Real Life, installed, running, new parlour cost.

Liam · Oct 28, 2016

Im interested to hear some real life examples of recent parlour installs to include concrete bulk tank etc?

I have heard of attractive parlour prices but by the time they are in and running i should imagine its almost insignificant?

Im interested to hear what you've put in but if we were to put one in it would be somewhere between a 10:20 and a 16:32. Our accountant gave a ballpark figure of £150k which basically writes off the whole idea of reinvesting at that figure!

Thanks

pappuller · Oct 28, 2016

are you thinking in an existing building or new build, basic or whistles and bells? handling facilities or just parlour ?
we put 3 new lely robots in a part existing part new build with tank room and office, came to around £450,000 all in. no drama

Irish NZ · Oct 28, 2016

@Beef farmer you were quoting 64k for a 24/48 yesterday. how much does that get you?

Blue. · Oct 28, 2016

Family member installed a new delaval last year, parlour alone 16/32 fully loaded was £90k same price as a basic milfos,westfalia was £120k

Agrispeed · Oct 28, 2016

12;24, Dairymaster, DeLaval, Milfos all around £35,000. Waikato £62,000

Very basic spec though, but front and back pneumatic gates, variable speed pumps. w/o that probably sub £30k.

You can put a parlour in very cheap, but the ceiling of what you can spend is almost unlimited. I was recommended that a parlour is £10k a point by someone!

I'm hoping to put a shed up, concrete, dirty water system, tank and parlour for less than £50k.

Sylution · Oct 29, 2016

You will find that 150k will go quite quickly. What is your farm transformer? 7k for a 50kva. Building and doors 20k, concrete 20k, gates and posts 1k. Labour on site for concreting 20k. Dairy ceeling and parlour paint 3k. Electrician 12k and generstor 2k. Now you need to price a parlour and tank. Just funished a project this year. Prices are guide only. 14/28 parlour and 8000ltr tank + heat recovery.

Sid · Oct 29, 2016

I think people get carried away when building new set ups with flashy gismos and gadgets.
I'm installing 2 second hand but completely refurbished robots , tank and associated building work for less than 120k in an existing building.

I'm looking for a profit not a medal for keeping up with the Jones's.
Our existing parlour was put in secondhand as well for sub 20k 10 years ago into an existing building.

Boysground · Oct 29, 2016

eulb said:
Family member installed a new delaval last year, parlour alone 16/32 fully loaded was £90k same price as a basic milfos,westfalia was £120k

5 years ago Delaval not even close to gea on price so the gea went in. 30.30 with some gadgets very pleased with it.

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jockthethistle · Oct 29, 2016

SID. when is start date for robot development. LELY DELAVAL OR MERLIN. and the reason for this extra string to your bow .. Price sounds attractive. all the best. jtt

Cookie · Oct 29, 2016

Liam said:
Im interested to hear some real life examples of recent parlour installs to include concrete bulk tank etc?

I have heard of attractive parlour prices but by the time they are in and running i should imagine its almost insignificant?

Im interested to hear what you've put in but if we were to put one in it would be somewhere between a 10:20 and a 16:32. Our accountant gave a ballpark figure of £150k which basically writes off the whole idea of reinvesting at that figure!

Thanks

I built a new parlour 2 years ago. 16:32 in a new shed, dairy in a renovated young stock building. It currently has feeders, a dump line and a seg gate installed and there are milk meters, auto ID, acrs and swing over arms sat in a loft waiting to go in.

Up to now I have spent 50k on it however this has only been achieved by building it almost entirely in house (it was built in 10 weeks start to finish and I lost 2 stone doing it). All of the kit that has gone in to it has been 2nd hand aside from a new feed tower. You will find that nothing depreciates faster than milking parlours so if you have the time look around. My bulk tank, water heater and plate cooler all came off eBay.

I was quoted 24k just for the stall work for a Dairymaster parlour. In reality it took 1k worth of steel, a couple of days of welding and a few hundred pounds to galvanise it all

My electricians bill was 7k, this included a new power line to the dairy. Buy absolutely everything yourself and chase all the wires in yourself, just get a sparky to hook up at either end.

Hope that helps

kill · Oct 29, 2016

Sid said:
I think people get carried away when building new set ups with flashy gismos and gadgets.
I'm installing 2 second hand but completely refurbished robots , tank and associated building work for less than 120k in an existing building.

I'm looking for a profit not a medal for keeping up with the Jones's.
Our existing parlour was put in secondhand as well for sub 20k 10 years ago into an existing building.

Probably a good idea for Liam to pm and visit yours for idea's as it's coming along real nice and looking very smart

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Other people's farms can really help in giving you idea's of what you need at home.

Sid · Oct 29, 2016

jockthethistle said:
SID. when is start date for robot development. LELY DELAVAL OR MERLIN. and the reason for this extra string to your bow .. Price sounds attractive. all the best. jtt

Looks like it will be dependent on electricity metre installation. Had to wait 10 weeks for 3 phase. Then and only then you get your mpan. Then you can apply for metre, 8-10 week wait atm.
So looking like end of November.
De laval robots and the reasonfor expansion is because my middle son wants to farm. Secondly and more importantly i have a market demand for the produce.

Beef farmer · Oct 29, 2016

Irish NZ said:
@Beef farmer you were quoting 64k for a 24/48 yesterday. how much does that get you?

You get a 24/48 fitted with batch feeders bin and auger system. Manual gates. But variable speed pump.

The cynic in me suggests that to obtain that price a deposit should be paid in the next few weeks, as the parlour fitters are hurting from lack of trade, and if milk rallies a bit which it has already l then the 10k will be stuck on the price.

There are a lot of projects put on the back burners 18 months ago. Mostly robotic, or grazing systems. Very few in between.

Beef farmer · Oct 29, 2016

Sid does that figure include the robots?

Sid · Oct 29, 2016

Beef farmer said:
Sid does that figure include the robots?

Afraid so.
Robots
Tank
Building work
Own labour
Wiring
Concrete
But not 3 phase or the farm!

Beef farmer · Oct 29, 2016

Sid said:
Afraid so.
Robots
Tank
Building work
Own labour
Wiring
Concrete
But not 3 phase or the farm!

That's the way to make robots pay. Good work.

You were a bit hard on the poor bugger you bought them off.
But business is business

Beef farmer · Oct 29, 2016

Irish NZ said:
@Beef farmer you were quoting 64k for a 24/48 yesterday. how much does that get you?

Also includes acrs.

kill · Oct 29, 2016

You were a bit hard on the poor bugger you bought them off.
But business is business[/QUOTE]

Sid bought them privately but had been advertised for a while so any one could have bought them and done the same.
I think getting them fully reconditioned is the clever bit as it's done first rather than last!

Sid · Oct 29, 2016

Running costs are going to be controlled by having spare capacity so out of hours callouts are minimal. Also by learning how they work, keeping spares and doing own repairs where possible.

Beef farmer · Oct 29, 2016

kill said:
You were a bit hard on the poor bugger you bought them off.
But business is business

Sid bought them privately but had been advertised for a while so any one could have bought them and done the same.
I think getting them fully reconditioned is the clever bit as it's done first rather than last![/QUOTE]
I know. Only a short trip up the road.

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