milking parlour power washer

quader

just wondering does anyone have a powerwasher set up in the milking permantenly for everyday use like washing cups stallwork etc .

GrasstoMilk

quader wrote: »

just wondering does anyone have a powerwasher set up in the milking permantenly for everyday use like washing cups stallwork etc .

Yeah that's what we use here. Tbh a bit time consuming vs a wash down pump. Only you use a fraction of water with the power washer

Sam Kade

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Yeah that's what we use here. Tbh a bit time consuming vs a wash down pump. Only you use a fraction of water with the power washer

Is it petrol or electric?

quader

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Yeah that's what we use here. Tbh a bit time consuming vs a wash down pump. Only you use a fraction of water with the power washer

do u find it good for keeping the cups clean , was thinking of getting 1 hopeing it would speed up the washing still plan on useing the washdown pump for heavy stuff

GrasstoMilk

Sam Kade wrote: »

Is it petrol or electric?

Electric

GrasstoMilk

quader wrote: »

do u find it good for keeping the cups clean , was thinking of getting 1 hopeing it would speed up the washing still plan on useing the washdown pump for heavy stuff

I give them a blast of it when clusters are hanging at end of milking, rub them down then as I cup them into wash line and wash them down again after that.
Presume that's how you do it ATM with wash down pump?

quader

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

I give them a blast of it when clusters are hanging at end of milking, rub them down then as I cup them into wash line and wash them down again after that.
Presume that's how you do it ATM with wash down pump?

washing with half inch droppers at the moment but finding it very slow was hopeing powerwasher would be faster and help in general to keep it clean we would give it a good clean every couple of months

GrasstoMilk

quader wrote: »

washing with half inch droppers at the moment but finding it very slow was hopeing powerwasher would be faster and help in general to keep it clean we would give it a good clean every couple of months

I would use it mid milking alright when they get dirty.
If your buying one make sure you get one with a lance that you can change the type of spray that comes from it like the same as your wash down pump. I use the gentle spray a good bit more than the high pressure spray.

quader

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

I would use it mid milking alright when they get dirty.
If your buying one make sure you get one with a lance that you can change the type of spray that comes from it like the same as your wash down pump. I use the gentle spray a good bit more than the high pressure spray.

was thinking of puting in a permanet system that would be plumed around the parlour and shed with a short changable lance and a soft line hose and be able to connect at 3 different locations but it is not cheap at 2500

GrasstoMilk

quader wrote: »

was thinking of puting in a permanet system that would be plumed around the parlour and shed with a short changable lance and a soft line hose and be able to connect at 3 different locations but it is not cheap at 2500

Power washer extra on top? We just have lance in pit and pick it up when ever you need it

quader

no powerwasher included but just frightened by the price

pedigree 6

We use half inch droppers for washing the cups and clusters (and cows if you need to). One dropper for two units. Hot and cold water plumbed in and can adjust between boiling or cold or inbetween at valves underneath water heater. As long as you give the clusters a quick rinse/blast between cows they'll stay clean. Water pressure would be very good here.

Wildsurfer

pedigree 6 wrote: »

We use half inch droppers for washing the cups and clusters (and cows if you need to). One dropper for two units. Hot and cold water plumbed in and can adjust between boiling or cold or inbetween at valves underneath water heater. As long as you give the clusters a quick rinse/blast between cows they'll stay clean. Water pressure would be very good here.

I think that's a big help, keeping the clusters wetted down throughout milking, and having warm/hotish water in droppers. Easier to keep them rinsed off if you have acrs in fairness . If you leave it till the end and its dried in it takes forever to wash them, and impossible with cold water. I wouldn't see the need for a power washer to wash them, this way is much easier.

mahoney_j

Have a look at Europump in cork ,I've one in here and a savage job ,electric pump with Ibc holding tank ,high pressure hydraulic hosing ,high pressure lance ive one hose in pit and one to top of parlour to hose down sides etc 14 unit parlour kept clean with 3/400 Ltrs per milking

K.G.

Have one in the parlour which i originally planned to use everyday to wash clusters but it dosent work great ad clusters hang on the droppers and move around too much. I tend to use twice a week now to wash the cluster lying on the cow stands but give them a run of the parlour washer every milking.i spoken on here before about getting a short lance which would allow me to hold cluster in one hand and lance in other but havent got around to it yet.its very handy to have an electric washer set up to go on the press of a button for tractors machinery etc

Sam Kade

K.G. wrote: »

Have one in the parlour which i originally planned to use everyday to wash clusters but it dosent work great ad clusters hang on the droppers and move around too much. I tend to use twice a week now to wash the cluster lying on the cow stands but give them a run of the parlour washer every milking.i spoken on here before about getting a short lance which would allow me to hold cluster in one hand and lance in other but havent got around to it yet.its very handy to have an electric washer set up to go on the press of a button for tractors machinery etc

What I do is put the clusters on the ground and turn them over.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Sam Kade wrote: »

What I do is put the clusters on the ground and turn them over.

I hang them up and wash them as I leave the milk up from the jars. I would have half them washed while the remaining round is milked and then wash those as well with the drop down hoses in the pit.

It's just me but I hate milking with dirty clusters, I often wash the clusters after I have the FRS in for a milking. I know they will be covered in sh!te after one round but I have to wash them.

I have the volume washed plummed into an IBC where the warm water from the plate cooler is stored before washing down the clusters while the milk is pumped into the tank and then the floors and pit while the machine is washing.

boggerman1

Have an electric one in parlour.its an italian make brought from midland power washers in balliakill in laois.it cost €1000 and its my 2nd one.last one lasted 15 yrs and no bother till it went.great washer to keep parlour clean

The part time boy

I used to run a petrol one in the parlour . Had a large drum with a ball cock attached so easy to use . My clusters hang up high for washing so I wash them from 2 different angles to get them clean .

The one advange is if your rushing some evening or around sillage time and u skip a washing the power washer will get of old dung easily