Delaval lid on Surge Belly milker?

**mygoat** · #1 03/07/14, 01:12 PM

I have heard the the surge lid can fit on the delaval bucket, but does the delaval lid work on the belly milker too? I want to get the lid with two milk line tubes.

Those I know use a larger diameter hose, so I could make a milking claw with only one milk hose to the bucket per goat. Less lines to clean. My idea is to make a sump tank out of a glass jar on one of the lines, so that I can have the milk separate on milk test days. Though on a normal day, all the milk would go directly into the main bucket... I'd also love to do the in-line filters and that would be easiest on my dad.

sammyd · #2 03/07/14, 01:25 PM

Just take your Surge lid to a dairy supply place and they can weld a couple of tubes into it to fit your milk hoses and weld shut any non essential openings.
I modified my DeLavals so that instead of the funky hole they had for the pulsator/claw connection I have a 5/8" SS tube. Put it at an angle so I could get the hose on easier.
http://sefsufficient.com/drill/milker/lid.JPG

**mygoat** · #3 03/07/14, 01:28 PM

I don't know of any dairy supply places anywhere. I googled but maybe I wasn't using the correct terminology? I'd love to find one to get some bucket cleaning detergent/acid wash etc without having to order/ship the heavy stuff... :/

Frosted Mini's · #4 03/07/14, 08:58 PM

You can use just 2 connections of your surge lid if you don't want to use 4. All you have to do is get a short piece of hose that is the correct diameter for both the lid part and the pulsator connections, and then just loop it back into itself. I can find a website that shows this, if you can't picture what I am saying.

**mygoat** · #5 03/07/14, 11:13 PM

Yes, I know the website - but you can't route all the milk from 1 doe into 1 line on those lids - the milk hose diameter is too small and you won't get good flow from my understanding. Generally for those setups, you have each TEAT have it's own milk hose. I had emailed someone at Parts Dept about it. I originally thought I'd be savvy and make it so we *could* milk up to 4 at a time with the Surge lid, but it sounds like it wouldn't work/be advised. The Delaval lid allows for larger hose and that means better flow.

sammyd · #6 03/07/14, 11:59 PM

You could search Surge or DeLaval or Boumatic dealers in MI or even some welding shops should have an idea of 3A standards and should be able to do it.