Load Bars 11,000 lbs

Heavy Duty Livestock Load Bars

These Heavy Duty Load Bars are engineered to handle the most challenging shock loads, making them perfect for weighing even the heaviest livestock in large chutes. Built for durability, the internal load cells are fully waterproof, protected from the elements, and contain no moving parts—ensuring consistent, accurate weights year after year.

QuickSpecs:

• Length: 39"
• 126 pounds
• Weight Capacity 11,000 lbs
• 2-year Manufacturer's Warranty

Key Features:

• High Weight Capacity: Designed to support loads up to 11,000 lbs, these load bars are ideal for heavy livestock and large cattle crushes.
• Durable Construction: Made from fully galvanized, corrosion-resistant steel, each bar is capped with heavy-duty mounting plates for stability and long-term durability.
• Enhanced Cable Protection: The 6-meter-long polyurethane cables are shielded by stainless steel springs to protect against impact and rodent damage, ensuring lasting performance.
• Waterproof & Weatherproof: Built to withstand harsh farming environments, the hot-dip galvanized steel chassis is completely waterproof and durable enough for any conditions.
• Easy Installation: Protruding load feet with mounting holes make it simple to secure the bars to the ground, while slotted top mounting holes allow for easy attachment to your cattle crush.
• Reliable Connections: High-quality, waterproof connectors with screw-on end caps ensure secure and protected connections to your weigh scale.
• Consistent Accuracy: Fully sealed, waterproof load cells guarantee accurate weight readings time after time, with no need for recalibration.
• Universal Compatibility: Works seamlessly with Gallagher Weigh Scales and is compatible with most other major brands—no calibration required.

Note: This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to cause cancer and reproductive harm. For more information, visit P65Warnings.ca.gov.

These load bars are built to handle the toughest conditions while providing precise and reliable livestock weight measurements every time.

Why is it important to weigh your cattle?

Weighing cattle as they grow is crucial, offering numerous benefits that help ranchers manage their herd more effectively. Monitoring cattle weight allows ranchers to track growth rates, ensuring that animals gain weight at a healthy pace. This data helps identify underperforming cattle early, which can indicate health issues, nutritional deficiencies, or parasitic infections, enabling timely intervention.

Weighing also helps in managing feed efficiency, allowing ranchers to adjust feeding programs to optimize weight gain and reduce waste, which is critical for cost management. Regular weight monitoring can reveal potential health problems, such as digestive disorders, respiratory issues, or even diseases like bovine tuberculosis, which often result in weight loss or stunted growth. By charting growth rates over time, ranchers can evaluate the effectiveness of breeding programs, identify genetic strengths or weaknesses in their herd, and make informed decisions about which cattle to breed, sell, or cull.

Additionally, growth rate charting is essential for tracking cattle's readiness for market or breeding purposes, helping ranchers meet target weights for optimal profitability. It also ensures that animals reach slaughter weight at the right time, improving overall herd management and efficiency.

How to Set Up Your Load Bars

Keep the following suggestions in mind when choosing a place for your load bars for a long-lasting, reliable, and dependable weighing station:

• Mount the log bars and platform clear of obstructions such as fence posts
• Make sure the site is level for accurate weights and to prevent scale and animal movement
• A concrete pad is highly recommended as a stable and level Foundation. The load bars may also be mounted to a heavy-duty board but must be strong enough for the weights encountered. It is highly recommended that the foundation extends at least 24 inches before the weighing platform. This encourages cattle to step onto the foundation before moving on to the weighing platform and will help reduce the amount of debris on the weighing platform itself.
• Be sure to prevent the load bars from falling into a recessed trough or depression that can fill with water and mud. This Will adversely affect the scale and the weights
• Note that for safety reasons, the low bars must be on an even surface and adequately secured to the weighing platform.

Load Bar Installation

1. Position the load bars on the foundation to suit the platform or crate. The load bars should be located as close as possible to the ends of the platform or crate.

2. Ensure that the load bar feet sit flat on the board or concrete pad.

3. It is recommended that the load bars be secured to the foundation. To secure the load bars, follow these steps.

• Mark the load bar feet holes on the foundation.
• Drill and fit fasteners to suit the type of foundation. Dynabolts can be used with concrete foundations; bolts, nuts, and washers can be used with board foundations.
• Tighten the fasteners to secure the load bars to the foundation.

4. Attach the crate or platform to the load bars using the fasteners supplied

Ensure that the load bar chassis does not twist or distort as the fasteners are tightened. If the load bar feet do not sit flat on the foundation, grout or pack the surface to suit. Do not use an arc welder on either the platform or the load bars. The use of an arc welder may damage the load cells.

Key Questions to Ask When Purchasing Livestock Weigh Bars

1. What is the weight capacity of the weigh bars?

   Ensure that the weigh bars can handle the maximum weight of your largest animals, including the added weight of the cattle crush or platform.

2. Are the weigh bars durable and weather-resistant?

   Ask if they are built with corrosion-resistant materials like galvanized steel and if they can withstand harsh environmental conditions on a farm.

3. Are the load cells protected and waterproof?

   It's important to know if the internal components are sealed and waterproof to ensure long-lasting, reliable performance in wet or muddy environments.

4. How accurate are the weigh bars?

   Check for accuracy and consistency in weight readings, as well as any guarantees for long-term accuracy without frequent recalibration.

5. Are the weigh bars compatible with my existing equipment?

   Make sure the load bars are compatible with your existing cattle chute, weigh scale, and any other equipment you plan to use.

6. What is the installation process?

   Ask about how easy or difficult it is to install the weigh bars and whether they require any additional mounting hardware or modifications to your setup.

7. Is cable protection included?

   Verify if the cables are protected from impact, rodents, and general wear, which can affect performance over time.

8. What kind of warranty or support is offered?

   Inquire about the warranty coverage for repairs or replacements, as well as ongoing customer support for troubleshooting or setup assistance.

9. What maintenance is required?

   Ask about any necessary maintenance or calibration to keep the weigh bars functioning properly over time.

10. Can the weigh bars handle shock loads from large animals?

    Ensure the bars are designed to handle sudden, heavy impacts from large or restless livestock without affecting accuracy.

It's important to answer these questions before purchasing your livestock weigh bars to ensure that you get the proper equipment for your needs. Please be sure to contact Barn World if you have any questions or would like help determining which system is best for your operation.