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Parlor Planning Service and Parlor Layouts
Parlor Planning Book
If you have never built a parlor, you'll have dozens of questions. The answers are in The Book
I. What About Project Timing?
II. Parlor
III. Holding Pen
IV. Machine Room
V. Milk House
VI. Other Support Areas
VII. Start-Up of Milking
Parlor
A. What Type of Parlor?
B. What Size of Parlor?
C. Expandable Parlors?
D. Basement or no Basement?
E. Breezeway or Pit Parlor?
F. Your very Own Parlor Layout
G. Construction Details
H. Equipment Discussions
Equipment Discussions
1. Parlor Stalls
2. ProTime I or ProTime II
3. What’s a ParaBone?
4. Stainless or Galvanized Equipment?
5. Pre-installed Modular Parlors or Conventional Installation?
6. Rapid or Conventional Exit?
7. Automatic Indexing
8. Gutters, Grates and Curbing or Curbing Only?
9. Manual or Automated Cow Traffic
What Type of Parlor?
- HerringBone
- Parallel
- ParaBone
- Auto Tandem
- Rotary
- Robot
Construction Details
- Basic Dimensions - Width, Length, Height
- What kind of Walls?
- Slopes
- Exit Area for Parlors with Rapid Exit
- Milker Pit
- Culvert goes where?
- What Water Where? Clean-up how?
- What Drains where? Manure goes where?
- Lights
- Ventilation
Holding Pen
1. What Size?
2. Expandable Holding Pens?
3. Crowd Gates
4. Entrance Area into Holding Pen
5. Exit Alleys/No-Return Gates in Back
6. Slope of Floor
7. Floor Finish
8. Pick up the Pebbles!
9. Steps or Ramps from Parlor into Holding Pen?
Machine Room
1. What Size?
2. What goes into it?
3. Floors
4. Cross-Over Channels
5. Doors
Milk House
1. What Size?
2. Accessories
3. Picking up the Milk
4. Milk Tank / Storage
5. Receiver Group or CIP/Receiver Combination Group?
Other Support Areas
1. Reception Area
2. Visitor / Parlor Viewing Area
3. Office(s)
4. Break and Meeting Room
5. Vet Room / Office
6. Rest Room(s)
7. Shower / Changing Area
8. Chemical Storage
9. Catch Pens / Treatment Pens
Starting to Milk in the New Parlor
1. Count Down to Start-Up of Milking
2. First Milking - Easier than you think
Parlor Layout Services
We can also help you plan the Parlor Layout. There are two ways to go about it:
1. Request our parlor planning template and mark it up with changes to suit your needs, mail it back to us, we'll enter the changes into the computer and return it to you. You mark it up again - or call us - with more changes until you have your very own layout in front of you.
OR
2. Make a rough sketch of what you have in mind and mail it to us. We'll enter it into the computer and mail a first draft back to you. You mark it up, etc. - see above.
3. Understood, that we ultimately have to get together and discuss the project in person.
4. For the time being we can not provide this service if you are going with another brand of parlor, or if you are buying a used parlor from your neighbor.
At What Cost?
Parlor Planning Book .... $250
Parlor Layouts .............. $500
Both fees refundable if you purchase a HERITAGE or TechForAg Parlor.
Table of Contents
Parlor Planning
Technology For Agriculture LLC
1855-A West Davenport St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 | 715-362-7225 * Fax 715-362-7595 * Rolf's Mobil 715-360-3660 | Email: Rolftfa@newnorth.net
10. Overhead Support Structure or Overhead Channels?
11. What kind of CIP Cup Holders?
12. Automatic TakeOffs
13. Claws and Pulsation
14. Lo-Lines or Hi-Lines? 2”, 3” or 4” Diameter?
15. Compressed Air System
16. Vacuum Systems
17. Milk Meters, Cow ID and Computerized Dairy Management
18. Automatic Back Flushing after every cow?
19. Miscellaneous Equipment and Accessories
10. Fans & Ventilation
11. Return-to-Holding Pen Gates in Front
12. Curtains or Garage Doors
13. Holding Pen Fences
Contact us for more info on our Parlor Planning Services
