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- Lincolnshire
Has anyone been using a Rappa Race weigh? If so what are your thoughts, are they accurate when using Tru Test weigh face? And how many lambs can you weigh an hour?
Rappa Race weigh
- Thread starter ShepherdUKNZ
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- West Wales
Boydvalley
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- Bath
Race weigh/Eziweigh 7i EID
Morning I am having two issues with the raceweigh, they are more an inconvenience than anything, the lambs back into the rear entrance to the crate and stand on the frame of the drafting doors. This gives an inaccurate weigh and slows the process down trying to get the lamb in the right...
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- Lincolnshire
Ahh thank you! We’re looking at getting one but I’m very undecided on this or a weigh crate, do you think you can put stoppers in them at all? I’ll want to weigh ewes in it as well and looking for something that’s quick and accurate.
If you're moving around a lot then the weighcrate is a PITA
I have an inline weigh system in my Scotpen similar to the Rappa but it has 2 loadbars (Rappa has 1) and this makes a difference to accuracy /speed of weigh i think
TristanP
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- East Sussex
When I got a RaceWeigh I weighed everything I could find. With ewes the problems mentioned in the other thread are made worse by them being bigger and can lean on a side to add/subtract weight too. Could weigh and re-weigh +/- 5-10kg depending on how they were standing. Spoke with Rappa about it and they said it was really only designed for lambs.
Weighed some lambs earlier in the week and all the same problems as the other thread here too. Lambs can add weight by pushing down on the rear gate, or subtract it by standing on the side or resting an arse up on rear gate.
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- Lincolnshire
hmmm the one load bar does make me nervous, i'll definitely be moving around a lot and cant seem to find a better option at the moment. Is your one compatible with trutest?
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- Lincolnshire
Whats your final verdict on it? is it something you can put up with or is it that bad that you would never buy one again?
TristanP
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- East Sussex
I have little blocks all over so the advantage of being able to transport it around outweighs the downsides of it.
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- Lincolnshire
I just had a chat with the Rappa rep, so it seems it only fits onto Rappa yards? Bit gutted if thats the case....might have to look into the Prattley weigh crate but I liked the ease of the Rappa system.
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- West Country
Ive got a prattley weigh crate. They supplied a carrier frame that carries it on the back of the prattley as we are constantly moving it about to different blocks.
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- Lincolnshire
oh that sounds interesting, have you got any photos? i would be really keen to do that as its the only thing thats really put me off getting a crate
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- West Wales
- Location
- West Country
As @Al R posted. Works really well!
Yes---2 x cheap serbian load bars talk to the Trutest no worries
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- Perth - Scotland
We have been doing some work with Rappa and the RaceWeigh, take a look at the video as we have some different weighing options inbuilt into the software.
We've found that 1 bar systems allow great flexibility but do suffer a loss of accuracy when compared to a two-bar system, It comes down to the trade-off between the flexibility of the system and the accuracy you are looking for.
Any questions, happy to try and help.
Ewen
We've found that 1 bar systems allow great flexibility but do suffer a loss of accuracy when compared to a two-bar system, It comes down to the trade-off between the flexibility of the system and the accuracy you are looking for.
Any questions, happy to try and help.
Ewen
when weighing how can there be a 'trade off' ? whats the point of weighing unless its accurate, and to put it a bit more bluntly if all these items cost so much money as they do then they dam well should be reliably accurate.
and If they don't work thoroughly and properly then simple, they are unfit for purpose, so ask for your money back , as you wont get paid for doing that makers development work for them.
and If they don't work thoroughly and properly then simple, they are unfit for purpose, so ask for your money back , as you wont get paid for doing that makers development work for them.
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- Perth - Scotland
We have farmers using our system across a massive range of 1 or 2 bar systems, I thought it would be useful to share our view between a 1 bar system and a 2 bar system to maybe help the decision process for @ShepherdUKNZ. Comparing a 2 bar system and 1 bar system is not a fair comparison.
it wasn't aimed at your post but generally .
Boydvalley
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- Bath
Perhaps it would be mor helpful to explain what you think the limitations of 1bar systems are and what place you think they have. There seems to be a bit of a disconnect between what you the software producers can promise and what some of the hardware can deliver. For instance can you explain why your reader weighs to the nearest 0.1kg yet a trutest weigh head on the same truest bars will only weigh to the nearest 0.5kg. Thanks