In the spring time then is there a lot of buckets needed in the pit for beastings ?
Dump buckets? I got 2 of them here, no dumpline, you get the odd few rows with say 6 cows who all need their milk dumped, usually what I do there is put dump buckets on 2 at the start, then go clean down/clusters on rest, swap over dump buckets to next 2, and the last 2 get drafted out and back into the holding yard for another row. If I'm proper under pressure/feeling lazy I'll just leave some on till next milking, especially if it's a heifer ha.