RUAVIEW FARM
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Coast & Country
Mike’s odyssey leads him back to Ohakune
Dave Goddard and Nathan Paul from Camco Dairy Services.
Ben Wright from Builtwright Construction in front of the new shed.
It’s the only pulsation system on the market where each pulsator services two clusters. All other options require you to pay more to have one pulsator on every cluster. The system also has a variable speed drive for the milk pump, plus the Waikato GS cluster washers with the 320 cluster claw. The Waikato 320 claw offers unsurpassed milk extraction capacity, plus a modern design for simple use. This ergonomic claw is robust and lightweight. The large bore milk inlets and outlets improve milk flow and milk evacuation while promoting a stable dynamic milking environment. “It’s a standard fit,” says Dave. The vacuum pump has a new SmartDRIVE variable speed pump, which controls the blower pump BP200. The system has a 90L receiving can with a 60L sanitary trap. The receiver collects the milk from the milk-line and separates the milk and air. The sanitary trap prevents crosscontamination and is part of an effective cleaning system. The milk pump enables the flow of milk to the milk tank.
The Herdflow hi-lift gate. Dave wanted to reiterate how easy it’s been to deal with John Helen and Mike. “They were an absolute pleasure to deal with.”
Rapid chilling
Lawry Bidgood from Taupo Refrigeration & Air Conditioning – known as TRAC – installed the refrigeration system. The refrigeration system also refrigerates a 30,000L water tank, which takes the temperature down to six degrees Celsius, and is then pumped through the milk chiller system, rapidly chilling the milk. It is also used as a heat recovery system. Matt Nash from ARC Engineering in
The floodwash moat at the end of the yard.
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Taupo covered all the engineering aspects of the new build. Matt did all the steelwork, yard work and erected the snow loading high pitch gable in the shed. The steelwork in the Artificial Insemination area was all put in place by Matt, as well as the large sliding doors at the end of the fully enclosed shed. Matt also installed the Reporoa High Lift gate, which arrived on-site in a bolt together kitset package. The new Reporoa High Lift backing gate is the first of the significantly upgraded gate featuring the new drive system, which now operates on an ‘I’ beam.