Advice on milk trolley please
- Thread starter glow worm
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very handy, save carring buckets, more stable than the taller ones, very manoeuvrable. https://www.bing.com/images/search?...BAB8079C23A65953B0D030D2CE28029F0&FORM=IQFRBA
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- Dorset/Wilts
very handy, save carring buckets, more stable than the taller ones, very manoeuvrable.
I was literally just looking up that company and watching the vid for their milk cart.
Any ballpark £ figure on that
We use a trolley
Have a cut down 200l blue drum - holds 150l. Gives us a bit of a desk on the back of the truck to use for any buckets we use. Mixed with a cordless drill and plaster mixer.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Nobody ever heard of a milk pump and 32ml hose pipe !
HAH! She just dreams on!
jonny72
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Approx £1600 including mixer and discharge pump
I was lucky we paid £1450
I have one of these
https://www.holm-laue.de/index.php/milchtaxi?ln=en-GB#ad-image-0
It heat, pasturize, cool if you connect cold water, pump whatever volume you choose, mix powder, wash and drive itself around. It's expensive though. We like it a lot.
https://www.holm-laue.de/index.php/milchtaxi?ln=en-GB#ad-image-0
It heat, pasturize, cool if you connect cold water, pump whatever volume you choose, mix powder, wash and drive itself around. It's expensive though. We like it a lot.
Thanks for the info, and oh I do like!! I suspect the OH won't! What sort of price is it? I know manual ones are around £1600 but I suppose this is a LOT more expensive?
Suckndiesel
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- Newtownards
Have had an urban feeder here over 4 years now. It’s great, only problem I see with it is that the measuring is done on time rather than having a flow meter which means if your troughs/buckets are at different heights then the flow rate can be different, not by any big amount tho so not a major problem but depends how fussy you are!
It suits us well as we are ayr calving but if you were block calving with large groups of calves a simpler set up would likely be sufficient.
It suits us well as we are ayr calving but if you were block calving with large groups of calves a simpler set up would likely be sufficient.
I have the biggest one, 280 liters, without pasteurising. We mix a lot of powder and feed about 60-70 calfs in hutches outside 2 times a day. No work with mixing powder, pushing cart around or anything with buckets when feeding. Just select 4 liters, put the hose in the bowl and pust the button. then press forward till you are at the next one and do it again. We use it to give water also, so we use it for over 1000 liters every day. Now 40 kg girls can feed calves with ease.
I paid about 40.000 dkr for it. The smaller ones are cheaper, but i don't remember how much.
Pound is down to 8,29 dkr/pound - it was around 10 before the brexit vote. Thats about 4800£. So yes expensive, but worth it here.
Me to, really good!
We have a 110 litre Wydale and a 170 litre JFC. Both are easy to clean despite the large volumes and have large lidds to aid filling. The Wydale has two wheels on it so cant easily be moved when full but the JFC has 4 so can easily be pushed around full. Both are good bits of kit but only suitable for pushing around on concrete as the wheels are quite small. The JFCs handle is also slightly better positioned as I often hit my heels on the Wydale if I pull it behind me. Both are good depends how much capacity you need really. Each machine is connected to a heatwave so stay stationary most of the time.
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- Northumberland
We have used a 170litre JFC for 3 years without problem but have upgraded to a 200 litre urban milk shuttle. Driven wheels, milk pump, heating element, mixer and some other features mean the calves get the same amount of milk at the same temperature every feed.
My arms are getting like an orangutan and my legs are getting shorter like a hobbit from carrying 25l buckets to calves up a hill!
Mixing of powder needed, useful to heat water, too many sheds to pump to, Mrs vantage wants to feed calves, how much is something like this?
- Location
- North West
How much is that if you dont mind?
- Location
- Northumberland
I'll need to look back but about £6,000
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- North West
We've had some back luck with seals and motors on 110l and 170l jfc models. Other issues locally with them only solved by an independent electrician. JFC not interested in a brand new machine burning its motor out in a week claimed it was operator error. Funny we hadn't burnt the motor out in the one they leant us for 8 weeks while waiting for ours to be delivered.
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