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That and people see grant and buy something. Doesn't mean it will suit you or your farm.
Look at a system THEN look for a grant
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Look at a system THEN look for a grant
Limefield
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- Northern Ireland
Does anyone know the rough cost of the new Lely A5?
I still think robots properly managed make a very good job for most farms. Certainly any friends I have with them certainly seem very happy with them and they would tell me the truth warts and all.
I still think robots properly managed make a very good job for most farms. Certainly any friends I have with them certainly seem very happy with them and they would tell me the truth warts and all.
surprisefarmer
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- North West NI
I was quoted £133,000 for a top line A4, then told a new A5 would be roughly £6,000 more, exchange rate dependent.
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If I had my time again I would go for a basic robot, our a4 has a weighfloor, cell count indicator and stream flush. Personally I could manage without all 3, 2 are switched off as all I want is an automated milking machine, I manage the cows
surprisefarmer
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Starting to explore the Delaval route now and then make my choice, I would like to get going with all the work I have to do and not deliberate too long.
@pappuller , do you mind me asking what your yearly running cost for your A4 would be; service contract/service, electric, water, Chemical packs etc
@pappuller , do you mind me asking what your yearly running cost for your A4 would be; service contract/service, electric, water, Chemical packs etc
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We have 3 a4s with a herd of 180 cows producing 2m litres, our annual water bill is .5ppl, electric is .8ppl, basic service contract which only covers all routine service visits and service consumables, no other parts or labour is included, works out at £2600/robot/year or .35ppl. Consumables and parts/breakdowns will probably add another .5ppl so overall around 2ppl or£40k a year but we dont employ anyone and we produc e 15% more milk than in the parlour.we have v few callouts and do most repairs ourselves
holstein654
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@surprisefarmer make sure you’ve been and seen the de lavals I know of several people that have had a very hard time with them granted they went in about 3-4 years ago and might be better now. All the guys I know with lely seem happy. What is included in that price and how much is the basic machine 133k is a lot more than I thought they cost.
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- Northumberland
- Location
- South Molton
Fair enough.
Point i was trying make is that some are only looking at robots due to the grants.
Heard a certain red one had over 100 quotes out at the moment.
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- South West
DocPhil001
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- Holsworthy, Devon
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- South Molton
2 less quotes now as told them NO the other day!!!!!.
Well i heard the 100 was for quotes....not individal robots!
Which would you say is true @DocPhil001
100 robots or 100 farms?
DocPhil001
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- Holsworthy, Devon
Robot Jon
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- North Devon
160 Red Robots been quoted for. Thats just in Devon and Cornwall by one centre!
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- North yorks
I know of a couple of quotes locally for 10+ robots, 100 quotes nationally would be very believable.
Hopefully with all these new robots being sold on the grant schemes and a new model out, 2nd hand price might drop. secondhand A3 nexts (about 8 year old) still seem to be changing hands at 50k
I think I paid around 120k for our robot 6 years ago, I suppose exchange rate hasn't been helping over the last couple of years. Was talking to someone who is going into milk and had priced Delaval, Fullwood and Lely, he said the first two were over 20k cheaper than Lely.
Whilst initial cost is a big factor, I'd also want to make sure that backup is up to scratch as imo getting breakdowns/services done quickly and efficiently is as big a factor as initial cost.
We priced another manufacturer and when we asked them about breakdowns the answer was ' we wont see you stuck', didn't exactly fill us with confidence.
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If half of those quotes go in you will be stuck don't matter which colour it is!
There ain't the trained installers or service staff around. Its not a 2day course to learn about it either!
supercow
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- Dumfriesshire
Delavel parlour would have been about 20k cheaper initially, but their local backup screws the hell out of you once it's in. So many farms have left the local service operator round here. Your right the service and back up is as important as the parlour itself
I can relate to that, almost 9 years in and have always had engineers on site within half an hour, however the standard of knowledge and ability have at times been below my expectations. Top notch robot engineers are like rocking horse sh....!