Gutter Stanchion Dairy Barn

Floor height was also an issue and roden had two barns where the difference in the floor height was 30 inches so that had to be fixed.

Gutter stanchion dairy barn. While tiestall and stanchion barns are no longer the norm gea has experienced a 10 percent increase in barn cleaner installations in the last three years. Excuse myself i wasn t as comfortable in front of a camera then as i am today. Early manure gutter cleaners ran behind cows in traditional tiestall or stanchion barns. All doors of the barn should lie flat against the external wall when fully open.

Barn floods caused by cows breaking water lines are not that uncommon and it is very important that the water can drain to the gutter and not pool under the cows. The gutter should have a gradient of 1 for every 10 length. Smoother finish also stays cleaner. All sections are in 60 and 120 lengths and are constructed of 5 8 solid steel bars and 1 1 2 x 3 8 cross bars.

Many old stanchion barns have a gutter down the middle so that gutter had to be filled in and leveled with the rest of the floor. Under normal circumstances gutters in tie stalls should not flood. This wills permit a free flow of liquid excreta. The doors of a single range cowshed should be 5 wide with a height of 7 and for double row shed the width should not be less than 8 9.

My last video inside explaining the stanchion barn with the dairy cows.