Surge bucket style milker

rrc300 u · Sep 28, 2018

Ok Im not sure where to get parts for one of these. My wife's grandfather died a few years ago he was a lifelong farmer milked till he was 84. When he died and the whole gang cleaning the place out my wife latched on to one of these milkers. At his piont I think she has forgotten it's at our house. I want to shine it up and put the rubber parts and pieces back on it to display in our house. What I need to find is where to get the stuff. I have no idea how many parts are even still available. I did look on fleabay and see some parts but have no idea if they are correct or not. I have attached a picture of one like she has.

JD Seller · Sep 28, 2018

If your located in an area that still has diary farming there would be a local supplier that would handle Surge parts. You need to post a picture of what you actually have. There are several styles of Surge bucket milkers. I have buckets of parts for some models of them.

ivan in michigan · Sep 28, 2018

My wife and I were at a yard sale several years ago and they had the bucket or lower part of one of these there. I was looking at it and we were talking about how you never see them any more. The lady came over and wanted to know if we were interested in it. I said no. She said you do know what that is for don't you. I said yes but what do you think. She said my husband said that that is an old bed pan. Wife and I about fell over laughing. She said I take it that is not what it is. I then told her what it was and how they worked. She said wait until my husband gets home. I guess you could say they were not from the country

Bruce from Can. · Sep 28, 2018

I milked with Surge bucket milkers for years. You have the four shells and the old inflations still in them. The part in the centre of the picture, was supposed to be screwed to the wall, and after you washed a milker , you could hang it in this bracket hanger to drain.. l can?t tell from the picture just what other small parts you have, but what you don?t have is a pulsator. The pulsator goes on top of the lid, and would have a air hose running to each shell to squeeze the rubber inflation, which milks the cow. Of coarse you probably realize the inflations go one on each of the four short pipes on the lid.
That appears to be an older unit with a welded seam on the tank. The units I milked with were seamless, and held 60 lb of milk.

rrc300 u · Sep 28, 2018

Ok that gives me a lead to go with. I will take some pics of what I have here in the morning and post. I think I have all the stainless steel parts but need the rubber inserts and hoses . To be continued tomorrow morning

TimV · Sep 28, 2018

To add to what Bruce said, the pulsator isn't necessarily needed--we used a Surge unit but the pulsator unit was remotely mounted and ran off a second line that connected to the actual milker. It also served our Conde units. This meant you didn't have to have a pulsator on each unit. As I would imagine the pulsator is going to be the most expensive part to buy, you can still have a complete and correct unit without it. You may also want to locate a surcingle--the strap that went over the cow and held up the milker.

rrc300 u · Sep 28, 2018

Thanks for the reply, Bruce. The picture I posted is like the one I have it's just a picture I found on e bay. I'm going to post what I have in a picture tomorrow morning I have to go and get the milker out of the shed. What I have has no rubber pieces with it.

JimB2 · Sep 28, 2018

Hi, a quick Google search resulted in this web site with Surge parts. Do you know if his pulsators were straight vacuum activated or were they the newer style that were electronic controlled? We had both and as the older ones failed we replaced then with the electronic ones.

https://hambydairysupply.com/cow-milking-equipment/bucket-milking-equipment-for-cows/replacement-parts-for-bucket-milkers/spare-parts-for-surge-bucket-milker/

Hope this helps
JimB
Surge Milker parts

Dachshund · Sep 28, 2018

http://www.partsdeptonline.com

https://hambydairysupply.com

Been getting parts from these two for years

centash · Sep 28, 2018

You will also need the gasket that goes under the lid to provide a seal, plus the little metal poppet valve ...for lack of a better term...that goes under the pulsator in the center of the lid. Used 4 of those for years, til dad put a pipeline in. Some cows would give more than the bucket would hold and had to be milked once more. Then lift that whole thing up and out from under the cow....hard on your back and no doubt for the cow too! Most of them are flower pots around the milkhouse now.
Ben

Bruce from Can. · Sep 28, 2018

You are right Tim, I got fed up with the pneumatic pulsators, and put in DeLaval electric pulsation, and bought a plastic adapter to fit on the lid. Worked very well. You could run a Surge milker with pneumatic pulsator, from tapping a intake manifold on a gas tractor, and putting a stall cock on it. I remember a few old farmers having this set up, so they could still run one milker if the power was off.

TimV · Sep 28, 2018

We had a similar setup for extended outages--a small vacuum pump on a kid's wagon that we could belt up to the Farmall A. Only recall using it once, and then we ran it with my uncle's Cletrac General, as it was set up a bit better for the proper RPM. Faster and easier than hand milking, but still a slow proposition! Can't recall for sure--been 25+ years ago and I wasn't doing daily chores by then, but I believe we did need to use the milker-mounted pulsators with that setup--probably the first time they'd been used in 30+ years--they usually sat on a shelf since we got the central pulsator unit, and that was well before my time--probably sometime in the 50's or early 60's.

scott mcintosh · Sep 28, 2018

Anywhere near southwest wisconsin,I have lots of old surge buckets,shells,lids,pulsators etc up in the attic of my milkhouse I haven't looked at in 20 years.Scott

bison · Sep 28, 2018

I still have a complete milker similar to that Surge,..but mine is a Chore boy.

hd6gtom · Sep 28, 2018

Good grief, that brings back memories. In 1955 dad bought a used 1, nnalert pump, 2 buckets, etc. In 1960 he bought a farm 5 miles south. He bought grandpas milk cows at the same time we moved. We moved everything but the milker. The nnalert pump and line was left in the barn. I guess he figured 2 sons and him could milk as good as a Surge milker.

Richard G. · Sep 29, 2018

Got one of those in the barn. Have not seen it in years.
Richard in NW SC

Old Scovy · Sep 30, 2018

I well remember the old Surge welded pail. Always worked OK until the milk inspector made the old man get new seamless buckets. Don't forget the straps or surcingles that went over the cows back to hang the machine on. Also they made a mean attention getter when the old man got mad. Yep that strap hurt when he took it across your back side. Kinda helped you to remember what you did that he did not like. I still remember the metal sign on the side of the milk house For Cleaner Milk and Faster Milking get a Surge Milker. . .Old Scovy.

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