Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
I’ve 400 cows just want to be able to lift lame cows straight away and hopefully keep up with routine trims.
What dairy foot trimming crush
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I’ve 400 cows just want to be able to lift lame cows straight away and hopefully keep up with routine trims.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Very pleased. I can't really see why any farm would need anything more than this.
I'm less pleased about the amount I'm having to use it at the moment due to endless lame cows.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Have had to block 4 cows here for WL I was disappointed with this and I suppose I still am but am hearing a lot of stories of track failures lame cows .cows stooping on tracks which always used to stress the hell out of everybody here and dirty cows in the parlour.
So I suppose it’s all relative.
Grassman247
Member
We have an electric on 300 cows and a hydraulic on 700, do about 70 routine trims coming up to drying off for the larger herd and it really makes a difference having the hydraulic one, it really is worth the extra money once you’ve used one
Happy with mine
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
How much are they ?
Can’t remember exactly, farm owner paid for it but think it was around £5k? We did get a grant on it though which is probably why I was allowed it!
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Think there are one or two brands that offer a similar spec crush in the £4.5/5k bracket, but as said with the small grant scheme 40% makes it a cheap deal
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
£4500
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Managed to buy a dp Agri hydraulic crush,
1 year old
Nearly half price.
Now to do the course there’s 3 of us doing it so let’s hope we can keep up with all the trimming
1 year old
Nearly half price.
Now to do the course there’s 3 of us doing it so let’s hope we can keep up with all the trimming
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
jammy buga. Did you have that dp or private sale?
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Private local farm selling up crush has only been installed 2 months,
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
What course you doing?
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
2 day foot trimming one, £300 each
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Who is the instructor?
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I'll come and teach you for £900
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Yeah starting to wonder where the £300 each is would of been better going to a local farmer and learning. But hey ho
IF the local farmer is any good at foot trimming, or teaching others to trim feet. The two aren't always found in the same person
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
I’d still like to go through a course. Largely self taught by watching YouTube. Had a professional in to catch us up and learned a lot just by watching and asking questions. The difference between right and wrong is only a few mm. Still have a lot to learn.
I ask who is teaching the course because the trimmer we used has been on several courses in the UK.
What I would really like is if someone else on the farm took an interest. Zero interest so far.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
