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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7463245" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>but it Cleary shows you don't have to spend a fortune on a parlour to start milking again. We went back into milk in 2007, the old herringbone parlour, had been removed and converted, we couldn't find a 2nd hand h/bone, but found an abreast locally, measured up, made the step up to match, with sterling board, poured the concrete, bolted down the abreast, and away we went. We made the decision, we had a very tight window to do it, it was 4 weeks, from thinking about it, to the tanker arriving, we used that parlour for 3 years, till we replaced with h/b. The total cost of putting in the abreast, including bulk tank, was £5,000, plus a lot of hard work by us. But a simple parlour, even a shippon, though some processors ban their use, can be incredibly cheap to install. Disagreeing with many, a keen/dedicated person, could very easily get into milk production, without spending a fortune, perfectly good cows, go through market rings, with a 'fault', light, 3/4, slightly lame, or 'senior', for a lot less than a £1,000, if you were prepared to sit on your hands at dispersals, sound, but faulted cows, as above, could be bought for £5/600. I suspect the hardest part would be the buyer. We were lucky, local cheese maker had ours, and not fussy about cc, we bought a lot of cows sub £450, milked our suckler hfrs, not pretty, but got us going. Now 24/24 hb, and 180 cows, that, we could never have done, without the 'cheapy parlour' and 'ugly' cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7463245, member: 86168"] but it Cleary shows you don't have to spend a fortune on a parlour to start milking again. We went back into milk in 2007, the old herringbone parlour, had been removed and converted, we couldn't find a 2nd hand h/bone, but found an abreast locally, measured up, made the step up to match, with sterling board, poured the concrete, bolted down the abreast, and away we went. We made the decision, we had a very tight window to do it, it was 4 weeks, from thinking about it, to the tanker arriving, we used that parlour for 3 years, till we replaced with h/b. The total cost of putting in the abreast, including bulk tank, was £5,000, plus a lot of hard work by us. But a simple parlour, even a shippon, though some processors ban their use, can be incredibly cheap to install. Disagreeing with many, a keen/dedicated person, could very easily get into milk production, without spending a fortune, perfectly good cows, go through market rings, with a 'fault', light, 3/4, slightly lame, or 'senior', for a lot less than a £1,000, if you were prepared to sit on your hands at dispersals, sound, but faulted cows, as above, could be bought for £5/600. I suspect the hardest part would be the buyer. We were lucky, local cheese maker had ours, and not fussy about cc, we bought a lot of cows sub £450, milked our suckler hfrs, not pretty, but got us going. Now 24/24 hb, and 180 cows, that, we could never have done, without the 'cheapy parlour' and 'ugly' cows. [/QUOTE]
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