Parlour mats

[Mr Mackay]

We had parlour mats from Quattro, glued down with resin and fixed with the sort of hammer fixings pictured above.
Top job !!

 

[Sid]

Why put mats down for cows? Soft feet? K don't really understand.
Surely their feet will never wear and need trimming?

 

[thewalrus]

They are a great job a must for any parlour
Also they reduce the noise levels

 

[thewalrus]

Why put mats down for cows? Soft feet? K don't really understand.
Surely their feet will never wear and need trimming?

Better grip than concrete we've a fairly old parlour before the mats anything moving too fast could easily lose gripping mats have solved the problem. Even when cows are being milked a get a shunt from cow behind the extra grip helps them stay on their feet

 

[TheRanger]

Why put mats down for cows? Soft feet? K don't really understand.
Surely their feet will never wear and need trimming?

Parlour matting in the parlour and at the parlour exit is a necessity, not a luxury.

Cows have a better grip in the parlour, so go down less often. If they do go down it's a soft landing. When they turn 90 degrees to exit the parlour it damages their feet on concrete, not on rubber mats. The cows also will walk into the parlour more easily as they prefer standing on rubber matting than concrete.

 

[Sid]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

 

[thewalrus]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

I'd not say unacceptable just aged

 

[Philip Watkins]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

Most parlours I've worked in the surface is good but the tight sharp turns would be unacceptable these days.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

Would you rather walk barefoot on concrete or have something softer to stand on ?
It's a bit like the difference between cheap wellies & expensive wellies for cows.

There should be plenty of concrete outside of the parlour for the cows to stand on.

 

[The Happy Herdsman]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

I think he's saying they were becoming unacceptable so instead of pouring new concrete he was able to install rubber flooring to make good the existing set up. Concrete doesn't last forever, especially with milk and dairy chemicals attacking it twice a day, every day.

We recently put easi fix matting in. Cows love standing on it and it has made a big difference in drawing cows into the parlour. Hell even i prefer standing on it compared to bare concrete.

 

[Mr Mackay]

So what your saying is the surface and the exit route of your parlour are unacceptable?

Maybe he is saying that concrete , regardless of if you have caborundum in it to assist grip ,is no match for well designed and installed rubber matting!
Our old herringbone has an side access door , that means the cow need to turn 90 degrees on entering .
When milking commences , it meant all that shoving and pushing could end up with a cow down , but now they are assured in what they do in and around the parlour.

Simples