O'Neills weighing scale

brianb243

Got approved for TAMS for cattle weighing scales. Am leaning towards the o'neill weighing system .They're based based in Kilkenny. Does anyone have one of these? Other one close to them is the DMD manufacturing scales based in Mayo. Any pros/cons to either system would be appreciated.

cute geoge

What else did you put the grant in for to bring it over 2k
Imo the o donovan weighing scales might be worth a look as well

brianb243

cute geoge wrote: »

What else did you put the grant in for to bring it over 2k
Imo the o donovan weighing scales might be worth a look as well

Rewiring sheds also. Tried contacting o donavans but they never replied so it turned me off them. Why did you decide on that system cute george?

cute geoge

O donovan scales are the tru test model which would be well proven .

brianb243

Is it a strong eg. platform, leads etc. Have you it long? Just that they didn't get back to me so that worried me in the case of me having a problem. Had you heard of the 2 systems I mentioned. I want one that will last.

cute geoge

neighbour has o neills ,out of order since cattle knocked it over said dealing with boss man their was a bit of a ********
Tru test are considered the dogs danglies of weighing systems

sinewc

I have an O'Neill one. No probs with it. It's installed so the animals cannot knock it over and seems quite good.

lakill Farm

sinewc wrote: »

I have an O'Neill one. No probs with it. It's installed so the animals cannot knock it over and seems quite good.

Have Oneill's one 5 years. Bought it down at the ploughing in new Ross.

It's been moved about a fair bit and no problems.

Best part is you stick batteries in and hit play

RobinBanks

I have a tru test one from O'Donovans. I bought it online direct from them and it was delivered within a few days.

Very easy to setup and frame is robust and well designed. A wee bit heavy for carrying though.

The display unit is made from heavy duty plastic. It fell from is holder one day on from 8ft above ground. I was thinking well that's that fu**ed now anyway but not a bother on it.

I couldn't fault it and I love how it locks the weight in very quickly. Fierce handy for giddy weanlings.

MfMan

brianb243 wrote: »

Got approved for TAMS for cattle weighing scales. Am leaning towards the o'neill weighing system .They're based based in Kilkenny. Does anyone have one of these? Other one close to them is the DMD manufacturing scales based in Mayo. Any pros/cons to either system would be appreciated.

Are they completely flat scales or do they have ridges at the sides? With the latter I found bigger cattle sometimes tended to place their feet on top of the ridges and perhaps not weigh correctly. Was a task occasionally to get them to stand four-square on the level. Not a problem with completely flat scales.

brianb243

MfMan wrote: »

Are they completely flat scales or do they have ridges at the sides? With the latter I found bigger cattle sometimes tended to place their feet on top of the ridges and perhaps not weigh correctly. Was a task occasionally to get them to stand four-square on the level. Not a problem with completely flat scales.

They both have sloped sides

brianb243

lakill Farm wrote: »

Have Oneill's one 5 years. Bought it down at the ploughing in new Ross.

It's been moved about a fair bit and no problems.

Best part is you stick batteries in and hit play

What are the wires like going to clock. Are they armoured.

lakill Farm

brianb243 wrote: »

What are the wires like going to clock. Are they armoured.

In metal like? No. Just standard but mine is 5 years old.

brianb243

Was it an ezi weigh 5 or an Ezi weigh 7 you got from O Donavans Robin Banks. They seem to be of good quality from what I have being researching. Have you ever had to contact them for help since you purchased it or do you know what their back up service is like?Would be very important to me.

RobinBanks

brianb243 wrote: »

Was it an ezi weigh 5 or an Ezi weigh 7 you got from O Donavans Robin Banks. They seem to be of good quality from what I have being researching. Have you ever had to contact them for help since you purchased it or do you know what their back up service is like?Would be very important to me.

EZi 5. I have never contacted them since I bought it over a year ago so I can't say what their after service is like.

The flat base might be a better design though. Had a calf skin his foot yesterday he got his leg down between wall and edge of scales. Wouldn't have been an issue if crush was slightly narrower so that there was no room for animal to get leg down. I might actually try to do something about that.

brianb243

RobinBanks wrote: »

EZi 5. I have never contacted them since I bought it over a year ago so I can't say what their after service is like.

The flat base might be a better design though. Had a calf skin his foot yesterday he got his leg down between wall and edge of scales. Wouldn't have been an issue if crush was slightly narrower so that there was no room for animal to get leg down. I might actually try to do something about that.

That was a nasty one😕. I see the ezi 7 will give u average daily gain etc. It means another 350 but would be handy if on hire work. With Grant aid it would cost 800 odd and claim vat back. I'll look into flat base with this. Grt to talk with someone with your experience thanks.

brianb243

RobinBanks wrote: »

EZi 5. I have never contacted them since I bought it over a year ago so I can't say what their after service is like.

The flat base might be a better design though. Had a calf skin his foot yesterday he got his leg down between wall and edge of scales. Wouldn't have been an issue if crush was slightly narrower so that there was no room for animal to get leg down. I might actually try to do something about that.

By the way is the scales mains or battery operated. If battery operated how long the battery last?

RobinBanks

brianb243 wrote: »

By the way is the scales mains or battery operated. If battery operated how long the battery last?

It's a rechargeable battery. I only ever use it for an hour or 2 at most and then plug in when finished so I don't know how long it will last to be honest.