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Jon Mollhagen

Moly’s founder, Jon Mollhagen, is a rancher through and through. He grew up on his family’s fifth-generation row crop and cow-calf operation in the Smoky Hills outside Lorraine, Kansas. Long days of working beside his father and fixing equipment instilled a set of deep roots, firmly planted in the prairie soil.

At 19 years old, Jon got the opportunity to start a custom farming business, operating on worn-out farm equipment and doing whatever it took to get by, eventually working himself up to 10,000 acres in the area.

Early on, Jon found it was much more viable and cost-effective to build his own farming equipment. His innovative spirit and determination drove him to create the first product sold by Moly Manufacturing, LLC – the Trans-Corral. This revolutionary corral was designed to be collapsable and portable and could be pulled by a single pickup truck.​

After the initial success of the Trans-Corral, Jon found himself swamped with requests from his customers to develop a hydraulic squeeze chute to pair with the corral. Taking these points, he set out to build the SILENCER® chute, the product that put Moly Manufacturing on the map. The quiet, equalized pressure system was one-of-a-kind, focusing on animal and operator safety. It was a brand-new take on the squeeze chute, and it soon gained immense popularity with cattle producers around the country, even internationally. The SILENCER® became the flagship product of Moly Manufacturing, known by all as the industry standard in livestock handling equipment.​

Since the release of the SILENCER®, Moly has continued to grow its following, as well as its product line. Products such as the TurretGate™ and the All-Purpose Corral™ have further improved cattle operations around the world. These releases have served to solidify Moly’s reputation, as well as propel the world of cattle production into a new era of innovation.

When Jon sold his first Trans-Corral in 1987, he had no idea that his little corporation would grow to what it has become. It is his hope, as well as that of the entire company, that with the same level of hard work and dedication, we can build a better future for cattle production.

Testimonials

"SILENCER® hydraulic chutes and equipment are a game changer for the cattle industry. Jorgensen Land & Cattle would not be marketing over 6,000 bulls annually without SILENCER® equipment."

Cody Jorgensen, Jorgensen Land & Cattle

"The folks at Moly Manufacturing are great people to work with and the equipment is so easy on cattle -- keeps them quiet and safe. With Moly equipment, you really minimize potential injuries on the cattle and your crew."

Leo McDonnell, Midland Bull Test

"As a producer and a rancher, you always pay attention to the technology that’s out there. You’re always watching for the tools that will make your operation the most efficient, and through my research, I’ve decided that Moly and the SILENCER® chute was the way that we were going to go on our ranch."

Lamar Steiger, Owner, The 808 Ranch

"Probably the biggest selling point for me initially on this chute was the bottom squeeze. At that time we ran a lot of 200-pound calves and then we would also run thousand-pound calves and the ability to adjust from a 200-pound to a 1000-pound calf quickly was a selling point for my first chute purchase. I just love the ability to hold any size animal in here."

Jerad Johnson, J&J Cattle Company

"Being a veterinarian, we are lucky that we get to utilize Moly equipment at our vet clinic — the whole TurretGate™ system, the alley, the SILENCER® chute — we absolutely love it. It’s the best chute and quite frankly it’s probably the number one system, in my opinion, in the nation."

Dr. Peterman, Veterinarian, Lyons Veterinary Clinic

"Once you get the TurretGate™ closed, the alleyway runs itself generally, you can just have someone walk by the bulls in a reverse fashion and they’ll keep walking forward. The SILENCER® chute also makes it super safe for me. I do all of my semen testing sitting down. I’m reaching under the bull from the front and with the bottom squeeze and our brisket bar that comes up, it makes it so safe for us as veterinarians to reach those bulls and not get kicked. My back is to the bulls and I never feel like I’m in a place where I’m going to get run over or hurt."

Dr. Laura Rawlings, Veterinarian, Animal Clinic Ltd.

"We use the All-Purpose Corral all the time. It’s so much easier to use than to set up pens in the pasture. We haven’t used our portable panels since we got this product. Takes five minutes to set up and even less time to catch cattle using the corral. It also loads so nice and easy."

Lance Cline, Cline Cattle Company

"We decided to go with the SILENCER® just because of the reviews. This is a large industry, but it’s also very small. You can find out everything you need to know in three phone calls. We called around asking what other people had and what they would recommend, and we kept getting the same answer over and over and over – and it was SILENCER®."

Grant George, Chico, Texas

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