Un-attended cow crossing .. for Robot system

onesiedale

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Derbyshire
I'm afraid that the only real answer is the underpass.
We've been 4 years in 'dialogue' with Highways over trying to get a double cattle grid crossing approved but they just don't want to say yes because there is that element of cattle being unsupervised which may cause an accident.
The spec. you're talking about will be expensive, so an underpass would probably be as cheap.
2.4m x2.4m x 1m tunnel sections are about £1300 each. So a 15m tunnel will cost circa £19k plus groundwork and planning/consultation approval. Plus any underground services interruptions.
I would budget 50-60k but if all went well then could be as little as 40k
 

Dragon

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Location
Cornwall
http://www.assetint.co.uk/?page_id=1776
6m pipe arch approx 5-6k. Can be installed on site.
No requirement for heavy lifting equipment. Lift plans get expensive which is what would be required on public road.
I'might trying to get cornwall highways to approve it which is a bit tedious to say the least.
A robot farm not far from here installed an underpass and he reckned approx 20k on a very sleepy back road 6yrs ago
 
http://www.assetint.co.uk/?page_id=1776
6m pipe arch approx 5-6k. Can be installed on site.
No requirement for heavy lifting equipment. Lift plans get expensive which is what would be required on public road.
I'might trying to get cornwall highways to approve it which is a bit tedious to say the least.
A robot farm not far from here installed an underpass and he reckned approx 20k on a very sleepy back road 6yrs ago

Is the 5/6 k just for the mould? I can't see on the website but I bet you'd need best part of 100 cube of concrete just to span a single track road.
 
Location
West Wales
3 Points:

1. You cows will not be "Robotic" even if your setup is

2. Cows will not walk far to drink so, not being "robotic" I very much doubt they will walk any great distance to be milked

3. I suspect you're more interested in willie waving about your new fancy setup than getting an answer to your question.

It’s fairly well documted that cows will walk a long way to come back to be milked because they enjoy it and get rewarded for it.
 
If you're walking cattle across a road that often, are the robots in the right place?

We walked cows across a road for 50 years because the parlour was on the wrong side of the road. :(

Thankyou..A very valid point and one that i spent some time working out.

In the final analysis a road crossing is unavoidable for the number of moos i want on my set up- and to give flexibiity when rotating new leys/ forage crops.

There can be nothing more dispiriting than building in the wrong place.. i don't want to visit that on my children..
 
3 Points:

1. You cows will not be "Robotic" even if your setup is
2. Cows will not walk far to drink so, not being "robotic" I very much doubt they will walk any great distance to be milked
3. I suspect you're more interested in willie waving about your new fancy setup than getting an answer to your question.

1. A figure of speech..:confused:

2.I have run a milking robot for a little under 8 years to endeavour to find out what the limitations on the grazing system there are..my cows..( and many many others experience will be the same) will walk 500 metres plus each way in a well designed set up- even having to walk up slopes.

3. ...:eek::eek: :troll:..? Just why be so unpleasant.. This forum is an awesome resource of both info and encouragement as is clear from the responses above.
 
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http://www.assetint.co.uk/?page_id=1776
6m pipe arch approx 5-6k. Can be installed on site.
No requirement for heavy lifting equipment. Lift plans get expensive which is what would be required on public road.
I'might trying to get cornwall highways to approve it which is a bit tedious to say the least.
A robot farm not far from here installed an underpass and he reckned approx 20k on a very sleepy back road 6yrs ago
Thanks Dragon..An intriguing solution but a slow one presumably and one that requires a frighteningly large quantity of concrete.?
The road i will be crossing is one of two roads that lead to the village and current farm location so there's a fair amount of traffic in and out.. more so when the tide is across the other road! The highways team are at pains to ensure that we never close the road..presumably tis system requires a huge ditch to be dug and then the steels etc fixed on site? Tricky to see on the website.
 

Dragon

Member
Location
Cornwall
Thanks Dragon..An intriguing solution but a slow one presumably and one that requires a frighteningly large quantity of concrete.?
The road i will be crossing is one of two roads that lead to the village and current farm location so there's a fair amount of traffic in and out.. more so when the tide is across the other road! The highways team are at pains to ensure that we never close the road..presumably tis system requires a huge ditch to be dug and then the steels etc fixed on site? Tricky to see on the website.
There not concrete back fill just Suitable hard core. the road would need to closed and reinstated to higher standard than was dug up . Yes a bloody big hole would need to be dug out. I'd imagine any underpass would require a closure or diversion of somesort.
 
What happens when the cows want to sleep on the road because the tarmac holds the heat through the night in Summer? :scratchhead:

I know of a gated road which is a public highway, no cattle grids and sucklers grazing between the gates. Only a single track back road though.
 

Kingofgrass

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The problem with under passes they fill up with water etc normally have to be pumped out all the time
 

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