sheepfarmer92 wrote: » Id say starting off if you do ten an hour ya would be doing well, i can do 250 a day which includes picking out the culls whilst im doing it and weaning lambs now but im at it since i was 16, im 26 now, ten years at it youll manage 40 sheep with a hand type heiniger shears, no point buying a proper machine, youll see sense and get a contractor in next year!
stantheman1979 wrote: » 250 a day !!! Can I book you in for next February!! That’s a serious days work!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
gazahayes wrote: » Anyone shearing store lambs? Neighbour wants me to do a few for him tryingtm figure out what to charge
B Rabbit wrote: » Have a lister nexus here with 3 speed settings. What speed do ye recommend using? 2800, 3200 and 3500rpm. My gut is telling me fastest speed. Father has a much older machine but seems to cut faster!
Lano Lynn wrote: » depends on how fast u shear if you are 10-20 an hour set slower speed ur combs and cutters will wear less.
wrangler wrote: » I was looking at the hand held battery shearers at tullamore, in my opinion the combs and cutters were set wrong on them for shearing wool. someone was on here getting hassle trying to shear sheep with one, maybe that's the reason. I would always set the comb with a good lead on the cutter, these had the comb pushed back as far as it'd go Any shearer like to comment
razor8 wrote: » Comb set back to far will only chaw the wool. I always have cutter sitting back about 3mm from first bevel on tip of comb and make sure cutter is overlapping the outer tooth on both sides
ganmo wrote: » This needs to be seenhttps://twitter.com/mathewwilko/status/1035047431547760640?s=21
