Belly Milker powered by Pickup Truck

Cindy in KY · #1 05/07/10, 02:58 PM

I thought you all might like to see how we rigged up the Farm Master Surge Belly Milker for our milking. It works fantastic for our one cow. I put the costs and info on my web page so you can see how it works. We use our Pickup Truck Brake Booster for the vacuum.

If you click on the page Homestead Jersey Cow, there are links to ads for milkers and such. It was easy once we acquired all the parts needed.
http://solidrockhomestead.com/Farmma...er/default.asp
Cindy

francismilker · #2 05/07/10, 06:54 PM

Thanks for the pic and link to the page. You guys have a wonderful thing going on. Keep living for God and keep up the good work!

**gone-a-milkin** · #3 05/07/10, 07:17 PM

Very cool innovation.

Thanks for sharing.

Madsaw · #4 05/07/10, 08:25 PM

Many yrs ago we lost power for a milkin. We drove the IH 450 close as we could and installed a stall cock into teh intake manifold and ran a vaccuum hose to the main milking line in the barn. Only ran 2 machines when we got the vaccuum built up in the main line. But we got te job done. Was milking about 45 at the time. You still see many old tractors around here with stall cocks on the intake.
Bob

springvalley · #5 05/07/10, 08:37 PM

Yep, we milked a good many stormy nights with my dads 3010 JD. We could run two units also, so was a bit slower, but better than milking 40 by hand. Couldn`t use it once we got the pipeline, needed alot more vaccum then. Oh ! the good ole days. > Thanks Marc.

Cindy in KY · #6 05/07/10, 09:58 PM

Thanks for the cool stories. She was hard to milk by hand as she has smaller teats, so the milker is fantastic for us.

linn · #7 05/08/10, 10:09 AM

I love it!!

Caz · #8 05/08/10, 12:00 PM

I used my truck to milk with a belly milker just like yours several years ago. The only difference is a ran 1/2" PVC from outside the barn into the milding stanchion so I only had to use short length of tubing. The folks at the local milking supply house looked at me like I was daft when I told them what I was doing but it worked just dandy.It looks good, thanks for posting it with the pictures. John

Cindy in KY · #9 05/08/10, 05:00 PM

Thanks. I think what's great too is for folks who do not have electricity at their barns. We could run a cord pretty easy, but the vacuums are expensive to buy or you'd have to make your own. All this took was a T and some tubing.

She is a good cow, she has learned so much since she's been here, and she knows now exactly what to do. Her first calf was 1 month old when we traded for her and she had to leave her calf behind when she came here. (they had other Jerseys to nurse the calf) The first few days she was upset but now she is totally settled and can be milked without the halter.