washing the slatted shed

buffalobilly

cattle all out on Saturday spent yesterday
and today washing out sheds and yard
(spring clean) a lot of boys around never
clean out sheds or wash them is it a waste
of time @ petrol or good practice personally
I like to look at clean sheds what do you
all think

TUBBY

Good practice. Any amount of bacterial growth if not done. Also bit of iosan mixed in. Clean shed and in particular water troughs is a good job and well worthwhile imo. Also looks better.

caseman

Not washed here.Had to be done 3 years ago for dept of ag herd locked with tb, three days of hardship.
Only area thats disinfected is the calf creep.

bbam

Wash slatted shed every second year.
Calf sheds every year.

When I do slatted shed I think I'll do it every year but something always seems to eat up the time.

quadboy

One half of our 3 bay slatted shed washed last week must wait for cattle to go out to do the other side. I like looking at clean slats although the birds have other ideas

13spanner

Every third year or so, give or take.

Power-washers take the labour out of doing the slatts, but it's a time consuming job alright.

simx

do the slatted house every year, going to wait till most of slurry is spread this year though as agiatating destroys it again

1chippy

Only bought a pto powerwasher last year so cant say i do it every year. The electric one was just a waste of time. done it twice last year though. i found though i would just have it cleaned and something would have to be brought in for some reason and then back to square one. still some in here so i'll be holding off for a few weeks, but there also seems to be a never ending list of other jobs to be done.

f140

i also do it every year. like looking at it clean during the summer months.

49801

About two weeks before a pen is emptied I shovel out all the dunged up corners.

We've a 3 inch hose for the slurry tanker.... So on the day pen is emptied I fill the tanker with water and dump it on the slats with the small hose. Job is a good one!

Timmaay

Never bother here, I really should be doing the cubicles at a minimum, which might explain excessive mastitis problems! Anyone ever hire in someone to do it, does it cost much? I certainly do not need to be adding items to my already out of control to do list ha!

Blue Holland

49801 wrote: »

About two weeks before a pen is emptied I shovel out all the dunged up corners.

We've a 3 inch hose for the slurry tanker.... So on the day pen is emptied I fill the tanker with water and dump it on the slats with the small hose. Job is a good one!

Same here, makes light work of it.

nhg

We hired in a power washing company to do it last August as we were getting the Easyfix mats put down, think it cost around €600 to do 9 bays of slatted sheds & a 2 cubicle houses, they did a great job, lifted the mats in the cubicle houses etc, slats were like new. We are going to do it ourselves this year though to see how it works out, hopefully they will be as clean after.

whelan1

normally dont do them til july or august, what if cattle have to come back in... also as someone else said when mixing slurry it will normally dirty them again

yellow50HX

whelan1 wrote: »

normally dont do them til july or august, what if cattle have to come back in... also as someone else said when mixing slurry it will normally dirty them again

yeah again do it in the middle of the summer when everythign is well and truly out. the passages are ususlly dry so are easiler to clean. Clean down the walls, passage way and around the barriers, dont do the slats or the cubicle beds. spread a disenfectant power on the cubilce bed and in teh calf pens

whelan1

Timmaay wrote: »

Never bother here, I really should be doing the cubicles at a minimum, which might explain excessive mastitis problems! Anyone ever hire in someone to do it, does it cost much? I certainly do not need to be adding items to my already out of control to do list ha!

would really want to be doing the cubicle sheds, we do them every year... last year i got a loacal lad for a few days gave him 60 euro/day , i had them wetted down and all sawdust out... did the slatted sheds myself, but time was moving on and weather was crap , so wanted cubicle sheds done quickly, disenfect the sheds then before cows came in

Western Pomise

Do the slatted shed and the lambing shed each year,find that if you dont clean dung from under gates they become corroded and rot.

pakalasa

Makes a huge difference to soak it all for a day before you powerwash it.

whelan1

pakalasa wrote: »

Makes a huge difference to soak it all for a day before you powerwash it.

yup, you live and learn:D

49801

pakalasa wrote: »

Makes a huge difference to soak it all for a day before you powerwash it.

whelan1 wrote: »

yup, you live and learn:D

or if you do it the day the cattle are turned out it'll only take a couple of minutes.:cool:

iverjohnston

Doing it today. Might as well get wet and covered in skitter inside as outside!
This morning you wouldn't know whether to reach for the anorak or a lifejacket . Well worth getting one of those "turbo" nozzles for the pressure washer, cuts the work by half.

Muckit

iverjohnston wrote: »

Well worth getting one of those "turbo" nozzles for the pressure washer, cuts the work by half.

Where did you buy your turbo nozzle Iver? I need to buy one.

Also anyone have or recommend a good reel for 60'+ of hydraulic type powerwasher hose? Hose is a h**r to roll up without tangling

hugo29

wash out shed every year around september time, as Pak said soak it first (learned that the hard way)
give it a good going over with lime then also

iverjohnston

Muckit wrote: »

Where did you buy your turbo nozzle Iver? I need to buy one.

Also anyone have or recommend a good reel for 60'+ of hydraulic type powerwasher hose? Hose is a h**r to roll up without tangling

Hi Muckit, bought mine from a crowd called "Jetwash" in Carrigallen. Co. Leitrim. They do a lot of piggery stuff, pre-fab weaner houses, etc. They have a website if you google them. I think mine cost about 70 euro.

hoseman

Muckit wrote: »

Where did you buy your turbo nozzle Iver? I need to buy one.

Also anyone have or recommend a good reel for 60'+ of hydraulic type powerwasher hose? Hose is a h**r to roll up without tangling

Put a continous swivel on the lance,stops the hose tangling as you work with the lance,also worth have a quick release on the lance to detach the hose,could use standard hydraulic quick release set (male and female in 3/8") take out the nipple in them or get a proper set for approx €20.The hose reel could be a wheel on to a wall cheapest.

Muckit

hoseman wrote: »

Put a continous swivel on the lance,stops the hose tangling as you work with the lance,also worth have a quick release on the lance to detach the hose,could use standard hydraulic quick release set (male and female in 3/8") take out the nipple in them or get a proper set for approx €20.The hose reel could be a wheel on to a wall cheapest.

Fair play. Some good ideas there. that swivel sounds the job. RE reel, ya was thinking of making one if could get a rotating swivel. I want it to roll and be mounted on washer so I can move it around

hoseman

you could make a home type reel ,to make the swivel on it,use a short hose from the power washer to the reel approx one meter,one side on the power washer the other side put a quick release(near the reel) so you can detach it from the washer ,then just wind it up.you can expect to pay approx €300 for a powder coated reel .the one in the parlour will not do as the seals are not for high pressure,only high voloume water low pressure. Hope this makes sense.

iverjohnston

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hose-Reel-High-Pressure-100-x-3-8-inch-Pressure-Washing-/181035925207?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item2a2694fed7

Or this could be worth looking at?