yard auto scrapers

weekendfarmer

Hi folks,

Going looking at scrapers this week(know nothing about them). What are the most popular ones on the market. I want to scrape 12 foot "swarth" down 7 bays. There will be Tanks boot ends. Rufly what will it cost me ?

Thanks a million for any help ....

Bactidiaryl

Roughly €5,000.
Saddle 1000 track 1000 pump,control box and hyd hose 3000.

weekendfarmer

Do you mind me asking what brand name you have ? and are you happy with it ?

maxxuumman

If i was putting in a scraper now, id go with a rope scraper. There is a big move away from hydraulic scrapers towards rope ones. There are alot of advantages to rope. Smaller motor, cheaper to run, no electrics at ground (sh1t) level, far simpler to install, alot less moving parts, and they are ALOT easier on cows feet. I've got Dairypower, dairy master and Deval scrapers, they all give a little trouble from time to time. No major advantage of one over the other.

Bactidiaryl

I have alpha but their in 20 yrs. still working but need regular servicing. Switches, wireing and the odd burst hose but I can repair them myself and I'm not terribly handy. If I was going new or upgrading I would get one with the ram under the track and solinoid ect on the wall.
Have no experience with chain type but think their more efficient with double channels.

weekendfarmer

I am thinking about putting plastic slats on top of one of them for weanlings ... so no big load on it as such.
Might experiment with chopped straw on 2 bays to see how that goes.

td5man

AFAIK storth are good

Timmaay

maxxuumman wrote: »

and they are ALOT easier on cows feet

No rail down the middle that the cows always slip on when reversing out of cubicles? Or are there other feet advantages to the rope scrapers?

johnpawl

What's the minimum step up you could have for the channell for the scrapers? I have cubicles on one side with a 9" step but on the other it's into calving pens and creep area etc in one section so want minimum step up.

td5man

johnpawl wrote: »

What's the minimum step up you could have for the channell for the scrapers? I have cubicles on one side with a 9" step but on the other it's into calving pens and creep area etc in one section so want minimum step up.

7'' here

maxxuumman

Timmaay wrote: »

No rail down the middle that the cows always slip on when reversing out of cubicles? Or are there other feet advantages to the rope scrapers?

Definitely that, and when the step on the track by accident an the hoof slips off onto the concrete. That impact is alot harder than people think. If you are standing near it, sh1t can fly 5-10 ft. That's alot of impact.

maxxuumman

johnpawl wrote: »

What's the minimum step up you could have for the channell for the scrapers? I have cubicles on one side with a 9" step but on the other it's into calving pens and creep area etc in one section so want minimum step up.

Depends how big you think the bow wave is going to be. Usually at scraper cleaned feed passages, there is a 2 inch step at the feed rail. 2inches will do. What ever you do, don't have straw near the scraper, it will break your heart.

freedominacup

maxxuumman wrote: »

Definitely that, and when the step on the track by accident an the hoof slips off onto the concrete. That impact is alot harder than people think. If you are standing near it, sh1t can fly 5-10 ft. That's alot of impact.

If you hapen to be chancing it checking the sheds on the way home from a meeting and have reasonably good clothes on that splatter can go through walls and the 5-10ft goes up by an order of magnitude.:(

MOOVAN

weekendfarmer wrote: »

Hi folks,

Going looking at scrapers this week(know nothing about them). What are the most popular ones on the market. I want to scrape 12 foot "swarth" down 7 bays. There will be Tanks boot ends. Rufly what will it cost me ?

Thanks a million for any help ....

Make sure the scraper you buy will reverse under pressure,we never asked about it when we bought our scraper (Dairypower)We had a cow calve early and the calf was crushed at the exit gate and the scraper didn't reverse or shut off. I am always afraid in case a cow will get a leg caught between scraper and exit gate, it would probably cut the leg off !!
You will spend a lot of money so make sure those safety features are included in the price.

loveta

Have two alfco scrapers in with the hidden ram bought them new in 08 hate my heart broke with the magnetic cut out switch not working and now this year they won't flip up when coming back down the shed empty so they drag **** back now to a dead end. Soft cu@ts of things put in a dairy power one in 92 other than the odd burst pipe still going strong

weekendfarmer

Christ ... Taught that would be standard. I have electric gates entering the yard (lazy i know) and by CE / safety laws they have the motor cut down according to the guy that fitted them .... you'd think the same safety would be required ...