the designer will arrange a convenient time to do the peg out of the yards

On the agreed date once the existing yards have been removed and the new pad has been leveled and laid with a gravel base, the designer will come and peg out the yards.

The designer will supply you with a hole digging guide to dig the holes. The majority of our contractors offer the option to dig the holes for you at an hourly rate.

Once fabrication has commenced the designer will work out an approx. date of delivery with you.

Your yards where possible are loaded at ProWay in a flat pack style to make loads efficient & cost effective.

Your yards will arrive onsite and you will need a tractor or equivalent with a front end loader with adequate forks to unload your panels.

Bear in mind sometimes due to the nature of the load it can take a while to unload your yards

Once the panels are unloaded the contractor will start the yards by placing the panels, gates and posts in their specified positions

The panels are then erected on stands and the gates position in preparation for concreting.The panels are left floating in the centre of the holes using stands and timbers before they�re concreted in.

Once everything is erected and swinging true concreting starts. Where possible the contractor will get the ready mix truck to back up to the post.

Once the post holes are completed the contractor starts on the slab area

The concrete is mounded up around the post. In the slabs we encourage you to use fibre mesh � and additive in the ready mix which increases the surface strength of the slab.

Any area on the slab that will experience �cattle traffic� is stenciled to provide grip so cattle don�t slip

Once the yards are complete you go through the facility with the contractor to make sure you are happy to sign off on the project

Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Gate follows cattle around rolled panels reducing area which encourages cattle to enter the race.� Padded brake drags around rolled panels and locks in position.� Braced overhead for strength and durability.� Sheeted panels aid stock movement and operator safety.� Separates the handler and stock in the forcing pen, therefore eliminating the risk of injury.� Centre post is 165mm OD� The gate has two large collars with grease nipples

Rotary Force


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Designed with input from major livestock carriers.� Heavy duty construction for safety and longevity.� Sheeted panels encourage flow making stock focus on the exit and eliminates distraction.� Quick easy access in and around ramp.� level extensions to improve cattle flow and operator access� Non-slip walkways and handrails� Swivel buffer that aligns to the truck to prevent gaps when loading.

Loading Ramps and Dumps


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Designed to fit in front of a crush.� Cattle rail rails for strength and non bruise.� Hot dipped channel base for longevity.� Rubber stoppers for quiet operation.� 80NB posts for strength� Sliding gate can be used for baulk gate.� Access gates with slam catches for quick and safe access to animals� 3 or 5 way draft for quick and safe drafting in front of crush.

ProWay Manual Drafter


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Remote controlled block gates in race. � Gates pivot on a central axis from open to closed in one motion. � Industrial grade pneumatics for longevity.� Operated with control box and compressor that can be set up for other pneumatic processes� Safely stop cattle in the working race without any risk to handlers.� Able to operate gates from anywhere in the yards so avoids spooking cattle as with conventional sliding gates.

Pneumatic Rotary Block Gate


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Elevate operator to a safe, comfortable working height above stock. � By following the walkway around the force yards and race the operator is able to encourage stock flow from a more commanding position.� Non-slip walkway mesh� Cut and installed onsite to ensure neat and robust fit.� Concreted in ground for strength.

Elevated Walkways


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Cattle rail rails for strength and non bruise.� Hot dipped channel base for longevity.� Rubber stoppers for quiet operation� 3 or 5 way draft for quick and safe drafting� Handheld remote for flexibility of operating.� Industrial grade pneumatics for longevity. Autodraft control box allows unit to be used as a auto drafter or remote drafter.� Heavy duty construction designed for feedlots and sale yard applications.

ProWay Auto Drafter


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Provides weather protection to operators, stock and yards to increase efficiency, productivity and longevity of stockyards.� Heavy duty steal construction with colourbond or zinc roof option.� Able to organise erection during construction of yards ready for first yarding.� We are able to design your shed around yards, or design yards around an existing shed to maximise coverage and utilise columns and space.

Undercover Work Areas


Boosting efficiency with:Points to Consider:� Sheeted panels to encourage stock flow. � Heavy duty galvanised construction frame with industrial pneumatics for longevity.� Sliding gate can be used as a baulk gate.� Draft cattle out of the race before crush.� Handheld remote for flexibility.

ProWay Pneumatic Race Draft


Product Options:Points to Consider:� Cattle panels are made from five 97 x 42mm cattleyard rails and stand at 1.75m.� Other rail options include 120Cattle Rail, 50NB pipe, 32NB pipe and cable yards. � All panels are made by order and for each individual yard designs.� We build panels to fit the design rather than design fit fixed length panels.

Cattle rail and Pipe options


It costs the same amount to build a poorly designedfacility, as it does to build a well designed facility.

The well designed facility will:� Have lower labour requirements� Minimise OH&S issues and injuries� Result in less bruising and stress on livestock.


Please consider ProWay Livestock Equipment for your next project.

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