Battery Powered Sheep Shears

[Ukjay]

The lister nova does it all, we bring that single animal back to the pens to do it if it's just 1. If more than 1 get that field in. Everything is trimmed straight after lambing and then a fly deterrent like Vetrazin( on something else now) which gives 6-8 weeks cover and the ewes get sheared end of May so it's no problem on them then, trim all backsides again in August and again mid December if it's a long wool type ewe.

But that kit costs more than some of the mobile shears?

 

[Nithsdale]

But that kit costs more than some of the mobile shears?

But it will last an awful lot longer.

We have a red Lister 2-speed machine dates to the 1950's gets used at shearing most years. Never misses a beat.

And until it fell, we had another dad bought when he was 20, he is 69 now...

 

[Al R]

But that kit costs more than some of the mobile shears?

I can't remember how much we paid for the Nova but I think it was 1994-1995?
I spent my childhood pulling that cord!
I'm not saying get a proper shearing kit, but unless your in it for the long run or on big numbers I wouldn't bother with clippers/daggers and just do the dirty ones by hand which you shouldn't have much of unless on clovers etc.. plus they get done by shearers once a year and the rest of the time use a fly derrant like vetrazin/crovext etc..