visatorro wrote: » How big of a water tank would I need for a wash down pump washing a ten unit plus small collection area?
kowtow wrote: » Can somebody give me a clue as to how (new) kerbing works when re-doing the pit in a milking parlour? I'm thinking about the sort you buy in 3m lengths which is basically a big folded right angle with some cross braces... If you pour or build vertical pit walls does the kerbing just bolt down before pouring the floors with half of it on top of the wall and half of it hanging over to form the overhang with the kerb?.. we're only moving walls (extending one and cutting back another) so have a limited amount of fresh concrete going in to play with.. there is an example of the stuff I'm thinking of here..https://donedeal.akamaized.net/ddimg/ZmMwZjc2Njk0N2IzMTE2YTUzZDUzNzlmOTMyMmUzZDRI_L_oeSWN6CujuZX_vAlRaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b182NDQ1MTQxNHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg
Timmaay wrote: » Yeh bolt down to the wall, you will need to put some bit of meshing in also, and you should weld everything together and put on plenty of earth rods, the utter last thing milking cows need is a stray current, will drive them mad and scc through the roof. Neighbour of mine has serious problems a yr or so ago, turned out to be a poorly earthed powershower in a house 50/100m away!!
kowtow wrote: » What do you leave as the overhang, half the width or so? I suppose it would be about six inches? together with some rebar and mesh that should be enough to hang it from I would have thought. Does anyone use anything more than normal concrete reinforcing mesh for the voltage thing? Is it supposed to be copper or anything?
Mooooo wrote: » Have u a plate cooler? MAY as well get a big tank anyway, neighbour has a 5k L tank for it but also connected the pump to a 500 gallon trough exiting the parlour for the hot days, will fill it as fast as they drink it. Altho haven't been too many of them in the last few years
RightTurnClyde wrote: » We put in ones like that into our parlour when it was being done. Walls are built up, then back filled to the height of the walls, the angle then sits on the wall, with say 8 inches over hanging and 12 inches on the wall and hard core. The 12 inches cantilever 8 inches so it won't topple when concrete is being poured. On the verticle face where the concrete goes, there were small angles welded on about 1/2 way up, to pick up reinforcing mesh to Earth the platform. (I rang that guy recently. He'll make whatever type angle you want and get it galvanised, I think he said roughly €10/ft, I think)
RightTurnClyde wrote: » Normal reinforcing mesh, but be sure to have it crossing the whole platform, front to back, And end to end. Weld it to the kerb and to any pillars and stalling that it is coming close to
visatorro wrote: » Iv potable water coming to parlour for washes and water from a river coming to drop down hoses in pit for washing clusters and walls. Very slow and doesn't do a great job really. Rain harvesting isn't an option with my set up either. Ibc tank should do me.
pedigree 6 wrote: » Any problems with thermoduric and tbc with that setup?
visatorro wrote: » The water from the river doesn't touch the inside of any milk lines. Just washing the cluster itself. An odd blip like anyone but nothing haywire thank fook
tanko wrote: » Very true, haywire anywhere near your lines or cluster wouldn't end well :pac:
pedigree 6 wrote: Actually thinking of Ion purifiers for the water for the parlour here.
kowtow wrote: Would uv do it as well / better?
pedigree 6 wrote: » I know you're not washing and rinsing the lines with that water. But remember dawggone's problem with high thermoduric tests and by simply washing the outside of the cluster in peracetic acid it brought down the tests. Something to consider. Actually thinking of Ion purifiers for the water for the parlour here.
alps wrote: » I know we've hacked this to death in the past, but wouldn't mind getting a few opinions on this again as certainly I couldn't come to any firm conclusion... With milk price rising, we're thinking of buying next springs calf milk replacer now. We have been using Volac Heiferlac with the last 5 years or so, and never fully convinced of its advertised merits. We are really interested in the skim based concept of a powder that will curdle. Mahony praises it's merits and I also see NZ farmers swear by it. On a farm visit last week and spotted they were feeding shine flying start. The operator is well travelled and gets to see many farms and rearing results and is happy that shine is working very well. The only reservation I have is that the ingredients is ting on the bag shows fibre at 0.07% which indicates the use of non dairy proteins. The ingredients also list both skim and whey as part of the make up. Would appreciate any advise....
kevthegaff wrote: » Had problem with tbc and put in uv light/filter at pump, worth it here!
whelan2 wrote: » So did all ye Glanbia suppliers get your milk planning census 2017-2020? I'd say there will be some interesting comments on page 7. I am only filling in a few bits of it as I dont agree with the way the farmer has been treated this last 12 months. Also they are looking for way too much information in some parts of it.
Timmaay wrote: » Saw it on the table, thought about throwing it straight in the bin, guess I'll fill it out though, however mine will be of zero use to glanbia because the biggest variable that will effect my milk output here is the price of milk, and given glanbia only tell us that 6wks after we supply the milk I'm making zero longterm plans.
whelan2 wrote: » Yes there is no space for milk price affecting output at all. Tbh 1 page would have been enough
