Scraping
Tractor Scraping
- Box Scrapers are excellent and leave less smearing than other varieties of scraper (most people with box scrapers would not change back!)
- Take care to scrape slowly and methodically to avoid leaving slurry around edges of yards and feeders
Auto Scraping
- Avoid long scraper runs to prevent a large bow wave of slurry building up.
- Add slatted sections to reduce depth of bow wave
Hand Scraping
- Use a hand scraper to remove stale slurry from corners, edges, ends of auto scraper runs etc. to reduce the risk of infectious disease
- Use a hand scraper on areas not reached by tractor or auto scraper e.g. cross passages.
- Hand scrape areas of high use and slurry build up in between the main scrapings e.g. parlour exit or around out of parlour feeders
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