Best electric hydraulic foot crush?

[JPM]

Looking to update the dairy foot crush, we get a guy in monthly to do the routine work but do approximately 3 cows a day ourselves.
What make would folks recommend?
Would like to have a fairly decent spec.

 

[frederick]

Just waiting upon delivery of one of these hopefully late next week.

ekochute electro hooftrimming crush EkoChute Electro - Eko Hoofcare

The Ekochute Electro Hooftrimming crush. Electric automation in all functions for ease of trimming. Fully loaded with special features

ekohoofcare.com

Optimistic it will do job well but we were limited as the scrape passage is past the right side we have to be able to get front foot holder out the way.

Will report back when weve played with it.

 

[Weare Cham]

Appleton Steel

Appleton Steel, Chutes, Dairyman, Dairyman Classic, Appleton Ultra Pro, Dairyman International, Wisconsin

www.appletonsteel.com

 

[epfarms]

There’s a heap of them around the £5k mark. They’re pretty good mostly, they look like they’re out of the same factory regardless of brand.
The Northern Engineering rollover are quality, especially good if you can get them on a grant. Another option is to buy a second hand Wopa - second hand will still probably outlast a new budget electric/hydraulic

 

[vantage]

Appleton Steel

Appleton Steel, Chutes, Dairyman, Dairyman Classic, Appleton Ultra Pro, Dairyman International, Wisconsin

www.appletonsteel.com

My foot trimmer has a UK made version of this. Not sure at £50k+ that it’s economic to trim 3 cows a day, 15 an hour is about trimming speed with it!

 

[frederick]

There’s a heap of them around the £5k mark. They’re pretty good mostly, they look like they’re out of the same factory regardless of brand.
The Northern Engineering rollover are quality, especially good if you can get them on a grant. Another option is to buy a second hand Wopa - second hand will still probably outlast a new budget electric/hydraulic

Problem with grant when I looked was minimum spend. Yes I'd get 40% of my crush but still had to spend nearly 3k on something else I didnt need.

 

[JPM]

Problem with grant when I looked was minimum spend. Yes I'd get 40% of my crush but still had to spend nearly 3k on something else I didnt need.

Are those grants just in england? Sometimes they don’t make it to Scotland[emoji28]

 

[epfarms]

Problem with grant when I looked was minimum spend. Yes I'd get 40% of my crush but still had to spend nearly 3k on something else I didnt need.

But if you wanted one of these £5k crushes, which are a great investment in my opinion, getting it for £3k is a no brainer?

Are those grants just in england? Sometimes they don’t make it to Scotland[emoji28]

Not around right now I don’t think but they should be Scotland as well I think? At some point recently I think they had 50%+ grant on handling systems no?