Cattle Clippers

grange mac · 24-11-2015 11:54pm #1

Just wondering if any of ye have clippers if so what brand? Have a "Henninger" but it's a heap of shyte...Blades lastabout 12 bullocks even when sipping it in oil. Neighbour borrowed it & he used blades from Clippers Ireland & they chipped...

So lookn for recommendations on good brand clipper?

Greengrass1 · 25-11-2015 12:22am

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/6445734

We're going to order this some day soon.
The heigner is 600 quid......no way

buffalobilly · 25-11-2015 12:29am

have a set of heiniger here since 2008
could not fault them

darragh_haven · 25-11-2015 12:49am

Greengrass1 wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/6445734

We're going to order this some day soon.
The heigner is 600 quid......no way

Have a Heiniger here for 8 or 9 year with 5 sets of blades. When 2 sets get blunt they are sent off for sharpening. It's a heavy piece of kit but cannot fault it. Doing 130 to 140 tails and backs for those 8 or 9 years

Greengrass1 · 25-11-2015 12:56am

darragh_haven wrote: »

Have a Heiniger here for 8 or 9 year with 5 sets of blades. When 2 sets get blunt they are sent off for sharpening. It's a heavy piece of kit but cannot fault it. Doing 130 to 140 tails and backs for those 8 or 9 years

Is that a battery operated one?
I could get a cheaper battery heiniger for 450 but only one battery. That's not much use tbh

Wildsurfer · 25-11-2015 1:31am

I have a battery operated heiniger and lately I'm having the same trouble as op, only cutting a few cows and then hair starts getting stuck, even after having blades professionally edged. Not sure if the blades or battery is at fault as it used to be very good to cut. I was told that if blades are ever left overheat they will never retain their sharpness, so this might be the problem as I might have skimped on oil once or twice in the past. What kind of blades do ye guys use and where do ye get them, pedigreecattle.ie?

signinlate · 26-11-2015 8:13pm

I'm just after ordering a cheap sheep shears off ebay for €80. I have never used
before but will clip their backs and trim the cows tails this year.

grange mac · 26-11-2015 8:29pm

darragh_haven wrote: »

Have a Heiniger here for 8 or 9 year with 5 sets of blades. When 2 sets get blunt they are sent off for sharpening. It's a heavy piece of kit but cannot fault it. Doing 130 to 140 tails and backs for those 8 or 9 years

The neighbours henninger does about 15 cattle before becoming unusable.... Its been a disaster from day one he said....biting the bullet with clippers Ireland but they are out of stock of the heavy duty clippers till next week he said....better than spending 200 on 5 sets blades!!

Greengrass1 · 27-11-2015 11:01am

grange mac wrote: »

The neighbours henninger does about 15 cattle before becoming unusable.... Its been a disaster from day one he said....biting the bullet with clippers Ireland but they are out of stock of the heavy duty clippers till next week he said....better than spending 200 on 5 sets blades!!

Dad just after ringing a friend of his.
He says buy a sheep's head do it.
It's much finer and gets through the hair easier.
He's using it on cowsand heifers tails too

Hugh 2 · 27-11-2015 11:25am

Wildsurfer wrote: »

I have a battery operated heiniger and lately I'm having the same trouble as op, only cutting a few cows and then hair starts getting stuck, even after having blades professionally edged. Not sure if the blades or battery is at fault as it used to be very good to cut. I was told that if blades are ever left overheat they will never retain their sharpness, so this might be the problem as I might have skimped on oil once or twice in the past. What kind of blades do ye guys use and where do ye get them, pedigreecattle.ie?

+1
First year clipped whole heard of cows as they were dried off
Now clipper is used (with new blades) to clip a few horses.
Tried the New Zealand rotary clippers but same thing -went well for a while became blunt and slow but after being told the cost of replacing chipped blades decided it was not worth it.

I this year happily used a 10 inch stainless steel scissors - it started to pack up during the 4 days of drying off cows but bang of hammer tightened it up again.

Going to splash out on a new one next spring (it is well worth the 15 quid)

Now if there is a set of blades available (that add said their blades were heinnegear compatible ) for dirty cow tails I would gladly try a set of them.
(although saying that I will keep using the scissors to get the big dirt off )

OnDtown · 27-11-2015 12:03pm

Have a Henninger here also for 15+ years & used to have the same issue of blades only lasting for 15-20 cattle before going blunt. Got a new set of blades which weren't Henninger but were compatible, cost 30-40 eur in local store, and are working great.
Have 2 sets of blades and can get about 80 cattle per set, get the local chainsaw dealer to re-sharpen them for a fiver and are as good a new again.
To me the secret is to keep the blade tensioner tight and keeps lots of oil on the blades, oil it after each animal.
A friend bought a new Liscopp 2 years ago and gave it to me to compare, wouldn't be as good as the Henninger and this was new with new blades.

darragh_haven · 27-11-2015 1:50pm

grange mac wrote: »

The neighbours henninger does about 15 cattle before becoming unusable.... Its been a disaster from day one he said....biting the bullet with clippers Ireland but they are out of stock of the heavy duty clippers till next week he said....better than spending 200 on 5 sets blades!!

Getting 40+ cattle per set of blades here. And 2 sets came with it. The other 3 set cost €70 total as they were on deal and are Heiniger compatible. So nowhere near €200. I can assure you my dad wouldn't stick with a disaster of a machine for 8 or 9 weeks, never mind 8 or 9 years.
The blade needs oils every 2nd animal and the tensioning needs to be done EXACTLY as it says in the book. Over tensioning leads to overheating and the blades go to sh1t. Under tensioning will give a crap cut and be very slow.

darragh_haven · 27-11-2015 1:55pm

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Is that a battery operated one?
I could get a cheaper battery heiniger for 450 but only one battery. That's not much use tbh

No. Corded clippers here. Had a cordless clippers a few years ago (not sure of the make) but charge dropped very quickly when doing though work like sh1tty tails. And it was a heavy bastrd of a yoke.

Greengrass1 · 27-11-2015 2:24pm

darragh_haven wrote: »

Getting 40+ cattle per set of blades here. And 2 sets came with it. The other 3 set cost €70 total as they were on deal and are Heiniger compatible. So nowhere near €200. I can assure you my dad wouldn't stick with a disaster of a machine for 8 or 9 weeks, never mind 8 or 9 years.
The blade needs oils every 2nd animal and the tensioning needs to be done EXACTLY as it says in the book. Over tensioning leads to overheating and the blades go to sh1t. Under tensioning will give a crap cut and be very slow.

I think I'll stick to the hand clippers
This is all very complicated

Zr105 · 27-11-2015 7:07pm

How much of the animal do ye lads be clipping to only get 40-80 animals to a set of blades? Have one of the clippers Ireland 350w with the dirty cattle/sheep blades and the original blades have done the backs of 3-400 cattle over the couple years we've had it at this stage and I wouldn't always be to great about keeping it oiled. Use an old style hand shears to do the tails tho,

Hugh 2 · 27-11-2015 8:22pm

Zr105 wrote: »

How much of the animal do ye lads be clipping to only get 40-80 animals to a set of blades? Have one of the clippers Ireland 350w with the dirty cattle/sheep blades and the original blades have done the backs of 3-400 cattle over the couple years we've had it at this stage and I wouldn't always be to great about keeping it oiled. Use an old style hand shears to do the tails tho,

You hit on something there
There is probable more guts in a mains clipper - when the battery gets weaker it cant drive bluntish / dirty blades and grinds to a halt where a mains clipper drives on.

Midfield9 · 29-11-2016 8:31am

Has anyone any experience of the ergopro battery clippers from clippers ireland. Thinking of the dual head one. Looking to use it for backs on cattle, tails and clipping freeze brands on the cows. I like the idea of battery as I'd be happier in the pit without an extension lead.

C0N0R · 29-11-2016 8:51am

Clipped 18000 tails recently in two days with 6 pairs of heineger (sp) clippers, all mains powered and none of them gave up or needed blades changed, plenty of oil thrown at them and worked the best

Midfield9 · 29-11-2016 10:46am

I like the idea of a battery clippers. I had a mains powered one but I never like using it in the pit. Even with waterproof plugs I don't like a live cable with so much water/**** around. Also it would be easy do a couple of cows anytime without having the hassle of setting up a cable

Wildsurfer · 29-11-2016 11:48am

Battery clippers just don't have the power and will ultimately drive you mad. Stick with your mains operated and do them in crush after milking. My heiniger battery clippers hasn't been taken out since I got a mains operated one

C0N0R · 29-11-2016 3:05pm

I came across battery Ones where you had the battery on a wee back pack kind of thing, took the weight off the clipper and extended your battery life, obviously come at a price.

Injuryprone · 29-11-2016 3:57pm

I have a heiniger cordless. It works fine. Did 85 cows tails there in October over 2 milkings. They hadn't been clipped since April.

poor farmer · 29-11-2016 10:43pm

Wildsurfer wrote: »

Battery clippers just don't have the power and will ultimately drive you mad. Stick with your mains operated and do them in crush after milking. My heiniger battery clippers hasn't been taken out since I got a mains operated one

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+1 on this. Battery one will drive you mad. I bought a dear battery one and after years the batteries are gone weak and dont maintain the charge.

Farrell · 29-11-2016 10:49pm

What type of clippers are used at shows, doubt you can have extension cables all around the place

k mac · 29-11-2019 4:34pm

Bump.

Have a clippers Ireland mains cattle clippers about 4 years, just do about 25 cattle at housing each year but this year would barely take any hair off, I presume its the blades that are gone but I thought they would last longer. Anyone else have the same problem?

jd06 · 29-11-2019 7:14pm

k mac wrote: »

Bump.

Have a clippers Ireland mains cattle clippers about 4 years, just do about 25 cattle at housing each year but this year would barely take any hair off, I presume its the blades that are gone but I thought they would last longer. Anyone else have the same problem?

I have one too
When I got it first it was leaving hair everywhere in lines so I took it apart and put it back together and it worked like a dream for 2 years until this year it started off good but by the last 1 it was cutting bad again
So I cleaned it out and took it apart
I wont be using it till next year so hopefully it will be ok

wrangler · 29-11-2019 7:25pm

jd06 wrote: »

I have one too
When I got it first it was leaving hair everywhere in lines so I took it apart and put it back together and it worked like a dream for 2 years until this year it started off good but by the last 1 it was cutting bad again
So I cleaned it out and took it apart
I wont be using it till next year so hopefully it will be ok

Surely they'd have to be sharpened regularly, same as sheepshears.......
or is it that you can buy replacement blades,
Grit in the hair will eventually take the edge off any shears

davidk1394 · 29-11-2019 8:40pm

Blades probably have to be edged but should do a few hundred cattle or even a thousand by the time they have to be edged, once your not cutting too much shít on the tail. Can you adjust the pressure between the blade and comb?

Base price · 29-11-2019 9:21pm

I hope you all use a safety RCD socket reel when using your mains clippers. I've been clipping horses and occasionally cattle's backs over the years with a Liscop and wouldn't clip without using a safety socket.
20 odd years ago I witnessed two young ladies and a horse getting electrocuted when they were clipping. I was outside the stable chatting to them over the half door when it happened. Fortunately they were not killed but one got a severe cut on her face from the clipper blades and the other who was holding the horse got a dislocated shoulder when the horse lunged forward and knocked her into the stable wall.

farisfat · 29-11-2019 9:33pm

k mac wrote: »

Bump.

Have a clippers Ireland mains cattle clippers about 4 years, just do about 25 cattle at housing each year but this year would barely take any hair off, I presume its the blades that are gone but I thought they would last longer. Anyone else have the same problem?

Are you keeping it oiled.

Base price · 29-11-2019 9:44pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Blades probably have to be edged but should do a few hundred cattle or even a thousand by the time they have to be edged, once your not cutting too much shít on the tail. Can you adjust the pressure between the blade and comb?

I had two Liscop clippers over the years so I can't comment on other makes. When you put in a new set of blades you hand tighten the spring screw and then back it off a half turn. Oiling the blades is very important to stop them from overheating.

dohc turbo2 · 30-11-2019 12:08am

k mac wrote: »

Bump.

Have a clippers Ireland mains cattle clippers about 4 years, just do about 25 cattle at housing each year but this year would barely take any hair off, I presume its the blades that are gone but I thought they would last longer. Anyone else have the same problem?

I have one the green 220v one the last 5 years , no problems with it , I use the oil the whole time is the screw loose , they will cut nothing if loose .

Sacrolyte · 30-11-2019 1:39am

I have a ‘profiCUT go’from Voss farming a few years. A good clippers. I use it for cow tails and freeze brands. One of the battery’s is completely dead and the other is substantially weaker. Anyone know where I might find a replacement.

GrasstoMilk · 30-11-2019 10:26am

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

I have one the green 220v one the last 5 years , no problems with it , I use the oil the whole time is the screw loose , they will cut nothing if loose .

Same here. Cuts the cows tails 4 times a year and weanlings too. Easily doing 600 tails in the year. No issues either and must have it 4 years now

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