Cluster exchange.
What does that cost?
We looked at it for about 36 seconds, and fought it was expensive luxury.
Vented Liners
- Thread starter Bald Rick
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What does that cost?
We looked at it for about 36 seconds, and fought it was expensive luxury.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Everyone I know thought the same
Gimmicky rubbish
Not sure how changing units would effect milk let down time
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
£53 for the ones I looked at. Expensive way of changing liners.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I can’t understand why you have to exchange the whole unit just to change the liners
X 3 year. Wowzers
Makes my 21 quid set look bearable
It would have to be worth £801 or better over six months to be worth it.
Achievable? Dunno. Depends if the system greatly reduces mastitis and as an addendum, better cow health with can be intangible to cost out
Can vented liners not be bought outright?
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Cheaper to milk record to sort out mastitis in your cows
Don’t really have a mastitis problem. Cells are around 170 on a rolling average.
Milk recording isn’t cheap either
Don‘t know. Probably but I guess they work better with the bespoke claw.
We do suffer a bit with blocked bleed holes with the current claws
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
You said you wanted to hopefully reduce your mastitis rate
Do get spikes and if these liners are kinder to the teat and teat ends AND they are cost effective, then it makes sense
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Vacumn and pulsation are set right and acr pull of time ,teat and teat ends should be perfect
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
I wonder how much of the vented liners, exchanging programs, cartridge type swap out, fancy unit stuff that is being promoted really only benefits the high yielding pushed to the max 3x herds typical of USA. Most of the barns don’t have a lot of time to change things out and do maintenance so convenient changeout is appealing.
How much value is there in a lot of it for a typical dairy farm?
My understanding of the vented liner was that it helped get the milk away quickly and reduce reverse jetting back to the teat. I like them square vented rubber GEA ones because they fit our cows well, are good quality and we have good teat ends with them. And they seem to work just fine way past their quoted lifespan. Actually outlast the silicone ones in my experience.
How much value is there in a lot of it for a typical dairy farm?
My understanding of the vented liner was that it helped get the milk away quickly and reduce reverse jetting back to the teat. I like them square vented rubber GEA ones because they fit our cows well, are good quality and we have good teat ends with them. And they seem to work just fine way past their quoted lifespan. Actually outlast the silicone ones in my experience.
Homesy
Member
- Location
- North West Devon
You are allowed to aren't you ? I only ever change mine once a year, 4000+ milkings. I think once a year is suffice for a Red Tractor audit. I have never been pulled up on it yet. If your bacto, cell count and mastitis levels are ok what can they say ? Spin them a bit of bullsh$t, you're pretty good at that. Tell them to change them more often would increase your carbon footprint and be bad for the environment. I know one guy (cornish mind) who only changes them when they split.
- Location
- Ulster
Has anyone changed pulsation ratios or any other settings after changing to milkrite liners?
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
It would be worth having a boring hour or two standing at cups off watching them. In a herringbone it was really obvious how much longer they were taking to milk out
IIRC, I think we are on a nine minute spin. Trouble is, two demo clusters (of different shell sizes) don’t really prove anything … other than they don’t block the bleed holes and are significantly lighter