![]() You want a good corral design for getting cattle sorted and moved into a loading chute. They associate it with the working chute,” says Hamilton. Some people do that to save space, but the cows don’t want to go that direction and tend to balk when you try to load them. “Don’t put a loading chute alley on the same alley where cattle are moved toward the squeeze chute. That’s fine when the corrals are dry, but in winter or spring it gets muddy and slick (or boggy) and hard for trucks to get in and out.” The space for maneuvering a big truck may be limited unless the corral is large. Hamilton has a couple of tips for what not to do when building a loading chute. As long as you have a straight shot at it-so drivers can pull up and back into the chute-and not have a sharp corner when they pull out from the chute, it works ok.” Sometimes we have to do it in smaller spaces, but it’s trickier. “They really need at least 200 feet by 200 feet in front of the loading chute to easily turn around and back in there. The loading area needs to be big enough that trucks can turn around and back up to the chute easily. This may be a little tight for a big bull, but for cows and calves it works pretty well,” he says. ![]() “About 30 to 36 inches is probably as wide as you want it. You don’t want a chute too narrow for big cattle, but you don’t want it so wide that smaller cattle try to turn around.
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