Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment

We have available Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment that includes a Spin Doctor mounted in a 16-foot, solid panel alley way (see above photo). The equipment includes an 8-foot swing tub, a 2-way sorting gate, guillotine gates, and a weighing scale. The Spin Doctor is very useful for drenching, trimming hooves, weighing, doctoring sheep, etc.  The equipment is mounted on a portable 16-foot transport base with 15-inch wheels that can be pulled with a pickup truck with a standard 2-inch coupler ball hitch (tongue wt. 340 lbs.). Because it is excessively long and bulky (27’-6” long x 4’-6” wide x 8’ tall) it can not be transported over the Interstate or highways with certain restrictions. As a result, transportation of the Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment is limited to the following Kentucky counties: Casey, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley. Requests to use the equipment outside of those counties may be considered under special circumstances. SEKSPA members who use the Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment will be required to pay a maintenance fee and are asked to abide to the rules as listed below

The following YouTube links demonstrates how the Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment operates:

Contact the following SEKSPA administrators to inquire into the use of the Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment:

Sydell Sheep Handling Equipment was made possible as shared-use equipment by a generous donation to SEKSPA by Farm Credit Mid-America

Handling System Rules: