Abreast parlour price

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Jdunn55

Member

Location

Helston, cornwall

• Apr 4, 2019

• #1

Just wondering how much people think they are worth? Theres one coming up for auction fairly local to me at the end of of the month but not sure how much they are worth? It's a 6 abreast parlour. Looking to milk my own cows in the future (within the next 5 years but ideally asap) not bothered by numbers and would rather start small (about 20ish cows calving/year) and grow to 50 when money and land allows hence why a little abreast parlour would suit. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

jondear

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2019

• #2

Scrap price.

 

jondear

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2019

• #3

Location ?we have a 7 complete bale

 

I thats it

Member

• Apr 4, 2019

• #4

can you get a contract for so few litres? unless you've a plan to process your own it's a non starter for me. Sorry

 

Blue.

Member

Livestock Farmer

• Apr 4, 2019

• #5

Saw one make £26 a few years back,as posted they aren’t worth much.

 

Slippery Slope

Member

Location

The dark side (of the Blackdown Hills)

• Apr 4, 2019

• #6

As above, scrap price unless someone like me sees that it's got all the valves, switches, acrs etc that are like hens teeth to find and then it's value could treble! (So still not that much value)

 

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Jdunn55

Member

Location

Helston, cornwall

• Apr 4, 2019

• #7

I thats it said:

can you get a contract for so few litres? unless you've a plan to process your own it's a non starter for me. Sorry

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I can get a contract so long as I'm producing a minimum of 1000 litres every other day. Want to have pedigree holsteins doing 9000 litres/lactation. So at 18 milking (3-4 dry) 9000/305 = 29.5 x 2 = 58 × 18 = 1044 litres. This would be bare minimum numbers and would hopefully be a few more

 

Farmer Keith

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Location

North Cumbria

• Apr 4, 2019

• #8

I payed £3500 for a 11/22 swingover herringbone in 2011 and moved it here. It’s a very cheap way to get milk from cow to tank but don’t underestimate the time taken to move a parlour.

But as said above it’ll be worth scrap price, but if you can get into milking without borrowing a fortune you’ll be half way there! Good luck!

 

Horn&corn

Member

• Apr 4, 2019

• #9

A lot less than scrap price because of the time to remove etc. Bought an old 16/16 for £300. New 3phase compressor was worth £1500 on its own. Used the ADF here and sold most of the rest.
Keep it as intact as possible and use a couple of loaders etc to move it. Welding it all back together takes a long time!

 

Princess Pooper

Member

Location

East Mids

• Apr 4, 2019

• #10

Where are you? (it helps if it is in your profile). The stallwork on ours is not worth saving, but if you (or anyone else) need any other bits as spares you are welcome to them from ours (Fullwood / Gasgoine) free to a good home. We have several 6 or 7 gallon jars ready to move - another farmer is having some but we've about 12 and we'd rather they helped several people as he is probably not using them all for the parlour anyway. The only thing we would want any money for is the cluster flush system (6 milking points) as that has only seen a few year's work.

 

jondear

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2019

• #11

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celtis man

Member

• Apr 4, 2019

• #12

jondear said:

Location ?we have a 7 complete bale

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Mm what shed an all?

 

jondear

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Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2019

• #13

celtis man said:

Mm what shed an all?

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In shed currently but remove it and put it in a field if desired.

 

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celtis man

Member

• Apr 4, 2019

• #14

jondear said:

In shed currently but remove it and put it in a field if desired.

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We are kind of looking as currently milk 50 through a cow house with a pipeline if we go that route it needs to be a good one.

 

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BiomassMan

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Caithness

• Apr 6, 2019

• #15

jondear said:

Location ?we have a 7 complete bale

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Have you got any photos? Im based in the midlands and after. If its all working I would be prepared to travel

 

jondear

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 6, 2019

• #16

BiomassMan said:

Have you got any photos? Im based in the midlands and after. If its all working I would be prepared to travel

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Trouble is it's legs have been concreted into standings it has sliding metal doors.will try and get some pictures.

 

chaffcutter

Moderator

Arable Farmer

Location

S. Staffs

• Apr 6, 2019

• #17

We made our original abreast from a complete 8 place bail, had feed loft and shovel feeders originally, we cast the step base, dragged it on, removed th back skid and dropped the legs Into sockets we thin concreted in. Roofed it back to a shed with clear sheet, it was a very cheap parlour to put together.

 

jondear

Member

Location

Devon

• Apr 6, 2019

• #18

Did very similar ^

 

Stevethemeat

Member

• Apr 6, 2019

• #19

I bought an abreast parlour back in 2001 paid £100 for parlor £50 for the tank and moved it bit by bit in the cattle trailer after all new rubbers etc and refrigeration concreate and getting walls done the total cost to start milking was just over 2 grand
I know prices have increased on some things but it’s not that difficult to do and first months milk cheque from 30 cows covered it

 

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BiomassMan

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Caithness

• Apr 6, 2019

• #20

Stevethemeat said:

I bought an abreast parlour back in 2001 paid £100 for parlor £50 for the tank and moved it bit by bit in the cattle trailer after all new rubbers etc and refrigeration concreate and getting walls done the total cost to start milking was just over 2 grand
I know prices have increased on some things but it’s not that difficult to do and first months milk cheque from 30 cows covered it

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Thats the idea iv got if I can find a salvageable parlour.