Ya it is and it's supposed to be fitted during the week and not before time as calving 2018 is about to kick off here
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Well I was damm close I can tell you,but dairymaster just crossed the line at the last second
Carrigogunnell
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They have a habit of doing last minute price drops. A friend was going with them he called the bluff and said so and so was beating them by a bit so they told him they would double what there where out by. In total it came around 10 thousand. He didn't go with them in the end and part of the reason was the fact that they could just drop that much all of a sudden and was quality coming into question
Ya it is annoying when they do that I must say and giving you X amount for you old parlour and then come on with angle grinders and cut it to bits! Now another thing that pissed me off the other day was when the sales man came to look at progress and asked me why I hadn't any steps going down into the pit !! I replied aren't ye providing them? He looks at me and says No and pulls out his I pad and says it wasn't in the deal !! I though it was bad form so take note anybody buying a new parlour make sure they are included in the deal !
houlie87
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They lost a deal local to here over that too, dropped a massive amount off the quoted price when the farmer said he wanted to think about it for a day,
Merv_B
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Allows the cows to lick the feed area clean. You will often see tiles used along feed barriers in Germany, Holland etc and in the UK some guys are starting to put down a resin for a smooth surface.
Mf240
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Tell him to provide steps or load it all up and fcuk off.
All that in one day?
Ya it was good going alright now it's not all finished head locking has to be fitted on the other side yet plus the feeders as well. At one stage today there were 11 men fitting there was hardly room to move !
jay gatsby
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Savage work. Great to see it coming together so quickly now
kverneland es 80
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That's one thing they are very fast at fitting.did our 24 in a day and a half some going
Ha I'm milking them alright,just more than half the cows calved at this stage and what you see in the picture above is what I still have,they tell me that it will be finished tomorrow. I won't lie I had a rough few weeks getting the cows milked as they were getting used to it but it's better now they know the score!
jf 850
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A very tidy bit of engineering dstig .
Was that his plan or yours ? As in 2 wheels or 4 or even 3 wheels ?
Do you dip the bucket into the milk ?
Sorry for all the questions . Was thinking about something like it.
A few lads around here have bought the JFC tank . 1 lad put it in the back ok the jeep. Another made a trolley for it.
did it work out any cheaper than a jfc one?
Thanks it is nice I must say. It was my own idea to put 4wheels on it as with 2 I would have to lift it and with 3 I just thought it might be a unstable when turning it, I dip the buckets in for the milk and when the milk goes low I can tip it over on it's hinge. It might be over kill but I wanted it to last
I don't know yet as I didn't get the bill yet but as soon as I have it I'll post it here
As promised, I parted with €480 today for my milk cart I was happy with it as it's very sturdy and has cut the time feeding calves
WestCorkBoy
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Most things you use every day that save time / heartache, are cheap regardless of the price.
thanks for that, the first thing i see about it is that it will be easy to wash out compared to the jfc one and about 300 cheaper i think:Thumbp2:
Donegal Bay
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Every little helps........If your yard was nice and smooth you could use a shopping trolley-galvanised and fitted with swivelling wheels-can be got at any decent supermarket for only one euro...
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