You should maybe have a crack at doing your silage too @Bald Rick bound to be a big saving and no hassle........
Hauling your own milk
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ollie989898
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Did I imagine it or has he not got his own chopper anyway? Poor chap gets relegated to some bashed up old Deutz and the tedder though usually?
Might be mistaken and confusing him with another big farm poster though.
Now there's a thought ..............
To quote: It is better to have loved & lost than to never have loved at all.
TBH, we have to have partial collections - often during milking via a T piece - and we get a daily NML readout. The bacto is always elevated on the partial pickups for some reason
But we do run a glycol chiller (providing the milkers remember to start it up) which has the milk going in to the tank at 4 deg C max
@Bald Rick is like me,always questioning,If I posted about every idea ? I’ve had the forum would be clogged up.?
Wellytrack
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Wouldn’t have thought the dairy would want to see DIY haulage, but fair enough. If the haul is so close and outlay can be kept low there is scope for savings/profit with 36k involved.
Downside is as said tractor weight limits, your going to be hauling about 14000 litres a time rather than 28000 so two trips or one per day.
Downside is as said tractor weight limits, your going to be hauling about 14000 litres a time rather than 28000 so two trips or one per day.
Sorry i can't see how it would be cost effective? You would need 2 lorries minimum, the spare lorry would provide cover whilst the main one was in for inspections, garage time etc. You would need a minimum of 2 x hgv drivers again a spare to cover for holidays and illness. You would have more paperwork so more office hours, you would need a transport manager if you did haulage for others ....By the time you deduct the outgoings there is very little profit in haulage.
Additionally, once you've spent in the region of £2000 on an employee to obtain his/her hgv licence, he/she becomes more skilled so the hourly rate has to go up, which then upsets the remainder of the workforce.
Additionally, once you've spent in the region of £2000 on an employee to obtain his/her hgv licence, he/she becomes more skilled so the hourly rate has to go up, which then upsets the remainder of the workforce.
Who do you sell to?
Arla won’t take your milk unless they can unhook your hose from the tank and start pumping in 2 minuttes. I have two tanks, so they can collect when they want.
They will never take milk using the above descibed method.
Don't see the need for 2 lorries as they would have a full day for psv/repairs/garage checks etc, if he was on eodc. Loads of straw or feed can be planned around maintenance work.
The drivers would be employed on the basis that they would have to do other farm work when there was no lorry work. Covered by the 'any other duties' part of my work contract which means anything from sweeping the yard to cutting the lawn at the bosses house.
One of our livestock lorries has been with Scania all week with adblu issues, they have a tendency to break down. Therefore, having a back up is good practice.
I presume most farms already have staff who sweep the yard etc, employing a driver to carry out a duty which is already being carried out by another employee wouldn't really be in the best interests of the business.
Just my opinion, may make sense for others.
Tractor and drawbar hauling 6 miles. Apparently all (???) we need is DFCA (or summat like that) accreditation - which is the haulier "Red Tractor" scheme.
We will shortly be sending 5m litres plus/yr so if the creamery are charging even 1ppl, that's £50k alone in haulage but averaged across their milk pool, it would be more like 2ppl
Not to be sniffed at
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Sorry haven't read all the post presumed you were going to be using a tanker lorry.
That's a no brainer if you already have the staff and tractors
Hope your going to clean the milk tanker after
d williams
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It could also get him in trouble with his tachometer
When a drivers on break it means no work
Not really. Only 13600 litres a day. Medium sized farm these days
Fastrac 4220 using ball & spoon hitch and not much in the way of hills or long uphill/down dale drags but needs a lot of thinking through yet.
Just cogitating
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Be better getting a fendt and filling all you other machinery up when you get back to farm
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Let`s assume you a having a mega bad day. Your tanker has a breakdown. The dairy has no spare tankers to lift your milk. ( Its the spring flush & they are awash with milk ) You loose over £4000 ? Maybe not significant in the big scheme of things ?
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Someone above mentioned a tractor drawn capacity of 18,000l. So that’s 278 deliveries you’d need to make. Have you got that spare capacity?