Hi-Hog - Manual Squeeze - Self Catch Head Gate

Low Stress design for the safety and comfort of your livestock
The foundation of all of Hi-Hog’s livestock equipment designs begins by ensuring the comfort and safety of your livestock. Livestock that are calm can be worked more efficiently and with less risk to both your animals and those working the cattle handling equipment. Animals that can be worked calmly have also been shown to return to feed faster resulting in better weight gains and less risk of injury or illness.

Here are some of the steps we have taken to protect and calm your livestock:

• To minimize bruising the head gate is mounted to the squeeze body with shock-absorbing spring-bolts
• The head gate will swing in or out to the full width of the squeeze chute minimizing the risk of hip-lock and providing your livestock with a clear, non-threatening, passage through the chute.
• The stanchion narrows above 48” but they remain parallel below this height. This is done to minimize the risk of livestock chocking if the animal should kneel down in the squeeze chute
• The head gate is sheeted to protect your livestock and focus their attention on the exit.

Ease of Operation
Before you begin working your animals you will want to set the neck opening for the size of cattle you will be handling. Quick adjust plungers on the top and bottom of the head gate make it possible to adjust the head gate opening on the fly (no tools required). The three neck stanchion openings available are 5”, 7.75” and 10.5” in width.

The self-catch position is quickly and easily set with the simple limiter chain (shown in red for clarity). Simply push the head gate in to the width that you want and draw the restraint chain in behind the head gate doors and latch the chain in the slotted key-lock bracket.

When you’re ready to release your animal from the squeeze chute simply push the release handle in the direction your animals want to go.

• If your animal is pushing on the head gate than push the release handle forward and your animal will push the head gate open to the width of the chute.
• If your animal is pulling than you release, or loosen, the limiter change and push the release handle towards the back of the chute. The head gate will swing fully into the chute providing your animal with an un-obstructed exit from the chute.

Quality Materials
Hi-Hog builds its products to work efficiently and easily for years to come. To ensure this can be done we select only premium quality parts.

• Extra heavy duty timing chain for smooth dependable operation
• Grease fittings on all hinge collars
• Premium arctic grade grease 
• Heavy duty 1/4" head restraint chain
• Heavy duty pigtails and chain clevis
• Coned and capped tubing
• All metal sheeting is caulked to reduce noise and vibration

Built in Safety features

The bottleneck in the stanchion prevents your livestock from throwing their heads up into the latching mechanism. Additionally, the stanchions also include two safety guards just above the bottle neck. These guards protect the locking plates from being accidentally released by a horn

To further control the head of your cow we have supplied a heavy duty restraint chain with pigtail chain retainers and chain cleats. The chain can be quickly set and released and is far safer than a rigid head smashing steel bar.

Additional Rope Cleats provide additional tie points

Future Ready

The head gate comes with mounting brackets already welded to the stanchion to allow you to easily add Hi-Hog’s optional neck extender.

Self-Catch Head Gate for PA Squeeze Chute

• Item Number 100
• Item Weight 295 Lbs
• Outside Height 76.5”
• Inside Height (Clear) 68”
• Outside Width including Handles 50”
• Outside Width of Head Gate Frame Only 39”
• Centers on Mounting Bolts 36”
• Number of Stanchion adjustments per side - Top 3 per side
• Number of Stanchion adjustments per side - Bottom 3 per side