Pulsation, vacuum level and cow health

[PDB]

Question: what are people’s experience of different parlours??

I am looking for good udder health, reliability and as quiet as possible.

I currently run Dairymaster equipment which milks cows out fine, but noisy. I have read a bit on the forum about reed pulsation- is there just one parlour with it on in the uk? And if it’s so good why doesn’t everybody have it???

 

[In the pit]

I know someone who’s fitting it soon

 

[Triangle]

Fullwood here pulse turns off with acr cant rember the shell name but 38 on the end of the liner part number and vari speed vacume can me a erealy quiet parlour when theres only a couple of cows left on especially as our old one had 2 pulsators for each side not individual mastitis and udder health is better now

 

[Martyn]

Question: what are people’s experience of different parlours??

I am looking for good udder health, reliability and as quiet as possible.

I currently run Dairymaster equipment which milks cows out fine, but noisy. I have read a bit on the forum about reed pulsation- is there just one parlour with it on in the uk? And if it’s so good why doesn’t everybody have it???

I know off a couple of parlours in Cornwall/Devon using Reed Pulsation.
We looked at fitting but there was one importer who was useless with communication!

 

[jondear]

Our delaval has pulsators that are connected to acr so off when not attached .That and now with varivac and vari milk pump so quiet when no units on.

 

[Triangle]

Just looked at there website that scares me way to mecanical slop here to there as things ware and the 2 plates slideing like fullwood gate valves im shure 5 years time you'd have some piculiar pulsation . But thats only my eyes on it with no experience of it so this post is just useless woffel ahah

 

[lazy farmer]

Start by pu img in a variable speed box/pump. Our runs so slowly at times the fins touch. Very very quiet.

 

[Real cool]

Why would anyone go back to push rod pulsation when there are so many good pulsators on the market,as for vacuum pumps what is quieter than a Q4
Unless of course you go for oilers

 

[In the pit]

Why would anyone go back to push rod pulsation when there are so many good pulsators on the market,as for vacuum pumps what is quieter than a Q4
Unless of course you go for oilers

Because there’s nothing to go wrong with them
Whereas my dairy master parlour enough said

 

[Real cool]

I know about Dairymaster but the problem with rod type pulsation the moving parts get worn and that affects the pulsation, if you have good pulsation and good vacuum you have healthy cow.Hosier had rod pulsation years ago.
Interpulse make pulsation for the many makes of parlour,the fullwood pulsators are really interpulse in disguise.

 

[Real cool]

Really there’s not a lot to go wrong with Dairymaster pulsators and easy to service

 

[In the pit]

A quick squirt of wd40 and there is no wear
They’ll last years without being touched
Whereas electronic things go wrong for a pastime

 

[In the pit]

Rubbish
There isn’t a week goes by when I haven’t got a pulsator or cluster crap in bits

 

[Real cool]

What size of parlour

 

[In the pit]

20/40 and before that a 40/80

 

[Real cool]

Yea I’ve got a milking stool here as well the leg breaks acasionally

 

[In the pit]

Best parlour I ever milked in was a Chris randrup built Waikato 24/48.

 

[Real cool]

O I see your from Pembrokeshire

 

[Real cool]

Best I’ve been in is a 60 point Dairymaster

 

[Real cool]

Waikato electronic is shite