Advice need on milking parlor

[jdh]

Hi all would a fullwood vacuum pump fit in and work a somerset five aside parlor as bought the parlor to find vacuum pump is missing

 

[Buddy123]

We have a fullwood vacuum pump that works a 6 aside parlour. Ask your parlour technician, im pretty sure it would

 

[Blue.]

Hi all would a fullwood vacuum pump fit in and work a somerset five aside parlor as bought the parlor to find vacuum pump is missing

Yes how many do you want? Got 3 fr3's spare here

 

[jimmer]

depends on the size of your pump and whether you are doubled up or swing over whether you want to expand in future
as eulb says a fr3 will run a 12 unit parlour no probs
we got a couple of 76's and a old 74 knocking about

 

[cattow]

got some glass jars if any one wants them

 

[jdh]

just found out the pump i have been looking at is a fr2 will it do or is it to small

 

[cattow]

we had a f3 then a q4 on our 6/12

 

[Thick Farmer]

Get a bigger parlour now. You will be suicidal milking in a 5 a side.

 

[Flossie]

Get a bigger parlour now. You will be suicidal milking in a 5 a side.

Not if there are only 30-will whizz through them

 

[jdh]

to right only got 15 cows to do each end of the day to produce milk for our calf rearing unit got fed up with doing them one at a time on a single machine

 

[cattow]

to right only got 15 cows to do each end of the day to produce milk for our calf rearing unit got fed up with doing them one at a time on a single machine

you'll have 100 cows before you know it

 

[jdh]

that would be good but thats a lot of calves to feed and we are already struggling to find a nought bull calves to fill up the shed for this year hardly any coming through melton at min

 

[caveman]

Dont calves suck on cows tets round your way then?

 

[jdh]

yes but gave up on multi suckling a long time ago as cows would not let the calves suck with out someone stood with them and it was to time consuming, so we decided to milk them instead and bucket feed the milk which was a plus for use as it stopped the calves getting kicked to death and each calf gets a set amount of milk.

 

[Thick Farmer]

Cull the cows and use the money to buy some milk powder and a calf machine.

 

[milkloss]

Cull the cows and use the money to buy some milk powder and a calf machine.

+1

cruising for a bruising imo!

 

[le bon paysan]

Cull the cows and use the money to buy some milk powder and a calf machine.

But tea/coffee would taste funny!

 

[jdh]

done that one apart from cull the cows.Found calves do a lot better on cows milk there stronger more health and less prone to picking up infections than when they where on powder milk and cost a lot less to produce.

 

[jdh]

tea with out milk would be un drinkable for me

 

[Shep]

Personally i'd put a robot in to milk the cows and pipe the milk directly to an electronic calf feeder, hey presto you got a practically labour free rearing system........ I'll get my coat