No chemical drums either but I assume they go in there to.
Robotic milking
- Thread starter newholland
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No chemical drums either but I assume they go in there to.
s line
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- Location
- Gloucestershire uk
Yes they are in now. Just thought I would take a picture while all clean.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Friend of mine had a4s and had to change the acr ropes for chains, said it wasn’t worth the hassle of sand with the robots in his situation: He now has waterbeds with sawdust but has moved units to one with a existing rotary. He wasn’t a fan of sand at all.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Back to parlour milking ?
- Location
- Northumberland
Neighbour is on sand, as above, ACR chains. Does seem to be more wear issues when sand is involved
- Location
- Cumbria
Sand a slurry make a fine grinding paste, the problems are many including excessive wear on automatic scrapers, slurry pumps etc. I'm surprised that no has come up with a solution based on re-cycled plastics, chemically treated to advance degradation.
- Location
- South Molton
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
bought out of tenancy on rented farm so could build houses on it, bought farm with big rotary, didn’t bother reinstalling robots.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Interesting to see how he goes going back
- Location
- South West
Sand kills my yard scraper rubbers and skids but as yet I haven't really seen any real issues with the robot's and the plastic grippers that grab the clusters are becoming worn now and will need replacing shortly but robot's are all but a year old. My robot's are a short walk from the cubicles so maybes that helps shake sand off but I expect @Slowcow can remember that when you gave him the tour @Sid
Also regular wanding of udders helps
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That's a good point, and if I remember right, your all under cover so the cows don't get wet until they go out to grass?
Do you store the sand under cover?
- Location
- south west
I was told you could get stainless steel grippers
- Location
- South West
Yes cows are all under cover.
It's under a 8ft overhang and piled around 10ft high as pushed up against concrete panel's and sheltered from the worst of the weather but it's still outside.
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- Location
- South West
I have bought stainless steel grippers as I was told I'd need them but they weren't cheap (£80ish per robot I think) but afterwards I was told they may wear the teat cups but plastic ones have lasted very well. (Probably be a broken one before morning now
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happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Sand and robots here for 12 years.
Use ropes still and pull fresh wearing part through every 3 months and have to re-thread new length once a year. 15 minutes quarterly and Hours work annually.
Everything else is pretty much garded up to protect wearing parts.
Use ropes still and pull fresh wearing part through every 3 months and have to re-thread new length once a year. 15 minutes quarterly and Hours work annually.
Everything else is pretty much garded up to protect wearing parts.
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Anyone else heard Glanbia are ceasing too collect from any robot farm who’s robots are older than 5 years??
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Yes I have heard this, but I was questioning the source (social media). Where have you heard it?
- Location
- south west
What would be the reasoning behind that?
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Probably the same place as you!!
My other half on a Facebook page that if she showed me she’d have too kill me ? ........ So it must be right.