Gutter Stanchion Dairy Barn

Early manure gutter cleaners ran behind cows in traditional tiestall or stanchion barns.

Gutter stanchion dairy barn.

Super tough powder coated finish resists chipping acids chemicals and rust. My last video inside explaining the stanchion barn with the dairy cows. This wills permit a free flow of liquid excreta. 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 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. 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. Sizes are available for 16 18 20 and 24 gutter widths. Excuse myself i wasn t as comfortable in front of a camera then as i am today.

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. 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. Smoother finish also stays cleaner. All doors of the barn should lie flat against the external wall when fully open.

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.