milking big teats

sculptor

Where do I get shells and liners for a cow with extra large teats. I have delavel type claw. She is hard work by hand.

jt65

stick calves on her and hook her year end

sculptor

She is a pedigree Irish Moiled.

mf240

sculptor wrote: »

She is a pedigree Irish Moiled.

Will the clusters not go up on her at all? Is she very flagged up?

Damo810

sculptor wrote: »

She is a pedigree Irish Moiled.

What are they like for milk? Would they be comparable to shorthorns in terms of beef and dairy?

sculptor

They are a bit smaller than shorthorn. They were crossed to make the shorthorn hardier and easily kept, until they were almost extinct. The beef is sweet and melts in your mouth , I used to supply it to restaurants.

longgonesilver

Is she always like this or is she just after calving?

sculptor

Yes always.

Base price

Did you try DeLaval?
Other than that if you know someone with an old bucket plant. The shells and liners were much bigger in those days.

bbam

I worked for DeLaval for a time. Never saw any liners for cows with extra wide spins.
I don't think shells changed majorly over the years either, nipple from the site to the end but the bore changed little if at all. The most modern liners would fit the oldest bucket plant shells.

Greengrass1

Fullwood have a whole range of different shells and liner's for small,long and big tested cows.

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Any look sourcing larger shells Sculptor?
I was looking for something in the old dairy during the week and came across two shells from a Westfalia bucket plant. They are massive and heavy compared to the ones used nowdays. They are probably at least 30 years old. I remember my grandfather having to hold the clusters on Fr cows as their teats were so small compared to the Shorthorn crosses that he used to milk in those days.

sculptor

Found some Milkrite 28mm in Sligo used to be for bucket milker, they worked. He has a few more sets I better buy them.

mf240

sculptor wrote: »

She is a pedigree Irish Moiled.

What are these cows like too milk, would they be something like the older shorthand? What kind of temperament have they?