Milking parlour either side of road.

[Demolition Man]

This is going to sound completely nuts, but I'm trying to figure out how to avoid crossing road with milkers. Its a new site so can put a parlour anywhere and thinking I could build two parlours one either side of road. One side would have parlour and bulk tank and the other just a parlour and pump. Would it be feasible if we had a culvert under road to run a milkline to opposite side into bulk tank?

 

[Demolition Man]

 

[Demolition Man]

I take it milkline on what I just found above means the pipe that carries the milk?

 

[Happy at it]

Is an underpass not possible?

 

[pappuller]

How big are the two blocks of ground ? How many coos ?

 

[Demolition Man]

Underpass a possibility but would have to re-route stream going under road so probably a very very expensive job. I guess a second parlour even without bulk tank will be expensive too, hey ho what to do ?

 

[Demolition Man]

60acres either side milking 200 grass rats.

 

[Demolition Man]

Croon concrete do Precast box underpass sections whuch look interesting. Probably need to get a civil engineer in to have a look.

 

[dairyrow]

Is it a main or minor road? Could you not just put some cattle crossing signs and some cattle grids in?

 

[Bipper]

2 parlours seems massive overkill for 200 cows, surely just crossing the road would save a huge amount on labour.

Either underpass or grids, how major a road is it? If yo can’t cross it with cows they aren’t going to be keen on you digging it up either.

Might be cheaper to bore a pipe through and buy/rent a bail fir when you absolutely have to milk on the far side.

 

[Demolition Man]

Its a minor back road and I guess crossing would be easiest option. Just worried about the odd nutter that hurtles along it. Few weeks ago a nutter crashed into contractors spreader as he was turning in and tilped it over.

 

[chaffcutter]

Could you get permission to put a traffic light set up with white lines etc which would make it much safer to take them across the road?

 

[yin ewe]

Definitely underpass, spoke to someone who put one in 3 years ago, reckons it was the best money he's ever spent. Used to take 3 people and 2 vehicles to stop the traffic and get the cows across the road 7 days a week. Says it's great to be able to dander out and bring them in on his own.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Ok ok I know it's a bad idea and it would never work but,,,,,,,,

How about building a milking parlour on a widened purposes built chassis and about as long as you need it, I know it would be a fair old width and length to shift it, but if wheels were mounted at the back corners, and a hydraulic drawbar on front to tip it up as it were to give a meter of clearance at pivot point it would not really bottom out on the ground,
Now build a shed each side of the road complete with collecting yard and milking pit, (the mobile parlour would have no pit just an open hole, feed a big duct with water, electric and milk line it to a central tank room by side of road, ) feed bin at each shed with auger to back of pit, and on parlour trailer have auger up each side to feeders, with a small hopper at the back fed by bin auger on limit switch,
All water and milk conections in pit, and electric conections from above,

If trailer to carry the parlour was going to be to big to move depending on what size you want it, then make each side on separate trailers,
Disconnect electric, water and milk line, and hook up to tractor and move to other side of road,
The trailer would sit on the concrete, and pit would be part of building floor,

Only need to buy 1 parlour that way, yet it is movable from site to site,, and parlour building in winter not used, cold be used as a shed for winter months,


Will it work ?, don't know, but if at later date you wanted a proper parlour, it could be hired out or sold

 

[Cows 'n grass]

This.

 

[Beef farmer]

Definitely underpass, spoke to someone who put one in 3 years ago, reckons it was the best money he's ever spent. Used to take 3 people and 2 vehicles to stop the traffic and get the cows across the road 7 days a week. Says it's great to be able to dander out and bring them in on his own.

What was farmer crossing? The M6

 

[delilah]

Ok ok I know it's a bad idea and it would never work but,,,,,,,,

How about building a milking parlour on a widened purposes built chassis and about as long as you need it, I know it would be a fair old width and length to shift it, but if wheels were mounted at the back corners, and a hydraulic drawbar on front to tip it up as it were to give a meter of clearance at pivot point it would not really bottom out on the ground,
Now build a shed each side of the road complete with collecting yard and milking pit, (the mobile parlour would have no pit just an open hole, feed a big duct with water, electric and milk line it to a central tank room by side of road, ) feed bin at each shed with auger to back of pit, and on parlour trailer have auger up each side to feeders, with a small hopper at the back fed by bin auger on limit switch,
All water and milk conections in pit, and electric conections from above,

If trailer to carry the parlour was going to be to big to move depending on what size you want it, then make each side on separate trailers,
Disconnect electric, water and milk line, and hook up to tractor and move to other side of road,
The trailer would sit on the concrete, and pit would be part of building floor,

Only need to buy 1 parlour that way, yet it is movable from site to site,, and parlour building in winter not used, cold be used as a shed for winter months,


Will it work ?, don't know, but if at later date you wanted a proper parlour, it could be hired out or sold

isn't there some guys in Dorset do this, a milking bail for the 21stcentury they take around the farm following the cows ?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

isn't there some guys in Dorset do this, a milking bail for the 21stcentury they take around the farm following the cows ?

Rather different I think, as think it is built up a height so milker can stand on the ground, where as this would be low to ground, and pit below ground level

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Prospect farming with the mobile set up wasn't it?
One mobile gotta be cheaper than 2 static at a guess.

Cowsngrass set up above is the way to do it though.

 

[betweenthelines]

Why not a bridge for the cows, if an underpass is not on?

16' 6" clearance needed, but if it's a minor or wt restricted road, you may get away with less. Just make sure the tanker will get under!