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I've a cow who is a wee pest and sucks other cows. She's always done it... last year when she was a calved heifer I put a plastic sucking preventor on her. It worked until the points wore down and she learnt to flip it up and get into suck again. So this year i put one of the metal ones on her...

It never goes uphill either. Gravity can feed most of it, but there's one corner where the ground rises higher than the road. Cell grazing, so would need to get the water there. I'll have a look at these cheap petrol pumps. 🙂👍

I've a water bowser for carting water to a block of ground with no supply. I don't want to drive onto the field to fill troughs so I'm needing a way to pump the water from the bowser. What's my best means of doing this? Tractor powered? PTO, Hydraulic, 12 volt??

Thanks. McNaes sent me a letter telling me that they weren't servicing parlours anymore and 'Dairymaster would be in contact'. They never were. I'll get in touch with Mr McCormick 👍

I'm needing my dairymaster parlour serviced - West Central Scotland. The mob that installed it no longer have a dairy engineer. Can anyone tell me who would be my nearest dairymaster service engineers? Thanks 🙂

Planks. The sheet metal didn't last well... and sharp edges when it rots.

I'm looking to replace the metal sheeting on the skirts of the feed barrier gates on my calf house. Wanting to use wood instead - no sharp edges, longer lasting, able to bolt water bowls onto... What kind of timber should I be using? Would white wood be good enough and long-lasting enough do...

I'm lucky that the concrete wore quite evenly. It was a good job when the floor was laid 35 years ago... not too many 'joins', not so many weak spots. Always tried to keep it cleanish. Also it's a small pit so not much scope for traffic beyond reversing in & driving out.

I'm pleased with this... I guess the real test will be the photo I post in 20 years time!

I've been assured this quote is for a suitable product. There wouldn't be limestone in the mix in this part of the country anyway? 🤷‍♂️

"HRA"?? I didn't specify a specialist product so I guess this is just a standard asphalt? Would that be a problem?

Been quoted £28.5/m2 all in. Seems OK??

I'll be looking for advice about that, but this is available locally - https://www.breedongroup.com/products/asphalt/breedon-agricultural-hra

Thanks 👍 I've already had one recommendation for him.

Everything's a lot dearer now...... But first time in a few years that the pit has been emtpy.