Genius Portable Cattle Race System Explained (Challa Station WA)

Farm Learning with Tim Thompson | 20 November 2025 | Back to All Videos
A full cattle handling system you can move across 20+ trap yards.
Ash Dowden from Challa Station shows the portable race setup that saves huge time and money.

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In this deep dive, Ash walks through his $50K all-in-one portable cattle race, including loading race, drafting gates, crush, scales bay, trap yard setup, and the electric trailer leg upgrade.
Learn how this system lets remote stations handle cattle faster, safer, with far less labour and why it outperforms traditional yard setups.

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cattle crush demonstration
drafting gate setup
portable loading ramp for cattle
how to process cattle efficiently
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WA pastoral cattle handling
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Challa Station cattle gear
DSY Engineering cattle equipment

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📍 Location: Challa Station, Western Australia
👤 Featured: Ash Dowden
🏷 Products Mentioned: DSY Engineering Portable Cattle Race, Chinese panel yard system

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00:00 Heat & intro
00:41 What is a portable combo cattle race?
01:30 Why one unit serves 28 trap yards
02:00 Electric trailer legs upgrade
03:10 Crush setup & micro-switch safety
04:25 Why a $50K portable race saves money
05:10 How trap yards feed into the system
06:15 Cheap replaceable yard panels
06:55 How cattle flow through the spears
07:50 Backing the race into position
08:36 Dropping legs & removing wheels
09:30 Setting up gates for loading
10:20 Drafting gates and safe work area
12:50 Running cattle through the system
14:10 Weighing, tagging & processing
15:00 Packing up the system in 15 minutes
15:10 Final thoughts & DSY Engineering