hody21 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Smashing job Graham. Its a shame to let it get dirty. Where do you start in fitting a parlour, as to me it just looks like giant maze of pipe work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 that one simon is second hand apart from the feeders they are new , this farm will keep it clean had to put a pressure hose system in as well , still got one more pipe to put in for the milk that they dump do that next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Great parlour you have build there Graham. Only i don't like feeders in the parlour ( cows getting nervous). texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 nice work graham, any chance you get a pic of how the dump pipe looks like, or explain how it works, we still use dump buckets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Great parlour you have build there Graham. Only i don't like feeders in the parlour ( cows getting nervous). texas seeing quite a few parlours being fitted without feeders , & going for the OPF option , do all your instalations have feeders graham , or you just install whats wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 i will some more pics up later matty of dump line , some have feeders some dont marcus ,the next one we are doing has feeders then one without , the last one we done had two banks of out of parlour feeders in the yards so a good mixture really ,we have a big rapid exit parlour to install later on in the year that will have feeding on it and they all lift up to let the cows exit should be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 here you go matty the dump line will go into the large glass jar above the green cover which has the milk pump under it we have already got the vaccum to the jar just need to put the pipe in the middle of the parlour make two clusters up we have already put the cluster holders in so they can be washed , add the pipe out to the dairy to get the milk into a churn , then make that pipe join to the wash trough and that is it they are going to take the pipes of the pulsator in the pit to get pulseation to the dump clusters , hope it makes a bit of sense matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 i think the bottom line in this topic graham , is that although farmers do find it hard going financialy,there are still a fair few out there investing in new parlours despite the ever fluctuating milk prices . i myself deliver to quite new & uptodate parlour systems & a lot of them are going for the NZ style of parlours . do me a favour though will you graham, when they put down acres of concrete yard for the front of the dairy for the tanker drivers can you give them a nudge to put a few acres down for the feed delivery drivers as well i also see alot of this as well tanker drivers = clean concrete with good access to the bulk tank feed drivers = ankle deep slurry on dirt coverd aggegate quite inaccsessable for vehicles to the bin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Business is looking intereresting Graham and busy with it. What would be your own niche or do you all pretty well cover everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 we are very busy at the moment have not stopped putting new parlours in since november 2007 but before then we had not put one in since 2004 so i had to find other things to do , but i should think this will be me now no more career moves for me ,we have five parlours to put in this year and one slurry store and silo both permastore some will be contracted out not enough men , you mean concrete like this marcus just enough for bin you walk in mud \ oh and trip over stuff that we left behind we cover most things tris but try to stay away from the building side of things but we offer advice many times to builders they may be able to build houses but differant thing on farms 44 tonne lorrys turning , tons and tons of cows walking over bits of concrete which are also bad with the toilet habits i did get the links marcus thanks seen the way boys around a lot cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 thanks for the pics and explanation graham, i understand better now thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 , you mean concrete like this marcus just enough for bin you walk in mud \ oh and trip over stuff that we left behind thats exactly what i mean mate :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 few more ,i thought i would snap this as there is a model coming out of similar i belive and i dont think i have seen a JD with this type duncan cab before a few very early self propelled new holland forage harvesters and swathers they use them for harvesting and cutting lucerne a nice straight fergi to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 my uncle used to have one of those cabs on a 2130 as well kept you warm on a cold day. was very basic though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Loving those older NH harvesters there Graham - early 70's I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 great pictures from some old equipment. Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Fantastic photographs as always Graham, that 3645 looks very straight and those older New Holland swathers and foragers look very nice, think I've only ever seen photographs from "across the pond" of New Holland swathers before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Loving those older NH harvesters there Graham - early 70's I think yes M reg should be 1974, nice to see they are still in use though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilpek Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 the 3645 is sweet, i never see too many of them around the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 had to unload this the other day all the steelwork for a rapid exit westfalia parlour that came over from australia will be fitting it later on in the year in a new building nice new spreader bet it does not look like that now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 i like that landini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 My spreader looked like that before I sent it to Dave! Australia?! Does the shipping not whack a huge amount of wonga on the price then Graham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 they only do the steelwork for the rapid exit and rotary parlours ,tris all the herringbone steelwork is bent in france ,must be a fair cost to getting it here but they want quality it comes at a price fella as you no ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellarian Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Graham, Real stupid question as farm size, geograhy, finance, expansion plans & prospects, will all affect the decision making process, but what is the most common type of parlour fitted these days - eg herringbone or rotaries?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 for us steve its herringbones we look after five rotaries but i have only fitted one about 8years ago ,but we got some big jobs coming up greenfeild sites so hopefully get to do another rotary in a couple of years ,we just lost one in kent they went for alfa laval but you can not do it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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