Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Has anyone had any problems with any items purchased by portequip regarding the paint quality been very poor?
Poertequip paint quality?
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pauld
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- Location
- Pershore Worcestershire
When you see red lambs in market you know someones bought one of their hogg feeders
- Location
- Shropshire
Yes, our bull hoppers seem to be more beige than red now as the primer is revealed
Awful , virtually non existent after a bit of use.
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Hogg feeder after 1 year losing paint.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
What I should of said was on a calf creep we purchased new off them the paint is peeling off in large lumps after only 4 months use….after contacting portequip they admitted it was a faulty supply of paint
Well that’s been going on for a long time, Have they just noticed?
M-J-G
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Is it empty or are they slow learners?It's calf creep feeders which the lambs aren't even getting feed from here
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
the paint is the least of your worries with their stuff 
good designs but jesus made of the lightest steel your could ever make something from .
good designs but jesus made of the lightest steel your could ever make something from .
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
dudders
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- Location
- East Sussex
Paintwork is the first way manufacturers turn for skimping to save money. My Wessex topper, bought as an 'ex-demonstrator', is shedding paint like a snake sheds its skin. It just comes flaking off all over the place. But for creep feeders, same as hayracks, I'd only buy galvanised, just because of all that rubbing. Not that today's gal is much good either...
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Only thing is that sheep in particular seem to leave a rustproof grease on rubbing areas.
HasthorpeGrange
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Slightly off topic but how many calves to a creep feeder?
We work on 25-30 big calves
Not so sure about good design either. Top hangs low in middle, on ours meaning standing rain on top. Let's not start on the adjuster slides that you need a hammer to move (from inside), or the midway stiffener that you have to climb out and over to adjust the other end of the slide. Or the fact that it is 4" too narrow for a telehandler bucket, meaning you always spill some.the paint is the least of your worries with their stuff
Should have bought the Watson, but didn't 'cos it was few shillings more money
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I have a good few things i wished i had bought other make as well.Not so sure about good design either. Top hangs low in middle, on ours meaning standing rain on top. Let's not start on the adjuster slides that you need a hammer to move (from inside), or the midway stiffener that you have to climb out and over to adjust the other end of the slide. Or the fact that it is 4" too narrow for a telehandler bucket, meaning you always spill some.
Should have bought the Watson, but didn't 'cos it was few shillings more money
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
To be fair it's only too narrow for your size of bucket, there's no such thing as a standard telehandler bucket.Not so sure about good design either. Top hangs low in middle, on ours meaning standing rain on top. Let's not start on the adjuster slides that you need a hammer to move (from inside), or the midway stiffener that you have to climb out and over to adjust the other end of the slide. Or the fact that it is 4" too narrow for a telehandler bucket, meaning you always spill some.
Should have bought the Watson, but didn't 'cos it was few shillings more money
livestock 1
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Hogg hoppers are just the same. Too narrow for a normal bucket on a telehandler badly thought out. Watson much better