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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1387822" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>I don't know what you are bedding and how....</p><p></p><p>only thing I will say is do not use sand on concrete....It will polish the concrete as slick as ice....</p><p></p><p>Got sent one time to install a pipeline washer in an older small dairy parlor....</p><p>A new producer had rented the farm and they did not call us until the day they wanted to start milking....I was not quite done at milking time.....I could not even test and adjust the washer until they milked....</p><p></p><p>it was a small Jersey herd and so I figured I would just hang out and wait.....</p><p></p><p>didn't know the cows had been in a flat barn and had no idea how to handle a parlor....</p><p></p><p>add to that the previous farmer had put down sand daily to improve the footing on the concrete....the floor on the intake lot was like a sheet of ice....cows were slipping and falling....I went out to help and we were having to try to hold cows up and push them into the parlor....saw at least three cows with broken legs....then the farmer went down in the middle of the herd and I heard his head hit the concrete....I figured he was dead or about to be since he was lying on the concrete in the middle of a bunch of cows trying to stay on their feet...I got to him and he had come to and was trying to get up....I stayed until he finished milking and then washed and adjusted the system....</p><p></p><p>it was a brutal night for the farmer and I never heard from him again....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1387822, member: 6543"] I don't know what you are bedding and how.... only thing I will say is do not use sand on concrete....It will polish the concrete as slick as ice.... Got sent one time to install a pipeline washer in an older small dairy parlor.... A new producer had rented the farm and they did not call us until the day they wanted to start milking....I was not quite done at milking time.....I could not even test and adjust the washer until they milked.... it was a small Jersey herd and so I figured I would just hang out and wait..... didn't know the cows had been in a flat barn and had no idea how to handle a parlor.... add to that the previous farmer had put down sand daily to improve the footing on the concrete....the floor on the intake lot was like a sheet of ice....cows were slipping and falling....I went out to help and we were having to try to hold cows up and push them into the parlor....saw at least three cows with broken legs....then the farmer went down in the middle of the herd and I heard his head hit the concrete....I figured he was dead or about to be since he was lying on the concrete in the middle of a bunch of cows trying to stay on their feet...I got to him and he had come to and was trying to get up....I stayed until he finished milking and then washed and adjusted the system.... it was a brutal night for the farmer and I never heard from him again.... [/QUOTE]
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