Another parlour output thread

[Daft farmer]

Im going to keep this simple to try and stop it ending in chaos!

Aim: 200 Cows/hour Cows 2x so roughly 3500l/hour

Labour: 2 milking, with cows brought to them

Prep: Foam, wipe, milk dip

Yield: 10,000l Plus

Limits: Cant Physically fit a rotary.

What Parlour?

36/36 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

My thoughts are this would manage 8 to 9 sides per hour so only 144/162 hour. Pros less building work, faster wash down, Cons units in way when prepping.

or

36/72 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

I would think 5 to 6 sides per hour Pros easier to get output, units out of way to prep. Cons more building work, high yield cows are lazy long parlour to fill. longer to wash.

Any opinions welcome, experiance of similar even better especially on high output herds!

 

[More to life]

One labour unit in any herringbone will struggle to do 100 cows an hour with full prep

 

[lazy farmer]

Can’t understand any reason what so ever to have a doubled up parlour.

 

[frederick]

Im going to keep this simple to try and stop it ending in chaos!

Aim: 200 Cows/hour Cows 2x so roughly 3500l/hour

Labour: 2 milking, with cows brought to them

Prep: Foam, wipe, milk dip

Yield: 10,000l Plus

Limits: Cant Physically fit a rotary.

What Parlour?

36/36 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

My thoughts are this would manage 8 to 9 sides per hour so only 144/162 hour. Pros less building work, faster wash down, Cons units in way when prepping.

or

36/72 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

I would think 5 to 6 sides per hour Pros easier to get output, units out of way to prep. Cons more building work, high yield cows are lazy long parlour to fill. longer to wash.

Any opinions welcome, experiance of similar even better especially on high output herds!

Neither parlour is big enough with high yielders to efficiently use 2 people.
Would need to be a 40 or 44 double up or 44;88. Otherwise you will have built a parlour for people to stand and wait around in.

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Could you put feeders in and make it rapid exit? Fast fill and unload then

 

[Will Blackburn]

I don’t think you should see 40 units on a doubled up as equivalent as 40 units on swing over. Should be looking at 40:40 against a 30:60 or pitching 54:54 against 40:80.
The only reason to consider a rapid exit is to overcome the real constraints of a doubled up configuration. Both have less bang (output) for your buck, than a swing over.

 

[dairyrow]

Maybe have 2 20/20 parlours instead and have a person in each. Have a big exit and use the same race way.

 

[lazy farmer]

Maybe have 2 20/20 parlours instead and have a person in each. Have a big exit and use the same race way.

Shedding?

 

[dinderleat]

I think @eulb has a 36/72 with 2 milking. I think you will struggle to get 200/hr with your yields and routine with out going rotary unless you go down the route of 2 herringbones but then you might aswell put a rotary in.

Why do want to milk 200 cows an hour though? 150 cows an hour would be more achievable with a lot less outlay

 

[Barmyfarmer]

I think @Thomas-milmain might be the man for this

 

[Headless chicken]

smaller rotary.

 

[pappuller]

Im going to keep this simple to try and stop it ending in chaos!

Aim: 200 Cows/hour Cows 2x so roughly 3500l/hour

Labour: 2 milking, with cows brought to them

Prep: Foam, wipe, milk dip

Yield: 10,000l Plus

Limits: Cant Physically fit a rotary.

What Parlour?

36/36 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

My thoughts are this would manage 8 to 9 sides per hour so only 144/162 hour. Pros less building work, faster wash down, Cons units in way when prepping.

or

36/72 Cows Stood 90 Degrees, ADF, Auto ID Milk Metres

I would think 5 to 6 sides per hour Pros easier to get output, units out of way to prep. Cons more building work, high yield cows are lazy long parlour to fill. longer to wash.

Any opinions welcome, experiance of similar even better especially on high output herds!

how many cows in milk in total ?

 

[Fergieman]

Can’t understand any reason what so ever to have a doubled up parlour.

Lack of length/space.

 

[lazy farmer]

Lack of length/space.

Short term gain long term pain. Knock a wall down.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Can’t understand any reason what so ever to have a doubled up parlour.

Feed to yield and auto id. It's an extra £30k+ in feeders probably to go swing over on a parlour this size.

£10k of that budget spent on a digger would soon make room for a rotary. That only has one feeder needed.

 

[dairyrow]

Our old rotary was crap with feeding on. Wouldn't want to be feed to yield in one.

 

[pappuller]

Short term gain long term pain. Knock a wall down.

Or build a new shed away from the steading

 

[Homesy]

Feed to yield and auto id. It's an extra £30k+ in feeders probably to go swing over on a parlour this size.

£10k of that budget spent on a digger would soon make room for a rotary. That only has one feeder needed.

And some . A friend of mine has just spent £32K putting feeders in a 26.26. The feeders alone are over £500 without mangers, pipes , controls etc

 

[dinderleat]

And some . A friend of mine has just spent £32K putting feeders in a 26.26. The feeders alone are over £500 without mangers, pipes , controls etc

Why not buy second hand I bought 16 of these for £100 each

 

[vantage]

Why not buy second hand I bought 16 of these for £100 each

Just the job, unfortunately I’d need another 30, the op another 70+ potentially.