Britmix milk feeders - fantastic service.

[neilo]

Was going to post this last week, but never got round to it.

I have had a Britmix automatic lamb feeder for a long time, probably close on 20 years, and have been very pleased with it. Last weekend we had a power cut, followed by an hour or so with much reduced voltage (lights were all dim). When I got out to the shed, I found the electrics had tripped out, and investigation showed it was the milk feeder that was tripping them. I narrowed the fault down to a solenoid the water valve, which had buggered itself up, presumably from the low V.

Being early on a Sunday morning, and knowing that Britmix have unpredictable working hours, I rang and left a message on the answerphone, asking them to ring back the next day if they were in the workshop (at Church Stretton, about 30 mins away). I had a phone call at about 11am on Sunday, and had a chat about the part I needed and he offered to meet me at the workshop on Sunday afternoon. We met up as arranged, sorted the replacement part, had a long chat about his machines, and I was back with a working machine by 4pm.

Superb service from a true gentleman and way above and beyond what I would expect. If anyone is looking for a calf/milk feeder, I can thoroughly recommend the machine, the company and the service provided.

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

Yep some years ago needed one of their feeders and they came up one easter weekend and set it up for me nice people to deal with

 

[johnb5555]

Can I ask which model you have. Just looking on their website 2 of the models only hold 12.5kg of milk powder soon be gone when plenty of lambs on

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

We have the 2000 model but it must be at least 15 years old now.I may be wrong but think it holds 25kg, even with 60-80 lambs a hopper full will last through the night. We tend to only fill it up with small amounts in case a leak in a pipe or a joint comes apart when nobody is around amazing how much milk can come from a small pipe

 

[Bob c]

picked this up this afternoon

see the optional extra @neilo

 

[neilo]

picked this up this afternoon

see the optional extra @neilo

Second mixing bowl? What’s that for?

 

[Nearly]

We had 4 if those with the kids.
Cheaper to buy rolls of 6mm car screen wash hose than milk pipe.

 

[Bob c]

Second mixing bowl? What’s that for?

new ones come with two bowls,.......can clean one when you have a spare 5 mins
the added tap in to hot water tank

 

[neilo]

new ones come with two bowls,.......can clean one when you have a spare 5 mins
the added tap in to hot water tank

Only takes a couple of minutes to clean it anyway, that’s all part of the beauty of the Britmix IME. Far easier/faster to clean than any other machine I’ve ever used.

Handy having a warm water tap right in the lambing shed though.

 

[Bob c]

already seem 8 pets lamb for sale £5 each
good job they are to far away

 

[Nearly]

new ones come with two bowls,.......can clean one when you have a spare 5 mins
the added tap in to hot water tank

Mixing bowls clean well in house dishwasher.

 

[Bob c]

Mixing bowls clean well in house dishwasher.

has been said already
dont tell the mrs

 

[Nearly]

We had a dishwasher on the farm for all the kit.

 

[neilo]

I have a sink with hot water in the shed, which cleans the mixing bowl in 5 minutes. It would take longer to walk to the house to put it in the dishwasher.

Some folks like to make things complicated....

 

[Dr Evil]

already seem 8 pets lamb for sale £5 each
good job they are to far away

Had the same thought myself- although I don’t think @Penmoel would appreciate it!

 

[Penmoel]

Alex at Britmix is a real gent and a character, very helpful.
The machine is nice and simple and works well. I am afraid though it’s a machine which will never pay for itself in reality. It does do the lambs well and saves a few hours every day for a month or two for someone, usually mrs p

As for buying pet lambs to put-on it
If they were free I would not be keen