Posted by Bruce from Can. on September 24, 2016 at 07:19:30 from (70.52.184.253):
My good old reliable Berg sable cleaner is at about the end of it's life. The slide shoot is rotting out , the drive unit is worn out , and the paddles on the gutter chain are starting to snap off, at the rate of one a week. Called my local Berg guy , and asked about a new cleaner . He told me that he hasn't put in a new cleaner in over 10 years , an only sells parts now. Told me he could order in every thing I would need ,but wouldn't install the cleaner. $25,000.00 price tag and I still have to put it in myself. With a forty foot slide shoot , I would have to get a crane in to put the shoot up , and lift the drive unit in place. Just sounds like way too much $$$$ to me . So I am thinking about busting out the stable floor , and making a scrape alley , and clean out with a skid steer or compact tractor. My 40 some year old Thomas skid already scrapes out 32 stalls in the new part of the barn but I don't think I want to rely on it to clean out another 73 cows. Cleaning out 105 cows stalls 7 days per week will bring it to a quick end too. So I went skid steer shopping. And boy did I get my eyes opened!! CNH and Kubota now only build the larger skid steers, 60 hp and up , and well over five feet wide, too big .As well the price tag was big too , in the $40,000. range. So I then looked at compact tractors, 4x4 , and in around 24-26 horse , with loader, CNH, Kubota , and Mahindra. All were right around $20,000. For an ver grown lawn tractor. Just when did ever thing get so costly ? Not sure just what I am going to do now , maybe I can find a decent used skid steer. One thing for sure, my stable cleaner will not last long when the weather turns cold. And the cows keep the manure coming steady. And the cows will still need to be milked in this barn the whole time we have the stable cleaner torn out , floor broken up , and new floor poured. What to do , what to do ? Bruce
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