People that use flush pans under crates HELP

[AndreB57]

I have 5x7 crates and I want to get flush pans so I do not have to scrape under them. Right now I just have the woven wire under them and it goes onto a concrete slab. Can I buy 5x7 flush pans and use the same crate decks, or do I need to buy frames that go with the flush pans. I guess what I'm asking is if the flush pans are universal to all 5x7 crates. And how are they connected to the crates. thanks for any info you can provide me with.

[buckibri]

Purchased flush pans years ago.

Best day of my pig life was when I decided that idea was bad and tore them out and have been been pulling crap from under crates ever since.

Hope I have saved you money and wasted labor. No commission expected.

[AndreB57]

So, what you are saying is not to get them and scraping the floor is less of a hassle?

Just making sure I'm reading your sarcasm correctly.

[buckibri]

Yep.

[apalizay8]

Don't have experience with flush pans but what we have is raised crates with a pitched floor towards a gutter behind the crates. It keeps everything dry with the pitch to the gutter and scraping the crates is a very easy for us so I have never seen the benefit in the flush pans.

I also know a few people who have used them and quickly removed them and never gone back to them.

[dtdkt]

We set up and take down our crates every year due to needed space. We have always used flush pans under the crates. last year I did not put one under 1 crate and it was more of a pain and mess to cleaning up for us. Using the flush pans allowed us to it the stuff away for the barn.

[valmcb]

We are newbies but last year with our 1st litters we didnt have flush pans and just scraped it out daily. We purchased flush pans and used them with these last litters and will never go back!!! Attached the drains to a long flexible hose and had those hose ran out a ways where it just flushed out downhill at our place. Every couple days open the drain and hose it out a bit.