Shearing.

sheepfarmer92

Id say starting off if you do ten an hour ya would be doing well, i can do 250 a day which includes picking out the culls whilst im doing it and weaning lambs now but im at it since i was 16, im 26 now, ten years at it youll manage 40 sheep with a hand type heiniger shears, no point buying a proper machine, youll see sense and get a contractor in next year!

stantheman1979

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Id say starting off if you do ten an hour ya would be doing well, i can do 250 a day which includes picking out the culls whilst im doing it and weaning lambs now but im at it since i was 16, im 26 now, ten years at it youll manage 40 sheep with a hand type heiniger shears, no point buying a proper machine, youll see sense and get a contractor in next year!

250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

stantheman1979

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Id say starting off if you do ten an hour ya would be doing well, i can do 250 a day which includes picking out the culls whilst im doing it and weaning lambs now but im at it since i was 16, im 26 now, ten years at it youll manage 40 sheep with a hand type heiniger shears, no point buying a proper machine, youll see sense and get a contractor in next year!

250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

stantheman1979

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Id say starting off if you do ten an hour ya would be doing well, i can do 250 a day which includes picking out the culls whilst im doing it and weaning lambs now but im at it since i was 16, im 26 now, ten years at it youll manage 40 sheep with a hand type heiniger shears, no point buying a proper machine, youll see sense and get a contractor in next year!

250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

sheepfarmer92

stantheman1979 wrote: »

250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

Haha no thanks iv enough on, hoors ringin me everyday ! And i hate shearing sick of it!

B Rabbit

Have a lister nexus here with 3 speed settings. What speed do ye recommend using? 2800, 3200 and 3500rpm. My gut is telling me fastest speed. Father has a much older machine but seems to cut faster!

Lano Lynn

depends on how fast u shear if you are 10-20 an hour set slower speed ur combs and cutters will wear less.

stantheman1979

A ha so that’s why my cutters go blunt in no time!!! Every days a school day!! :-)

gazahayes

Anyone shearing store lambs? Neighbour wants me to do a few for him tryingtm figure out what to charge

wrangler

gazahayes wrote: »

Anyone shearing store lambs? Neighbour wants me to do a few for him tryingtm figure out what to charge

€1.50, my shearer charges

B Rabbit

B Rabbit wrote: »

Have a lister nexus here with 3 speed settings. What speed do ye recommend using? 2800, 3200 and 3500rpm. My gut is telling me fastest speed. Father has a much older machine but seems to cut faster!

Lano Lynn wrote: »

depends on how fast u shear if you are 10-20 an hour set slower speed ur combs and cutters will wear less.

Well the machine was set to slowest speed as it turns out. Changed it to medium and it's like a different animal! I wouldn't be great yet but would manage 25-30 an hour. Got a few tips of an excellent contract shearer and it's made a huge difference in terms of my technique.

148multi

stantheman1979 wrote: »

250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

Know a man that used to shear that before morning milking, but he got a better paying job with IFA.

stantheman1979

€500 for a mornings work wouldn’t be bad going. If the conts in the ifa are getting that for doing nothing then we should all look into it :-)

wrangler

I was looking at the hand held battery shearers at tullamore, in my opinion the combs and cutters were set wrong on them for shearing wool.
someone was on here getting hassle trying to shear sheep with one, maybe that's the reason. I would always set the comb with a good lead on the cutter, these had the comb pushed back as far as it'd go
Any shearer like to comment

razor8

wrangler wrote: »

I was looking at the hand held battery shearers at tullamore, in my opinion the combs and cutters were set wrong on them for shearing wool.
someone was on here getting hassle trying to shear sheep with one, maybe that's the reason. I would always set the comb with a good lead on the cutter, these had the comb pushed back as far as it'd go
Any shearer like to comment

Comb set back to far will only chaw the wool. I always have cutter sitting back about 3mm from first bevel on tip of comb and make sure cutter is overlapping the outer tooth on both sides

wrangler

razor8 wrote: »

Comb set back to far will only chaw the wool. I always have cutter sitting back about 3mm from first bevel on tip of comb and make sure cutter is overlapping the outer tooth on both sides

I bought a battery one from Connacht Agri, just got it delivered there now, I need it for dagging for this clean lamb policy, lambs have got dirty since the grass started to grow.
Going to put my conventional shearing machine in Donedeal later on.

Lambman

If the sheep's well ready hold the comb well up if not hold it down less chance off nicking them....

ganmo

This needs to be seen
https://twitter.com/mathewwilko/status/1035047431547760640?s=21

Westernrock

ganmo wrote: »

This needs to be seen
https://twitter.com/mathewwilko/status/1035047431547760640?s=21

Unbelievable, and I was always taught your had that wasn’t shearing does as much work as the hand that it! He has perfect footwork and always in control.