PERKINZ. 6 stand ShearMaster working at Nareen in Victoria.

First day shearing crossbred ewes at Rangeview for Chris and Kate Dorahy on the newly released Perkinz ShearMaster. Doing good numbers and doing it easy - shearing doesn't have to be a drag.
The Perkinz ShearMaster is a genuinely cost-effective shearer-friendly alternative to traditional woolsheds eliminating the catching pen and can therefore allow for a multi-purpose shed.
Instead of catching pens, the ShearMaster delivers sheep to the shearer via a race delivery system which greatly reduces the distance the shearer needs to drag the animal.
The irrefutable laws of physics dictate that it takes less time and energy to drag a sheep half a metre than 3-4 metres.
If you’re shearing 250 sheep that average 80kgs in a traditional shearing shed you are either dragging 20,000 kgs about 3-4 metres, or you are dragging 80kgs about 800 to 1,000 metres - whichever way you look at it, it’s hard work.
And of course, when crutching on a traditional board that means having to drag even greater numbers of sheep - harder work still!
I’ll let you decide which system makes the most sense and the least effort!
For more information get yourself an Info Pack at www.perkinz.co.nz
PERKINZ. Making the wool industry better for the farmer, the shearer and the sheep.