Robotic milking

[Windmilker]

The Monobox's that are in seem to be doing well, still relatively new so time will tell.
Has anyone got the new merlin m2? How are they going on? look smart, dare I say more compact and tidier than the lely.

Not sure I'd agree with Monobox's doing well a lot came out after year or so in Europe and the one down at Kingshay have been problematic
Some friends of mine started with 4 M2's in January even though they were already milking three times a day, they're now averaging 40 litres a cow, don't think they've had a breakdown yet either.

 

[Hanspree]

Not sure I'd agree with Monobox's doing well a lot came out after year or so in Europe and the one down at Kingshay have been problematic
Some friends of mine started with 4 M2's in January even though they were already milking three times a day, they're now averaging 40 litres a cow, don't think they've had a breakdown yet either.

Sorry just what id heard and going off a lot been sold in Cumbria. Good to hear about the M2's.
5 years scholsey? didn't realise they'd been out that long, time flies.

 

[Seasider]

Last cow being milked in Vms before a return to the parlour after 11 years.

 

[Sid]

Last cow being milked in Vms before a return to the parlour after 11 years.

Why the change?

 

[Seasider]

Why the change?

Our son , now 21, wants to farm therefore we need to maximise the farms 90 cow capacity. Too many for 1 robot can’t justify 2 and he doesn’t like the 24 hr “on call” robot lifestyle.

 

[Sid]

Our son , now 21, wants to farm therefore we need to maximise the farms 90 cow capacity. Too many for 1 robot can’t justify 2 and he doesn’t like the 24 hr “on call” robot lifestyle.

I would have put in a S/H vms, eased the pressure on the vms and not worried about night time alarms.
Spare capacity to catch up

 

[Scholsey]

Our son , now 21, wants to farm therefore we need to maximise the farms 90 cow capacity. Too many for 1 robot can’t justify 2 and he doesn’t like the 24 hr “on call” robot lifestyle.

Selling the VMS or mothballing it?

 

[Sid]

Selling the VMS or mothballing it?

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[sidjon]

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For how much?

 

[Sid]

For how much?

£8500 average for the 5
Don't know who gets the software or computer.
Fight over the pipe work?

 

[sidjon]

£8500 average for the 5
Don't know who gets the software or computer.
Fight over the pipe work?

Going to be a very small rotary then

 

[happycows]

Our son , now 21, wants to farm therefore we need to maximise the farms 90 cow capacity. Too many for 1 robot can’t justify 2 and he doesn’t like the 24 hr “on call” robot lifestyle.

Very similar thoughts going on here. We are 2 robots but layout only designed for one.
Like most things altered at a later date has pitfalls.

 

[Seasider]

Selling the VMS or mothballing it?

Sold

 

[Seasider]

I would have put in a S/H vms, eased the pressure on the vms and not worried about night time alarms.
Spare capacity to catch up

Explored that option but for us wasn’t feasible.

 

[pappuller]

Last cow being milked in Vms before a return to the parlour after 11 years.

good luck with the change, I can see decisions to be made here in the next 5 or so years.

 

[Scholsey]

good luck with the change, I can see decisions to be made here in the next 5 or so years.

The price of parts would certainly make me look long at hard and replacing ours in 10 years, need to put 2k worth of parts on one of the robots, a new teat brush roller motor and chemical pump, eye watering.

 

[Jdunn55]

Explored that option but for us wasn’t feasible.

Just out of interest, what made it unfeasible? Was it the cost of the machine or more so the upkeep and repair/service costs?

 

[Seasider]

Just out of interest, what made it unfeasible? Was it the cost of the machine or more so the upkeep and repair/service costs?

Cost of running 2 machines at basically 2/3 capacity on lower yielding grass based system. My son isn’t particularly mechanical so in my absence, costly call outs.We also squeezed the robot into the existing shed so infrastructure cost would have been getting on towards the cost of the parlour works.

 

[pappuller]

Cost of running 2 machines at basically 2/3 capacity on lower yielding grass based system. My son isn’t particularly mechanical so in my absence, costly call outs.We also squeezed the robot into the existing shed so infrastructure cost would have been getting on towards the cost of the parlour works.

What size parlour are you installing ?

 

[Seasider]

What size parlour are you installing ?

50 degree 16/16 auto ID