Homemade Livestock Scale

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Your livestock scale can be large enough for a group of animals or it can be built for a single animal.

Homemade livestock scale. A plank and two scales are all you need to make a low cost livestock scale. You can turn an existing pen into a livestock scale simply by bolting four weighbars under it and connecting them to an indicator. In this video we cover building a livestock scale and how we use it on the homestead.

January 17 2018 08 24 49 am i built one for our high school we took 2x4s layed out and then braced them on the bottom side going horizontal. All cattle require energy protein minerals and vitamins for maintenance and growth. That eliminates the need for a graduations on the scale.

It s easy to construct scales that measure the unknown weight of small items against the known weight of another item in this case coins. The tables below contain the average nutritional values of the usual components of homemade con centrates as well as of roughage most commonly complemented with concentrated feeds. Building your own scale allows you the flexibility to design it to fit your situation best.

Energy is the major cost component of the diet. A homemade scale will not be as precise as an expensive digital scale but it can give you a fairly accurate idea of the weight of a small object. There are many expensive digital livestock scales available on the market that require time consuming assembly.

Make it yourself tire cattle scale print this article tell a friend list of all stories in this issue previous article next article response to farm show s article on our wheelie weigh scale has been unbelievable says farel bradbury the british inventor of a unique tire scale made out of old tires filled with water and hooked up to a. 4 5000 lb capacity load cells with cables 4 threaded mounting blocks 4 swivel feet 1 waterproof junction box 1 digital weight indicator with 15 ft quick disconnect cable. Mother earth news for a 4 h club hog project last year i helped my youngsters build a livestock scale.

In a few easy steps you can build yourself an inexpensive and easy alternative using readily accessible items in the home such as 2x4s and screws. Many of these scales are poorly made and can easily break over time. A and a scales brand fsk scale kit.

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