Burdizzo

lab man

Lads I'm going buying a burdizzo there this morn I want the long handle type do ye know the length they are by any chance before I buy and wat money roughly they would be

epfff

I paid 85 for one about 4 years ago. Another local shop wanted 180 for what looked the same.
Both were no name products

greysides

The shorts are noticeably short. Hard to mistake them if you've seen or used them. They're for sheep so ask for a cattle version.
Close them and hold the touching surfaces up to a light source to check them.

I think 18" are the long ones.

greysides

Just checked, mine is 18" in total length closed. Never store them closed!

lab man

Bought a chifa make of castrated cost 295 euro at dan mc inerneys some price for it

greysides

lab man wrote: »

Bought a chifa make of castrated cost 295 euro at dan mc inerneys some price for it

Keep it clean and oiled. Better still, store in an oily rag..... open. Usually bolts can be replaced. Spanner for them was designed by a fiend!

Aravo

greysides wrote: »

Just checked, mine is 18" in total length closed. Never store them closed!

Roughly the same as this. 19" long and don't store it closed.

Limestone Cowboy

lab man wrote: »

Bought a chifa make of castrated cost 295 euro at dan mc inerneys some price for it

He'd have asked you 400 if he thought you'd give it, some trimmer.

orm0nd

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

He'd have asked you 400 if he thought you'd give it, some trimmer.

and I wouldn't consider Glanbia competitive

https://www.glanbiaconnect.com/shop/product/Chifa-Castrator-19%22-Stainless-Steel/9112600?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4uzs7-yP7gIV2e3tCh3u-wOiEAQYASABEgKVAfD_BwE

DJ98

Often considered getting a burdizzo here to castrate leftover ramlambs late in the year but would afraid I'd make a mess of it? What level of training /knowledge would you need to successfully use one

greysides

DJ98 wrote: »

Often considered getting a burdizzo here to castrate leftover ramlambs late in the year but would afraid I'd make a mess of it? What level of training /knowledge would you need to successfully use one

Get someone to show you by doing a few while you hold them. Then swap.

Sit them on their backside, hindlegs through a figure-of-eight loop of cord while you stand on it and yield your instrument.

Bass Reeves

Use Olive, vegetable or rapeseed oil as opposed to mineral oils to store it is in.Do not spray with WD-40

farawaygrass

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Use Olive, vegetable or rapeseed oil as opposed to mineral oils to store it is in.Do not spray with WD-40

Why that bass? Not even 3 in 1 oil?

lab man

greysides wrote: »

Keep it clean and oiled. Better still, store in an oily rag..... open. Usually bolts can be replaced. Spanner for them was designed by a fiend!

Is that the tool that came with it

greysides

lab man wrote: »

Is that the tool that came with it

No. The chrome finish on the handles is prone to rusting.