How do you concrete a parlour floor ?

Headless chicken · May 27, 2015

We used a conveyor like multi power suggested. Cheaper than a pump think it cost us £100. I know times are hard but that's better than killing yourself with a wheel barrow.

Remember you need rebar in the floor as well so you would have to push against that constantly

Cookie · May 27, 2015

multi power · May 27, 2015

SilliamWhale said:
Sorry I didn't realise it was 30m away. I'd slip the concrete driver some cash and ask him to wait as long as you need

ALWAYS give the driver a good tip

multi power · May 27, 2015

newholland said:
right, who do I go with?.........somebody else said 6 x blokes wheel barrowing 30 meters distance for 20mins does a 6m2 lorry, by which time the blokes will be exhausted.

Nothing worse than having a panic with a concrete lorry

ffs im lazy and unfit but i could manage to keep wheelbarrowing a lot longer than 20 mins

Ditch clipper · May 27, 2015

It's only 6 cube of stuff...roughly 100 barrow loads. Two or three barrows should clear the lorry in no time. You wouldn't need mesh or rebar in a parlour floor unless the concrete is very shallow..

Fergieman · May 27, 2015

Wheel barrows.

newholland · May 27, 2015

Thanks for pictures @Fergieman Did you do the standings first and then when dry barrow concrete along each side and tip over the edge at intervals into pit?

Did the tracked dumper work well for the concrete?....or was it a faff about?

@Headless chicken ......how far did you get the conveyer to reach from back or lorry?.....fully agree about not dropping a ball...wet concrete and not enough people is hateful.

thanks for pictures @Cookie .....looks a tidy job....guess that is dairymaster maybe?

Forever Fendt · May 27, 2015

newholland said:
right, who do I go with?.........somebody else said 6 x blokes wheel barrowing 30 meters distance for 20mins does a 6m2 lorry, by which time the blokes will be exhausted.

Nothing worse than having a panic with a concrete lorry

make them wait as long as it takes they will want to rush of and do nothing and leave you to it take your time you got to look at it for a long time

linga · May 27, 2015

Ditch clipper said:
It's only 6 cube of stuff...roughly 100 barrow loads. Two or three barrows should clear the lorry in no time. You wouldn't need mesh or rebar in a parlour floor unless the concrete is very shallow..

When headless said rebar he meant mesh and that was in for earth bonding to ensure no stray current problems.
We had two people on barrows , one leveling and one floating . We used a conveyor but that didnt reach all the way down. I think the conveyor was maybe 30 foot.
It didnt take long but the driver was helpful

Fergieman · May 27, 2015

@newholland we used the tracked dumper for the stone and hardcore. For the readymix we used the wheel barrows much quicker. Laid the cow standings first with mesh in which was welded to the pit edge for earthing it all. Laid the pit last and made a ramp down at one end with boards and run the wheel barrows down into the pit.

countryman765 · May 28, 2015

Himack over walls with hired concrete bucket on end then powered screed

Headless chicken · May 28, 2015

@newholland not too sure how far it reached as I was away the day they laid it luckily! But i think it went a fair way to it. Even better if you could get it in both ends.

As someone stated yes mesh as aposed to rebar very important for earthing!

countryman765 · May 28, 2015

Weld mesh to legs etc to help earth too. Why need to earth modern parlours so well I don't know. We spent 50 years in old herringbone without any weldmesh in floors and know problem s

Headless chicken · May 28, 2015

Electronics in the parlour is a lot of the parlour a lot more potential for stray voltage. Have you still not got data flow going yet @countryman765 ?

countryman765 · May 28, 2015

Still waiting for some fitting to Be done. Auto id panel s are in on entrance to parlour but not been finnsh ed yet.there is a beeper on them beeps as ear tag goes past works great on first side then crappie after. I thought it was interference from milk pump but turned it off when second side came in with no improvement

Cows 'n grass · May 28, 2015

Sounds rather like my ATL pegasus drawing gate. When you're watching and testing it, it seems to start off fine then when you actually try and use it, it catches about half the cows you tell it to. Did you put a shedding gate in too @countryman765?

Blue. · May 28, 2015

Cows 'n grass said:
Sounds rather like my ATL pegasus drawing gate. When you're watching and testing it, it seems to start off fine then when you actually try and use it, it catches about half the cows you tell it to. Did you put a shedding gate in too @countryman765?

Isn't that all shedding gates?

I wouldn't have bothered with mine if I knew how crap it was going to be.

multi power · May 28, 2015

Cows 'n grass said:
Sounds rather like my ATL pegasus drawing gate. When you're watching and testing it, it seems to start off fine then when you actually try and use it, it catches about half the cows you tell it to. Did you put a shedding gate in too @countryman765?

The atl shedding gates here are very good. Tend to get extra cow rather than miss them

Damo · May 28, 2015

newholland said:
Good Evening,

How do you physically go about getting the volume of wet concrete into a new milking parlour to do the pit floor and also the cows standings?.....the building and walls are there already.

What have other people done? @Cows 'n grass @countryman765 @eulb @Headless chicken @Princess Pooper

a)Do you just need to find 6 x big blokes with wheel barrows?..... maybe promise a wheel barrow full of cider if they can manage 6 cubic meters lorry in 20 minutes?......how long does it take to empty a concrete lorry using wheel barrows?

b) do I try and hire some kind of small mini dumper which will drive along the standings on top of the mesh maybe?

c) A concrete pump? - if so what is the cost to hire one please? - how much faffing about is one to use......is there much "waste" of concrete left in the pipes?

d) any other ideas?.........15m telehandler with an auger bucket boomed in either end?

e) Hire a slurry tanker ?

20 barrow per cubic meter roughly ,on a regular barrow . Couple men wheel in hr or 2 no bother

Damo · May 28, 2015

Hi any you guys know if there is difference in gaskets for a straight 6 john deere and a turbo'd on

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