Foot-Powered Brake Bleeder Powers Milker

Foot-Powered Brake Bleeder Powers Milker LIVESTOCK Miscellaneous Using only a foot-powered brake drum bleeder and a 1/2-gal glass jar Jim Criger Springfield Mo put together a milking machine that he uses to milk goats To make a jar system that would hold the milk and attach to the pump he drilled 3 holes in the jar’s metal lid to accommodate 3 thread-on hose barbs Rubber seals on the top and bottom of the lid form an airtight seal around the hose barbs A 2-ft length of thin plastic tubing leads from 2 of the hose barbs to a pair of 35 ml plastic syringes that serve as teat cups Another length of tubing leads from the third hose barb to the brake bleeder Pushing up and down on the brake bleeder pedal creates a vacuum that holds the teat cups on and pulls the milk into the jar Once the goat has been milked the jar’s lid is removed and the milk poured into a stainless steel pail Criger says his homemade milker can milk 4 goats in half an hour Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jim Criger 2986 N Farm Road 103 Springfield Mo 65803 jimc417@yahoo com

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