milk stand dimensions

[broke down ranch]

Thanks for all the complements on my stand! I Love it and think my husband did a great jobit makes goat chores so much easier.

Here are the measurements. My husband put them on the photos of the stand to make it easier. If yall need any more infojust ask!

I hope this helps!

Mitzi

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t128/MMCowart/1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t128/MMCowart/2.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t128/MMCowart/3.jpg

For some reason half of the picture is cut off....? For me it is anyway....anyone know how to "fix" it so I can see the whole thing?


Nevermind - I fixed it...

 

[RedStickLA]

(I know most men never end up building anything exactly like it is...they make their own improvements to suit their needs/wants)

No, that's just what we tell you we did when we screw up the plans.

That's true but as long as he is making me stuff I am---->

Kid box is pretty easy.. I didn't bother with the aluminum collar thingy you can buy from places like Hoegger, but I kinda wish I had.. I just did mine with a plywood "chin ramp" (or whatever you wanna call it ) but that can be a little slick. Slick isn't good when you're holding an 1100 degree iron in such close proximity to a kid's eyeballs.

We usually put a towel down on the chin thing and kinda press and hold their chin down into the towel for a no-slip grip. Works pretty good.

So if you had to do it over would you order the aluminum collar? Because mine is the "Headpiece with Kid Holding Box Plans" from Hoegger and it is wooden.

Mitzi

 

[cmjust0]

Yep.. I think I'd probably get the collar.

I can't really recommend the collar, per se, as I don't have one...but after not having one, I'd sure like to have one because it would almost have to be better than not having it, after having not had it for as long as I haven't..

 

[RedStickLA]

Ok Thanks!
Not sure what I am going to do now because I "have" the wooden one from Hoegger. I checked and the Aluminum Headpiece is $18.95 sold at Caprine Supply and I would have to "buy" it. :/ I may just have to go with what I have.

And Sorry Karen...I didnt mean to hijack your thread talking about "Kid Boxes".
Mitzi

 

[cmjust0]

Yeah, it was Caprine Supply that had the aluminum headpiece.. I was thinking Hoegger for some reason. I thought they were closer to $10 than $20, too...does seem a little steep, now that you mention it.

Anyway, if you find that they're able to squirm their little heads around on the slick wood chin thingy, you might try laying a folded handtowel on it and pressing their chins into that.. It provided us with enough grip to feel way more comfortable disbudding...as comfortable as a person can be as they stick a cherry red iron into a baby goat's head, that is.

I bet one of those foam-rubbery anti-kid net things you put under rugs to keep them from being like banana peels on slick floors...ya know, those things?....would be the shizzle.



What are those called?

 

[ksalvagno]

Not a problem. Didn't even realize I would need one of those too someday. I plan to disbud kids. I'm trying to learn as much as possible and keep my mistakes down when I run across problems.

 

[crazygoatlady]

very nice--both my son and my daughter weld and we got my dad welder. Hey look for the metal mobile home steps--I think that is what we are going to use for the bed of the stand--put 2 together, should be easy enough to add the head piece even out of wood. Am doing some thinking here --as my human kids would say--ooohhh dangerous.

 

[RedStickLA]

I bet one of those foam-rubbery anti-kid net things you put under rugs to keep them from being like banana peels on slick floors...ya know, those things?....would be the shizzle.



What are those called?

Rug Pads

Instead of buying a large rug pad... shelf liner may work. Not the paper kind, the rubber shelf liner like "Contact Brand Grip Liner".

Mitzi

 

[freemotion]

Could someone post a picture of their homemade box? Or a link? I'm not sure I get it.

 

[lilhill]

http://hoeggergoatsupply.com/xcart/home.php?cat=92

Here's a link from Hoegger's showing a kid box. You'll have to scroll down a little more than half way.