Labour Saving and General Guntering

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

34e I think, was on sale down from 50.

That was including postage. https://www.agridirect.ie/product/roux-revolver-50ml-auto-syringe

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

That was including postage. https://www.agridirect.ie/product/roux-revolver-50ml-auto-syringe

Never saw them before. Do they hold 50mls? Do the normal needles fit it?

rangler1 wrote: »

You have to be careful using them, especially at the 2ml rate......if you have the syringe full and pull the trigger it just compresses the liquid and spews out when you take it out of the ewe, have one here, don't use it now for that reason. I'm probably going against bone/muscle with the needle when that happens and blocking it

A bubble of air in the barrel can cause problems in any type of automatic syringe because it will get compressed.You wouldn't even have to go into muscle to get enough resistance to have it spit when you take it out.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Ya to both. Friend has one and did my calves with me 2 months ago. 44 calves dosed with hook gun and done for blackleg in about 15 minutes. Serious job.

The hook gun is the only job for dosing cattle. Bought one a couple of years ago and honestly could not do without it now. The idea of trying to catch an animal now and dose with a normal dosing gun seems madness.

Sami23 wrote: »

Was thinking of buying one of these alright. Just curious how do you dose a animal who say puts his head down on inside of crush against the wall for example and do their heads have to be up to dose ?

Yep, heads have to be up (same story if you were dosing with a normal dosing gun). Pack the crush as tight as you can and that will help. You will always get an awkward one that drops the head and there's no way round it but a few prods of a stick to get the head up again. Failing that, you just have to let a few out and catch the troublemaker in the head gate.
In any case though the hook is the bees knees. Start at the back, reach out with hook before they realise you are there and you will catch most of them before they know it.

Magellan Murphy wrote: »

Not everyone is in to that sort of thing.

Mine doesn't have a hook Mod snip Wha wha

Bit of Guntering last night. Handiest way out of having to cut 45 degree angles......

Fine job. What's the sound like? Are those old pipes from a milking machine?

blue5000 wrote: »

Have you 2 JCBs Neks?

Yep, I have a 1989 3cx Sitemaster at home, have it nearly 20 years now, and that 3cMk2 on an out farm, about 8 miles away.
I got it because driving the 3cx over and back is a pain, and its only for raising a bit of gravel, bit of ditching, digging post holes etc.

Is that your own place Sligoronan?

stock> wrote: »

Not really guntering now is it, looks like installation of new plastic cubicles......

Top job if ya ask me. Did ya do any "guntering" of your own this weekend? Its very easy to shout down to others from the high stool.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Top job if ya ask me. Did ya do any "guntering" of your own this weekend? Its very easy to shout down to others from the high stool.

Yea did a bit on Saturday, fitted a 2liter rear wheel drive Corolla engine and gearbox to a landcruiser chassis and a suzuki transfer box to the cruiser axles.All to be topped off with a Jimny body.............................

darragh_haven wrote: »

Pic....sounds Halloween-ish or Frankenstein-ish

Sounds more MAD MAX to me