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Wool Press
- Thread starter Old Tip
- Start date
- Location
- N.Lincs
If the old hands at the depot know we have some Lincoln sheets they always work it so that the young lad gets to pick them up on his running barrow.
They stand there chuckling away while he tries to get nearly 200kg on board.
"Still some sheep fastened to these fleeces," they tell him.
You can always spot the Longwool sheets on the delivery ticket....
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But has anyone in the last 10,000 years had enough Teeswaters to fill a single wool sheet. Currently, what would be the biggest number of Teeswater (Mug) tups any one farm has. And what would be the biggest flock of Teeswater ewes?
I suppose you could keep the same sheet for a number of years until you have enough fleeces to fill it, by which time you would have decided to switch to the BFL anyway , 60 years too late.
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TechWise
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- Location
- South Ayrshire, Scotland
We've got an ex wool board TPW one we used to cart around farms when doing shearing contracting. It's definitely a good thing for easier transporting of wool but the machine itself is not without its faults. It's a faff to set up because you need to take the wheels off to tip the bales out and it has to be manually screwed up and down to do that. The jacks aren't well enough mounted imho so they tend to go off at an angle and bind, making cranking difficult.
There's a system of cams and levers that pulls out rhe holding spikes when the press comes down then pushes them back in when it's at the bottom of it's travel. Great when it works, not so great when it doesn't.
Making an improved version is on my list but it's a very long list
There's a system of cams and levers that pulls out rhe holding spikes when the press comes down then pushes them back in when it's at the bottom of it's travel. Great when it works, not so great when it doesn't.
Making an improved version is on my list but it's a very long list
- Location
- East Ayrshire
We haven't used it for years and I had only just stopped having nightmares about those jacks, but now I've seen this thread .....We've got an ex wool board TPW one we used to cart around farms when doing shearing contracting. It's definitely a good thing for easier transporting of wool but the machine itself is not without its faults. It's a faff to set up because you need to take the wheels off to tip the bales out and it has to be manually screwed up and down to do that. The jacks aren't well enough mounted imho so they tend to go off at an angle and bind, making cranking difficult.
There's a system of cams and levers that pulls out rhe holding spikes when the press comes down then pushes them back in when it's at the bottom of it's travel. Great when it works, not so great when it doesn't.
Making an improved version is on my list but it's a very long list
- Location
- Galloway
I know where one is or was on a farm southwest Scotland if you want I will see if is still thereAnyone know where I could get a wool press, looked on line and everything is Chinese
Tubbylew
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- Location
- Herefordshire
We've got an ex wool board TPW one we used to cart around farms when doing shearing contracting. It's definitely a good thing for easier transporting of wool but the machine itself is not without its faults. It's a faff to set up because you need to take the wheels off to tip the bales out and it has to be manually screwed up and down to do that. The jacks aren't well enough mounted imho so they tend to go off at an angle and bind, making cranking difficult.
There's a system of cams and levers that pulls out rhe holding spikes when the press comes down then pushes them back in when it's at the bottom of it's travel. Great when it works, not so great when it doesn't.
Making an improved version is on my list but it's a very long list
Nearly all the presses I used were either lyco dominator, or crank presses, don't really remember them being that complicated, but it was a fair few years ago now, think the dominator was highly thought of.
- Location
- East Sussex
Ours is the same but works very well. Yes the Jacks are a pain but the trick is to put oil on them!!
Ours has had thousands of bales through it and has never given any trouble. It sounds as if maintenance or lack of it is the issue with the one you refer to.
If you know where there are any then let me know and I will try to buy them.
They are the future.
Please
- Location
- Galloway
Could be a couple of days
- Location
- North Wales
Do you think there be a greater demand for baled wool once the Wool Board has disbanded?
- Location
- East Sussex
Look at it this way, who is going to pick up all the costs? Nearly all the wool apart from some finer stuff needs to go to Bradford for processing.
You need to get over 20 ton on a truck.
Wool sheets were designed to be carried on the back of a Mule!!
Me, but I do get a lot from other folk, looking for a tonne of BFL this yearBut has anyone in the last 10,000 years had enough Teeswaters to fill a single wool sheet. Currently, what would be the biggest number of Teeswater (Mug) tups any one farm has. And what would be the biggest flock of Teeswater ewes?
I suppose you could keep the same sheet for a number of years until you have enough fleeces to fill it, by which time you would have decided to switch to the BFL anyway , 60 years too late.
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
There was one sold at a farm sale this spring in SW Scotland. The farmer phoned me before the sale to see if I was interested. I declined as we already have one. He wondered if there would be any interest in it at all. Think it ended up at ÂŁ4000 on online auction!