What blades to clip cattle backs
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- Northumberland
Coarse blades for the explorer. 21/23 set.
Use the Heiniger Coarse blades. But a word of warning they will suddenly go blunt and won’t cut anything. You can clip one bullock and then the next one can be impossible. Other than that good clippers.
Clipper blades are one particular bane of my life! Along with clippers. You're right though once they go blunt they're useless! At least with cows nobody is going to see them unlike a horseYou can lube them all you like but once they stops cutting they stop.
You may tell me I’m not lining enoughbut I oil up every 8 cattle.
Now that’s a good question. Do you have any recommendations? I have collected enough needing sharpening to make it worthwhile.
- Location
- North of Perth
I use these
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Can't believe anyone still tries to clip dirty or sweaty cattle with cattle blades. Get a sheep head on your clipper and use sheep combs and cutters.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Sheep head and use a Heineger Shattle comb and ordinary sheep cutter.
- Location
- Near Colchester
Same comb and cutter as last year, I am not after a hairdressing award, clipping out 40 plus calves and 80 or so tails, a few flanks and so on.
Ordinary sheep blades.
Ordinary sheep blades.
- Location
- Near Colchester
Horner.
Little squeak
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- Location
- Lancashire
Doe's everyone clip their cattles back "because they have always done it that way" or has anyone carried out a trial to see if there is any difference. when I bought several pens of stores at this time of the year some came clipped and some didn't, at that time I didn't notice any difference in proformace and never clip any of my own. I am sure farmers who clip will say it's much better for the cattle but is there any proof?
- Location
- Near Colchester
I had to get the cattle indoors in a hurry last week, managed to clip some and still haven't finished.
The unclipped calves are a sweaty mess in the mornings always makes the bedding wet but also the risk of pneumonia.
can get one that will take makita batteries now as well.
- Location
- North of Perth
I don't normally clip mine.might do the spring born calves tomorrow will see.
clipper sharp up cully /uffculm way or if sheep shearing cutters and combs closer George Mudge up over from Mary Tavy,they might do the finer as well but i don't know.
or do you know Roger Cole? he will sharpen shearing gear always a busy chap on his own though.
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Thanks for thatclipper sharp up cully /uffculm way or if sheep shearing cutters and combs closer George Mudge up over from Mary Tavy,they might do the finer as well but i don't know.
or do you know Roger Cole? he will sharpen shearing gear always a busy chap on his own though.
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