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    #122
    Timmaay
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    Regardless which tank you buy a plate cooler set up properly will cut your cooling costs by half . Also if you had the tank cooling on night rate electricity this will help as well .

    Not really practical for a dx tank, having said that mine is off about 30mins after milking anyways.


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    #123
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Not really practical for a dx tank, having said that mine is off about 30mins after milking anyways.

    Why not Tim? IF you had one your tank would be off before you turn off the machine


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    #124
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,216 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    Why not Tim? IF you had one your tank would be off before you turn off the machine
    true, most milkings the tank is off before i finish up, when i had old tanks it was hours after milking before cooling finished, i have a plate cooler


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    #125
    oooge1
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    What milk tank did you go with whelan2 in the end


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    #126
    whelan2
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    Went with packo. Didn't like dairymaster sales man


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    #127
    Timmaay
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    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    Why not Tim? IF you had one your tank would be off before you turn off the machine

    Sorry I meant the night rate. Got a plate cooler ready to go on the new parlour. The darakool salesman said a single 5hp compressor would be fine for a 11kL tank, but some people spec 2 of them, however a plate cooler would be a far better investment.


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    #128
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Sorry I meant the night rate. Got a plate cooler ready to go on the new parlour. The darakool salesman said a single 5hp compressor would be fine for a 11kL tank, but some people spec 2 of them, however a plate cooler would be a far better investment.

    I'd have two on that size and a plate cooler , to be fair a compressor less would knock 3k off d price. Some can be set up to cool the milk to 2deg before you milk in d morning on night rate.


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    #129
    dar31
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭dar31


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Sorry I meant the night rate. Got a plate cooler ready to go on the new parlour. The darakool salesman said a single 5hp compressor would be fine for a 11kL tank, but some people spec 2 of them, however a plate cooler would be a far better investment.

    Dairy master tank has a "night mode" .
    The normal temp setting is 3.7 but on night mode the temp is brought down to 2.4 ?, I think, during night rate hours
    Haven't used it yet as there isn't enough milk in it at moment to have the setting turned on


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    #130
    Timmaay
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    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    I'd have two on that size and a plate cooler , to be fair a compressor less would knock 3k off d price. Some can be set up to cool the milk to 2deg before you milk in d morning on night rate.

    If and hopefully when I'm consistently filling the tank I'll consider installing a 2nd compressor if needed, for now I'm going to have it max 1/2 filled.


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    #131
    Viewtodiefor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Viewtodiefor


    Timmaay wrote: »
    If and hopefully when I'm consistently filling the tank I'll consider installing a 2nd compressor if needed, for now I'm going to have it max 1/2 filled.

    Ah yeah that's grand if half filling, plate cooler is d job


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    #132
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    I paid a deposit on a tank last spring they were supposed to fit it in November, no sign of them yet. However the tank is too big for my needs now, I must call to them Monday to see if they can give me a smaller tank instead. I wonder what they will say? can they make me take the original tank or will I end up losing the deposit?


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    #133
    Timmaay
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    Depends, if they have it shipped and ready to be put in, and have to send it back etc as a result of you cancelling I would not begrudge them covering their costs, however its definitely worth calling them up ASAP and see, you have a good chance of them letting you change once either they don't have yourown ordered, or have another buyer if they do.


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    #134
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,216 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I paid a deposit on a tank last spring they were supposed to fit it in November, no sign of them yet. However the tank is too big for my needs now, I must call to them Monday to see if they can give me a smaller tank instead. I wonder what they will say? can they make me take the original tank or will I end up losing the deposit?
    i didnt hear from back for about 4 months after i ordered -thankfully as finance was a problem- when i rang them they had the wrong contact number for me , i am sure if you dont buy the tank you ordered some one else will. Also I will probably never ever fill the tank i bought but better to be sae than sorry


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    #135
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I paid a deposit on a tank last spring they were supposed to fit it in November, no sign of them yet. However the tank is too big for my needs now, I must call to them Monday to see if they can give me a smaller tank instead. I wonder what they will say? can they make me take the original tank or will I end up losing the deposit?

    With the fact that u put a deposit down last spring, and still haven't got the tank, I'd say ur in a fairly strong position. I'd ring and tell them u want to cancel ur order as ur fed up of waiting and want ur deposit back, and u won't change ur mind. Then change ur mind on the condition they'll bring a smaller tank. U should have it nxt wk!


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    #136
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    I forgot to mention that it's a second hand tank 4.5k litres and they have a yard full of them, it's the size that most farmers are getting rid of to get bigger tanks. Around 3k litres would do me now or I could get a new compressor for my old tank for a few years.


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    #137
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,216 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    sending off grant form, there is a tick on the checklist looking for certificate of installation of mechanical/electrical equipment..... the milk tank guys did all the work so do i just ignore this or do i need to get something from them?


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    #138
    Greengrass1
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    sending off grant form, there is a tick on the checklist looking for certificate of installation of mechanical/electrical equipment..... the milk tank guys did all the work so do i just ignore this or do i need to get something from them?

    Would receipt suffice?


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    #139
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,216 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Would receipt suffice?
    dont know, might ring them in the morning before i post it, they will be getting the receipt anyway


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    #140
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I paid a deposit on a tank last spring they were supposed to fit it in November, no sign of them yet. However the tank is too big for my needs now, I must call to them Monday to see if they can give me a smaller tank instead. I wonder what they will say? can they make me take the original tank or will I end up losing the deposit?

    I called today to see about the tank today he told me cool out that they sold the tank that I paid the deposit on.


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    #141
    Timmaay
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    sending off grant form, there is a tick on the checklist looking for certificate of installation of mechanical/electrical equipment..... the milk tank guys did all the work so do i just ignore this or do i need to get something from them?
    Ring up the lads who installed it, you will need some sorta letter off them saying the tank was installed and name/signature of the fitter.


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    #142
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I called today to see about the tank today he told me cool out that they sold the tank that I paid the deposit on.
    Good stuff, saves on hassle. Did you start negotiations on a smaller tank instead?!


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    #143
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    just do it wrote: »
    Good stuff, saves on hassle. Did you start negotiations on a smaller tank instead?!
    Yeah he showed me a few smaller tanks but they look old and worn and are almost as dear as the one I paid the deposit on. I will more than likely go elsewhere after I get my deposit back.


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    #144
    Injuryprone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭Injuryprone


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    Yeah he showed me a few smaller tanks but they look old and worn and are almost as dear as the one I paid the deposit on. I will more than likely go elsewhere after I get my deposit back.

    You should have an endless choice of 760 tanks. I just traded in one in perfect working order and only got scrap value for it as there's no other market for them


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    #145
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I called today to see about the tank today he told me cool out that they sold the tank that I paid the deposit on.

    I know u don't mind, but what if u still wanted it? What deposit secures?


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    #146
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Anyone have a handy guide/ table regarding tank size required?


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    #147
    Coonagh
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Coonagh


    just do it wrote: »
    Anyone have a handy guide/ table regarding tank size required?

    Peak yield per cow x number of cows x number of milkings between collections = tank size


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    #148
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Coonagh wrote: »
    Peak yield per cow x number of cows x number of milkings between collections = tank size

    So what does a 5k litre cow peak at?


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    #149
    Greengrass1
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    just do it wrote: »
    So what does a 5k litre cow peak at?

    Using 26/27 here. The hols are pushing that up


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    #150
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    just do it wrote: »
    So what does a 5k litre cow peak at?

    Average lactation yield for Ireland is 220 times peak daily yield, or used to be. Average lactation length is only 270 days so with quotas to go and an expectation that lactation's will come closer to 300 days that 220 figure could increase.


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    #151
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Sounds about right. I also heard 200.


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