Sunday, June 25, 2023

some times a new invention is a innovation from already existing things, used together, in a new way. Like mounting a cattle neck clamp (used when checking individual cows, or getting them meds) onto a truck - for herding


I've seen ranchers herd cattle through the Arrowquip squeeze chutes, and the hyraulics are fast and secure, but I never conceived of putting something like that on a truck for catching running cattle 

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  1. Was funny watching the Bull flipping over the ATV at 3:52
    was hoping to see some details of how the thing worked.

    and its easy to forget just how desolate Australia really is
    roughly the same size as the continental US, but with the population of Florida.


    Interesting choice of music, I havent heard that song in years. it was a big hit when I was a kid,
    heres a link to the RamJam version from 1977,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
    which was a re write of a song released in 1939 by blues artist Lead Belly,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fii6PX0-VXs

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    1. I posted the newer Australian (Spiderbait) rock version of Black Betty a couple years ago, it's one of my favorite songs https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/10/coffee-and-donuts-video-for-morning.html

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