We are currently building new cubicle housing for 100 cows and are at a crossroads with regards to scraping out.
My dad wants to install a lely/jos slurry collector
I would prefer to install Storth rope scrapers
My brother would prefer to scrape the building out with the machine.
Any thoughts?
Anyone got any second hand ones that definitely work they want rid of?
Or alternatively
Anyone got any ways to get them spinning again? I'm collecting quite a pile of them that are seized as the one below, Anyone successfully managed to get them spinning again?
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture, Cormac McKervey, has highlighted the growing impact of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on dairy and livestock farms across Northern Ireland.
“This is a genuine threat,” he said. “The footprint of the disease continues to...
Would anyone know of any Dairymaster parlour feeders second-hand please.
We had 20 steel ones which are 30 years old, replaced 10 with plastic hoppered model a couple of years ago, could do with another 10 to finish off.
Thanks
Anyone use milkrite cluster and the cluster exchange service?
I currently have delaval clusters and have been using genuine delaval liners. The replacement liners have gone up alot in price and I have been offered the milkrite cluster exchange for not much more money.
Anyone use milkrite...
Looking forward to attending Dairy Tech on Wednesday the 1st of February. The Farm Deals team will be on stand B103, next to Daykin Partnership, opposite Dairymaster UK. See you there.
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 🙂
We have a little abreast milking parlour (Alfa laval). Does anyone have either of the parts shown below that I could buy off you please? One is a claw (just the top plastic bit will do) the other is a runner part that fits underneath the milking jar
Hi all,
I am from a family dairy farm milking 350 cows in Northern Ireland and have just completed my first year at Harper Adams University, studying Agriculture with Farm Business Management. To bridge the gap between the end of term and the start of harvest I am arranging to see a few newly...
Today we finished putting up a concrete slurry store.
For the last month I have had a glimpse of the life of a construction worker.
So after bank holiday Monday they got into the car at 3 am Tuesday morning and arrived on site at 9.
They then worked from 7.30 till 5 every day until following...
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I'm currently running a 16x32 Dairymaster parlour. It has two vacuum pumps, there is a lot of extra vacuum produced and this makes the vacuum regulator in the parlour make a lot of noise. Just wondering if anyone has this issue, not sure if the regulator can be relocated or if a variable...
We are milking for more than 3 hours at the moment with an extra 150 heifers to calf in the next 12 months.
I'd like to milk 200 cows an hour. Holsteins 9500litres+ average so 30-33 a day. Currently do a mix of foaming/washable wipe on fresher calvers and soaked washable wipe on the rest.
I...
What make are others running? Currently got Dairymaster in and for some reason we go through motors and control boards for fun. We’ve bypassed a pile of it but the motors are a problem we can’t get around.
having a quick google I can replace the whole system with choretime feeders before...
We have a long center feed pass in one of our sheds. We fill it with silage with the loader and what is left in the middle that the cows cant reach has to be graiped in by hand to each side.
I'm getting fed up with it.
Has anyone got any ideas how to make it easier?
Have thought of a V plough...
We are aiming to start milking in May 2022 so are looking for a Delaval or a Fulwood Parlour and any other equipment such as cooling equipment, bulk tanks etc.
We are interested in a swing over parlour - minimal of 10/20
it must be in good order - preferably under 10 years old but others...
Hello All!
I know this is possible - as I worked on a farm (in the USA) with no milk pump for a year... However, no dairy technician in the UK has been able to assist me with this...
The crux of this is, we want milk to travel from the receiving jar straight into the cheese vat. Our milk is of...
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