Posted by cam.man67 on July 28, 2015 at 18:56:01 from (69.243.28.94):
In Reply to: MIlking survey posted by sammydwm on July 27, 2015 at 23:50:33:
Figured I'd chime in on this thread since I was a part of the survey. We have both an old (1933) tie stall barn, and a very new (2001) swing 20 parlor. Being a seasonal dairy, we opted to do the parlor as cheaply as possible. Curtain walls, used pipes out of Texas...I think we wound up shopping around for a significant savings over a more substantial building. So parlors can be had pretty inexpensively. Plus, one person can milk our 100 organic cows an hour in our parlor! Talk about time savings.;)
The tie stall doesn't get any use anymore, save for milking one cow over the winter for my own personal use. I have a portable milker that's as old as the tie stall that I dig out every year when it gets cold.:) doesn't make me want to milk all 100 cows in a tie stall though!
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