We have one of those machines and it took some adapting the hoses for the claw . They are too soft and light so we bought some of the old type cups with the heavier black hoses. The machine works but a bit slow. It doesnt like any cold weather though and we have to put a light over it. I would hand milk but our cows teats are very short.
Thank you so much for coming over. We really hope to share and teach all that we can to help others. At any time if you have questions, reach out to us. We will help as much as we can.
Wow.. we arent milking yet but have our heifer waiting to get to breeding age and have been eyeing this milker. Glad we are subscribed and watched this video! Appreciate that honest review!
Smith Family Ranch no problem at all. It’s not all terrible however I think someone needs to know it’s not the highest quality by any means and needs to see some of the things that need to be thought about and items that can help it work better! Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for this review. We hand milk now and only have one cow but we want to add another cow at some point. We've considered getting a machine so this info helps a lot. 😃
Until watching y’all’s channel, I thought you had to milk a cow twice a day! If we ever decide a milk cow is in our future...I will be revisiting this video! 🙃
The metal piece for the claw, can you get that in hard plastic, because we have replaced ours twice in a year because it got rusty and thanks for the video..
I would like to see how the hose that goes from the pulsator to the bucket is connected as well as the one that goes to the gauage, I got all hoses connected but for some reason the machine is not holding pressure even with 4 liners blocked, it's a new machine and I'm not sure if something is wrong with the pulsator or it's just wrong hose connections, it would be nice if you could demonstrate how to test the pulsator for pressure
Oh wow!!!! Check out Thursday's video over at Lumnah Acres. Al said he made the milking machine he was using. Also, it doubled the amount he'd been getting. Just thought I'd share that in case y'all haven't seen it. Hugs from Jawja!! (GA)
Annie Gaddis thanks for watching! When I was buying this I never could find pro and con to it.. just simply a few of them working so I wanted to do this for hard headed people like me!! Haha thank you again for watching
Hi, thanks for the video. I recently buy that Miller machine, but I remove the piston pump (blue cylinder) for transportation. And I don't know how assemble the parts inside of it (o thought I'll remember but I forgot) If you can, Could you send me a video what to put first and what last please. Thanks for everything I'm waiting to use my machine o don't want to mess up :(
@@TheMacs1 yes, I don't know what to put first. (I remove the nut, and all the different pcs inside the cylinder. How can I send you pictures, so you can help me. I try to find the manual on line but I can't 🤦🏻♂️
Did anyone else have problems with the milk tasting like the hoses smell. We have had to throw out all the milk we've run through the Milker. It all tasted like rubber hose. We've run vinegar through it and we washed everything before it was used. If it doesn't clear up, is there somewhere we can purchase new hoses
Honestly I have bought replacement parts in Amazon, vevor and eBay. Type in dairy milking machine replacement parts and you tend to find alot. I just bought new hosing just two days ago because they where out about every year or two
This one was vevor, however hsve one more jus like it with a different name. They are all alike basically, our store Amazon link below has it saved in our supplies
I milk 5 gal by hand in 15 min with my fam cow. I also milk 200 cows 6 days a week with a modern milk system. I have no issues hand milking I'm fast been doing it years. But at 43 I'm looking to the future and I want to save my Joints. I'd like to be miking into my 70s and don't want Arthritis. So I'm buying a milk machine. But I also am starting my own Micro Diary to ad to my CSA and Meats. So I'm buying a michin for use up yo 10 cows.
@@TheMacs1 thanks much. Those worked beautifully. I'd tried to build a something out of pvc caps but they didn't seal well enough to to build a decent vacuum. Tonight I had the oddest thing happen. It worked great yesterday and tonight I flipped it on and it wasn't sucking. It wasn't just that it was building vacuum, but the pump wasn't sucking at all. I ran from end to end and couldn't find a leak. I put the caps in and there was actually enough pressure building that it blew them out. It's almost like it was running backwards. Oddest thing. I just had to walk away. Try and figure it out tomorrow.
Yes sounds like the hoses are crossed and building back pressure. Make sure your belt isn’t shipping also. If hoses are correct, than check under your middle cap, make sure the o ring is on good and the ball bearing is in good shape. You may need to apply a tad of oil on that ball bearing to help it go up and down to pull a suction. You have a gasket on your pump too, make sure it hasn’t come undone or loosened in anyway.
@@TheMacs1 Yep. Hoses were all fine, I wish I had seen your reply a few hours earlier though. I finally narrowed it down to the ball bearing in the lid. It was stuck pretty good. Why on earth they didn't use a stainless one is beyond me. I'm noticing that the pump is generally slowing down now that I have it fixed and going again. I added oil to the crankcase. Have to try greasing the piston next. Where did you find the O-rings? I've been looking for one to have ready for when I need it. Also, are you oiling the vacuum cylinder at all?
I like this one once you change hosing and now you can find parts which is phenomenal. Melasty has one as well, however you can buy three of these for the price of one melasty usually
The Mac’s I get that! We went on a small trip for the weekend and I panicked thinking we couldn’t go because of our milk goat... lucky found someone willing but it was something I hadn’t thought of. Not everyone wants to milk like I do 🤣
We have one of those machines and it took some adapting the hoses for the claw . They are too soft and light so we bought some of the old type cups with the heavier black hoses. The machine works but a bit slow. It doesnt like any cold weather though and we have to put a light over it. I would hand milk but our cows teats are very short.
We definitely had our fair share of adjustments too
The Stivers sent me over. I appreciate the review of this machine, I had wondered about these new set ups.
Thank you so much for coming over. We really hope to share and teach all that we can to help others. At any time if you have questions, reach out to us. We will help as much as we can.
"Crappily" 😂 I'll have to remember that one!
Wow.. we arent milking yet but have our heifer waiting to get to breeding age and have been eyeing this milker. Glad we are subscribed and watched this video! Appreciate that honest review!
Smith Family Ranch no problem at all. It’s not all terrible however I think someone needs to know it’s not the highest quality by any means and needs to see some of the things that need to be thought about and items that can help it work better! Thanks for watching!!
It's not that too bad I use it
Thank you for this review. We hand milk now and only have one cow but we want to add another cow at some point. We've considered getting a machine so this info helps a lot. 😃
The Flip Flop Barnyard good! It’s ok once you spend some money and effort on it ha! Thanks for watching!!
Until watching y’all’s channel, I thought you had to milk a cow twice a day! If we ever decide a milk cow is in our future...I will be revisiting this video! 🙃
StephT5 absolutely! You would be surprised once a day is becoming very common even at some dairies! thank you for watching!!!
The metal piece for the claw, can you get that in hard plastic, because we have replaced ours twice in a year because it got rusty and thanks for the video..
Hi, thanks for the video, could you add one more video on how the hoses are connected? Thanks
Yes we can do that! Needing one to the top of the milking bucket?
@@TheMacs1 yes please
I would like to see how the hose that goes from the pulsator to the bucket is connected as well as the one that goes to the gauage, I got all hoses connected but for some reason the machine is not holding pressure even with 4 liners blocked, it's a new machine and I'm not sure if something is wrong with the pulsator or it's just wrong hose connections, it would be nice if you could demonstrate how to test the pulsator for pressure
Ok I will work on that for the weekend to get it on there. Do you have the liners with caps in there or flipped upside down?
Oh wow!!!!
Check out Thursday's video over at Lumnah Acres. Al said he made the milking machine he was using. Also, it doubled the amount he'd been getting. Just thought I'd share that in case y'all haven't seen it.
Hugs from Jawja!! (GA)
Nana Kay thanks so much!! We love Al! Thank you for watching!
Boil the hoses to get ride of the smell
Great info... thanks... sharing!
Annie Gaddis thanks for watching! When I was buying this I never could find pro and con to it.. just simply a few of them working so I wanted to do this for hard headed people like me!! Haha thank you again for watching
Hi, thanks for the video. I recently buy that Miller machine, but I remove the piston pump (blue cylinder) for transportation. And I don't know how assemble the parts inside of it (o thought I'll remember but I forgot)
If you can, Could you send me a video what to put first and what last please.
Thanks for everything I'm waiting to use my machine o don't want to mess up :(
Ah gosh that’s not good at all. You took it off and just the vacuum canister your trying to reassemble?
@@TheMacs1 yes, I don't know what to put first. (I remove the nut, and all the different pcs inside the cylinder. How can I send you pictures, so you can help me. I try to find the manual on line but I can't 🤦🏻♂️
Look us up on Facebook “the Macs” or the “the Macs happy homestead” then Facebook msg us a video or picture of it.
I can’t get the teet attachments on by myself!!!
Are you losing pressure? Try the red caps
Did anyone else have problems with the milk tasting like the hoses smell. We have had to throw out all the milk we've run through the Milker. It all tasted like rubber hose. We've run vinegar through it and we washed everything before it was used. If it doesn't clear up, is there somewhere we can purchase new hoses
Yes. We order food grade hoses from melasty. A USA made company and it helps tremendously!!!
I look in amazon but couldn't find the red cup covers for the clusters. what is the name of the covers please?
Milk Stopper for Cow and Goat Liner Set of (4 Pcs) by Melasty (Color is RED) www.amazon.com/dp/B07FGD8HZF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VQuNFbSA70Q82
Text me I show you alternative that you can get locally
Where can I buy gaskets and replacement parts?
Honestly I have bought replacement parts in Amazon, vevor and eBay. Type in dairy milking machine replacement parts and you tend to find alot. I just bought new hosing just two days ago because they where out about every year or two
What’s the name brand of this milker?
This one was vevor, however hsve one more jus like it with a different name. They are all alike basically, our store Amazon link below has it saved in our supplies
I hate this machine, brand new $500 and we can't get any suction, any suggestions???
I can’t find those red caps can you send me the link
www.amazon.com/dp/B07FGD8HZF?ref=exp_themacs_dp_vv_d
Here ya go!
I milk 5 gal by hand in 15 min with my fam cow. I also milk 200 cows 6 days a week with a modern milk system.
I have no issues hand milking I'm fast been doing it years. But at 43 I'm looking to the future and I want to save my Joints. I'd like to be miking into my 70s and don't want Arthritis. So I'm buying a milk machine. But I also am starting my own Micro Diary to ad to my CSA and Meats. So I'm buying a michin for use up yo 10 cows.
Awesome! Good luck and buying from local farmers is where it’s at! You see rocking it!
Thanks for doing this - I bought the same milker. I'm cussing a bit. I'm trying to find the caps you showed, but striking out. What are they called?
Ha I understand! Look at mitty supply. They are called milk stopper for cow and goat liners. Once you get that it will help for sure!
mittysupply.com/product/milk-stopper-for-cow-and-goat-liner-set-of-4-pcs-by-melasty/
@@TheMacs1 thanks much. Those worked beautifully. I'd tried to build a something out of pvc caps but they didn't seal well enough to to build a decent vacuum. Tonight I had the oddest thing happen. It worked great yesterday and tonight I flipped it on and it wasn't sucking. It wasn't just that it was building vacuum, but the pump wasn't sucking at all. I ran from end to end and couldn't find a leak. I put the caps in and there was actually enough pressure building that it blew them out. It's almost like it was running backwards. Oddest thing. I just had to walk away. Try and figure it out tomorrow.
Yes sounds like the hoses are crossed and building back pressure. Make sure your belt isn’t shipping also. If hoses are correct, than check under your middle cap, make sure the o ring is on good and the ball bearing is in good shape. You may need to apply a tad of oil on that ball bearing to help it go up and down to pull a suction. You have a gasket on your pump too, make sure it hasn’t come undone or loosened in anyway.
@@TheMacs1 Yep. Hoses were all fine, I wish I had seen your reply a few hours earlier though. I finally narrowed it down to the ball bearing in the lid. It was stuck pretty good. Why on earth they didn't use a stainless one is beyond me.
I'm noticing that the pump is generally slowing down now that I have it fixed and going again. I added oil to the crankcase. Have to try greasing the piston next.
Where did you find the O-rings? I've been looking for one to have ready for when I need it. Also, are you oiling the vacuum cylinder at all?
Does this machine filter out the dirt and bacteria?
It doesn’t. We strain out anything through a liquid colander and cheese cloth. However we make sure our cattle is really clean
@@TheMacs1 Have you found another milk machine you recommend more?
I like this one once you change hosing and now you can find parts which is phenomenal. Melasty has one as well, however you can buy three of these for the price of one melasty usually
@@TheMacs1 thank you so much I will look into this one you have. Can you just order the parts from Amazon?
You can, Amazon and eBay
I don’t milk a cow yet but good to know
Thank you! Yes this has pros and cons
Omg we literally just bought this machine 😩 wish us luck lol do you have a link to the caps for the teat cups?
Good good luck! And here you go on the link amzn.to/3aZR6Lp
We also have a newer videos breaking it down and putting it back together just walking through each step as well!
I have alternative for the caps
good honest review, Love it. and will not buy it. LOL
Mountain Life Montana I think it’s giving me high blood pressure! Thank you for watching!!
Asian hoses to Asian hoses from Home Depot?
Nah we end up getting our hoses from melasty which is an American made food grade hosing “so they say” for milk machines
🙏❤️🙏
I just love hand milking... glad I didn’t invest in a machine
We love hand milking as well. Ha but we could never find anyone help us just in case we had to be gone and also with us milking two ha.
The Mac’s I get that! We went on a small trip for the weekend and I panicked thinking we couldn’t go because of our milk goat... lucky found someone willing but it was something I hadn’t thought of. Not everyone wants to milk like I do 🤣
Yes and cows put out about 3.5 to 4 gallons daily even with a calf on so for anyone who isn’t use to it it can take a while
Made in China, right? Not considering dairy cows, now I’m certain of that.
Yep! Melasty is the only company that tends to have “some American” parts. You can’t hardly find anything American like this. So sad!