Homemade Milking Machine

[Bushhog]

Has anyone tried to kluge together components to make a milking machine? With only one milk cow, buying one is probably not an option. Parts, however, are reasonably available. Among other questions, is there a particular type of vacuum pump required?

 

[CattleAnnie]

Well, for one cow, you may want to just consider this old fashioned method.

Milking:

http://www.fellpony.f9.co.uk/country/dairy/milkanim.htm

But the closest device I could find in response to your query was this:

Portable Milking Machine:

http://www.nifindia.org/vajohny.html

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Good luck with your search and take care.

 

[dj]

Portable Milking Machine:
http://www.nifindia.org/vajohny.html
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Good luck with your search and take care.

Thanks Cattle Annie.
Thats pretty interesting

I used to run a small septic sucker. To draw vaccum we plumbed into the intake manifold.

 

[Ouachita]

Resurrecting this old thread. Have any of you built your own? My wife and daughters are looking at machines for goats only. I think I can buy just the task specific components and build the system myself. If someone here already has the T-shirt, let me know. I'd like suggestions on how to, and also if you'd have done anything different.
Herd size varies between 30-40, but they only milk between 5 and 10 at a given time. Wife's fingers don't work like they used to.