But 50 cows @ £1 then his 240 cows @£1 he will be quids in......I'm sure there are some faults with @Irish NZ lifstyle, I'm just struggling to see them currently.
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20 : 40 Milking Parlour
- Thread starter Benr
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More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
That's the trouble with dairy farmers we never know when to stop at £1 liter I'd have 1000 cows
I'd certainly have hat car that the confused kiwi was drinking the other day.
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
but in utopia land the last thing i would be doing is scurrying up and down a 60 ft long pit
much rather they came to me and i could watch them as they circled around me
You'd get dizzy looking at your favourites spinning around
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
Irish NZ
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- Location
- The mighty Waikato NZ
Hey it not always a farmers version of lifestyles of the rich and famous.......
oh wait.... ignore the last statement.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
If you are getting someone else to do all the milking then a swing over.
But is a doubled up parlour not easier on the operator ie backs shoulders etc? If your going to be milking twice a day most days?
But is a doubled up parlour not easier on the operator ie backs shoulders etc? If your going to be milking twice a day most days?
See I always try and make any jobs for other people easier. That way you'd hope they stick about.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I know what your saying...I thought of a swing over was quicker it would make the job more appealing
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
If you think about the mechanics of milking, then for prep time there is a lot less dodging around plant with a swing over. Maybe be better for you than milking in a doubled up, although I've not milked in a modern doubled up.
kp_n_plghng
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For a given length of parlour doubled up is quicker. For one man I think its nice to have a short parlour less marching up and down and easier to fill and empty, but that's just what works for us. If your individually feeding in the parlour then for two parlours comparable in speed I would have thought they cost roughly the same? i.e. 30:30 vs 20:40...........I suppose the only down side with doubled up is more units to connect to the wash at the end.
kp_n_plghng
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Thinking about it more the above post is only true up to about 40/40 after which you would need to move to a rapid exit swingover. Best of both worlds. I wonder how one man would get on in a rapid exit 40/80???
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
The whole point of a swing over is combined efficiency of man and machine, no need for rapid exit for a swing over. The cows leave and refill while the other side is being milked, plenty of time. A swing over with autodipping is the pinnacle of herring bone parlour efficiency in my book. In certain parts of the world where legalisation allows the only operation is to cup the cows and walk to the next one.
You wouldn't get fat.
kp_n_plghng
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say efficiency of man and machine. Are you saying more efficient per unit? Are you saying you wouldn't need a rapid exit for a 40/80? For one man remember....
kp_n_plghng
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Just had a quick google looks like Dairymaster do one. Not sure about other makers.