Here are the majority of our sheep penned up and ready for their maintenance.  You can see that they are nervous.

There are three older Shetland ewes (Heidi, Wilma and Moni) in their nursing home pen.

Plus there are two lame Shetland wethers (Hazelnut and Huey) in their pen to keep their feet dry.  And then there was only wily Shetland ewe Jemima who refused to get caught in the pen.  So she was our first (victim?) on our new stand. Here she is all winched up and ready for hoof trimming and copper bolusing.

Here is the front view  We are using our old head-piece.

Here is the view from the back.  It was fairly easy to move them onto the stand from the back and move them to the head stand to be secured.  Then winch them up.

Here in the winch mechanism.

Here is Tanya, our Gotland mix ewe, on the stand.  She is a fairly tall sheep, and the stand did not get tippy at all with her on it.  And you can see how I do not need to bend to trim her hooves.

And here is one of our shortest Shetland sheep, Harlen, on the stand. I still do not need to bend much at all to do his hooves.

Here I am with Bambam on the stand.

The biggest hazard we had was the chickens.  They like to eat the hoof bits as they fall to the ground.  So you have to be careful when you bring the stand down that you do not accidentally squish one of them.

The height was even good for Tom to give the copper boluses.

Here is Hodor on the stand.  He was not being terribly cooperative, and Tom threatened to make him into a White Walker.  I may have been tired at this point, but it made me crack up.

And here is our Cotswold Dete, our fattest sheep, on the stand.  It held her up well too, and there were not problems with winching her weight up and down.  There was one other funny thing Tom said (again I may have been tired).  I thought it would have been nice if we had heated up our wood fired hot tub to use after the maintenance.  He said he would get the gardener on it.  I laughed so hard.

And here is Wendel, another of our short Shetland sheep getting his head piece adjusted for his height.

So the new winching stand was a resounding success.  The only change we will make is to cut the length of the head-piece so the bottom of it does not hit the ground when we are winching the stand down.

Tom is willing to make one for you too for $400, if you are interested.  He is also planning on using these concepts to make a winching stand for his motorcycle.  So you can let us know if you are interested in a custom stand for items other than sheep.  As we continue to get older, this stand is going to be a back saver, and we are completely thrilled with it.