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Any body had experience of these feeders? Look like a nice idea, not had a price yet but wondered if anyone had seen them in use
We put in a new DeLaval parlour 3 yrs ago and installed the Hanskamp pipe feeders in it. Really quite like them. We've had zero issues with them, each pipe holds about 20kg of nuts and they dispense a nice steady trickle over the duration of milking. Will post a picture or 2 tomorrowAny body had experience of these feeders? Look like a nice idea, not had a price yet but wondered if anyone had seen them in use
@ClusterClean Systems is your company you need for feeders
Thanks @newholland
We are installing the Hanskamp pipe feeders today. Also auto id and new troughs.
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The pipefeeder is a cracking design, with its stainless steel feed hopper pipe.
The feed only falls the last foot out of the feeder so they are quiet.
It won't drop food if it is hit by the cow.
Motor that is mounted at the top (cover removed) the motor will automatically reverse to unblock it's self.
It also doses about 80 gram per rotation so keeps dropping a small amount of feed through the milking to keep the cow entertained.
The auto Id can be stand alone or linked to Parlour software like uniform agri.
Might be a really saft question,but where does the meal come from to fill the pipe? Looks a good simple robust design though. Oh forgot to mention,how much?What sort of cost are they? They look very good
Might be a really saft question,but where does the meal come from to fill the pipe? Looks a good simple robust design though. Oh forgot to mention,how much?
Should the drop pipe not be outside the parlour??
The hell the signs for my man??View attachment 470700 View attachment 470698 View attachment 470696 Some pictures from our parlour and feeders which are in 3 yrs now.
As has been mentioned, they're simple, quiet and the cows soon learn that hitting them a good dunt yields no reward. The top picture shows the view from below.
This area needs to be given a clean every few months as it will cake up and block completely if it is left.
Aren't you aware how dangerous a profession farming is, elf n safety of course . Never underestimate the desire for a farmer to take the biggest risk possible (speaking with experience, as someone who thought they could beat compressed air and the rear parlour gate, my head lost!)The hell the signs for my man??