Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
My builder guy is already on the job.
The haulage up here kills the precast cubices
Sucklers on cubicles
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The haulage up here kills the precast cubices
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Get us some pics when you get some made ! please.My builder guy is already on the job.
I did wonder, I can't remember where they came from TBO most likely a sale, Probably best to put them back in one
the trouble with our shed is the cubical bars hold the roof up at the moment so the uprights have to stay but I have plans to put a steel frame over the top then sort out underneath as funds allow
I may end up trying this, can I ask how deep the lying area is from the step to the wall and how many cows you can sensibly keep in there like that in comparison to one cow per 4 foot cubicalThought this might be of interest. Old cubicle shed still with beds but no divisions used at least half the straw of normal loose housing
Dave6170
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I am not sure yet if im going to go for the moveable 1s. He is also pricing up to fit permanent cubicles in our new bedded court. I never concreted the bedded area in it so hopefully it will be easy to kit it out.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Thinking of doing similar for my autumn calvers......................... one day.
Aspiring Peasant
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- Northern Pennines
From the step to the wall is 7ft. You would get 20 cubicles in there. In there I have 7 cows with 8 calves that were born last July plus 4 in calf heifers plus 5 yearling stores. They go outside for silage and creep
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
Heres his first prototype. Hes made a good job i think. I cant remember his reason for putting the hoop in the middle. He has to make a half panel for the start/end of the run
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Looks excellent , I've always thought the hoop in the middle wil be much stronger , and if you put rubber Matt on cow won't know she's lying on a joint.
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- West Yorkshire
Tidy job.
What sizes have you gone for in the end ?
What sizes have you gone for in the end ?
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
This for another farmer. I havent bit the bullet and ordered any yet. Dont know cost either. But i think hes made a really good atempt at them.
Dave6170
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He says there is an inch difference between back and front. Is that enough?
sheepwise
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- SW Scotland
Sit them up on a 3" timber purlin at front.The ones we used to have were done that way, stops them rocking on an uneven floor as well.
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- Devon
Mine have more than that. I'll try and measure if I get chance
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Vu
How thick are they ?
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
Dave6170
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- Watten, caithness
Bringing this up again. Would this work?
attach cubicle hoops the the shed wall and not make a raised bed? Maybe just rubber flat on the floor or even make a heel out of a timber purlin and fill the bed with sand.
attach cubicle hoops the the shed wall and not make a raised bed? Maybe just rubber flat on the floor or even make a heel out of a timber purlin and fill the bed with sand.
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- Buxton, Derbyshire
Chap near us, Simon Frost he was a farmers weekly moniter farm a few yrs ago, had cubicles with rubber mats on the floor for LimX sucklers. I visited whilst at uni (so about 8-10yrs ago) and it looked a tidy set up. Would need to be religiously scrapped out every day though, whereas with a heelstone it wouldn't matter as much if you missed the odd day. Not sure if he still has the same set up now.