Post by rosalind on Nov 24, 2021 16:30:50 GMT -5
Over the last couple years, we've been upgrading our milkhouse facilities. We went from one plastic utility tub to this great stainless sink configuration, all pretty much second-hand equipment that we refurbished.
Stainless steel sink - purchased for $75 off Craigslist, came with multiple faucets. We added legs and plumbing, attached the sink to the wall, bought parts online to create an inexpensive long-line hose faucet with spray handle that comes in handy daily!
I finally installed Surge hangers for the inflations (purchased on ebay), for the pulsators (gifted by Stacy Thomas of Clover Mountain Dairy), for the bucket (gifted by Seth Snook, formerly of Pleasant Valley Dairy), and for the lid (from Hamby Dairy Supply the best place to buy authentic Surge parts, when available).
Dad created a cedarwood shelf for our strainer to sit on. The stainless steel strainer came from the man that gifted us the Surge machines originally. It's intended for a bulk tank, so we adapted it and put a smaller funnel in the top of half gallon and gallon jars to catch the milk as the strainer base is wider than the jar mouth.
Simple drying setup - I wouldn't mind getting a rack to hang on the wall, at least for the strainer. I wasn't able to find any ideas on how to store the strainer. In our milkhouse on the big dairy, it just set in the sink to dry after cleanup...
Another view of the washing area. We keep separate soap and sponges - the red one on the wall is for milking equipment ONLY and the moose-shaped soap holder has a separate soap and sponge for general cleaning. We use bay one of the sink (shown here) for washing milking equipment. Bay two is for general cleaning. I regularly scrub both sinks to keep them fresh, to prevent listeria, etc. The Monarch stove shelves (an ancestor's, I think it was from my dad's grandparent's stove) hold soap and other cleaning supplies.
Stainless steel sink - purchased for $75 off Craigslist, came with multiple faucets. We added legs and plumbing, attached the sink to the wall, bought parts online to create an inexpensive long-line hose faucet with spray handle that comes in handy daily!
I finally installed Surge hangers for the inflations (purchased on ebay), for the pulsators (gifted by Stacy Thomas of Clover Mountain Dairy), for the bucket (gifted by Seth Snook, formerly of Pleasant Valley Dairy), and for the lid (from Hamby Dairy Supply the best place to buy authentic Surge parts, when available).
Dad created a cedarwood shelf for our strainer to sit on. The stainless steel strainer came from the man that gifted us the Surge machines originally. It's intended for a bulk tank, so we adapted it and put a smaller funnel in the top of half gallon and gallon jars to catch the milk as the strainer base is wider than the jar mouth.
Simple drying setup - I wouldn't mind getting a rack to hang on the wall, at least for the strainer. I wasn't able to find any ideas on how to store the strainer. In our milkhouse on the big dairy, it just set in the sink to dry after cleanup...
Another view of the washing area. We keep separate soap and sponges - the red one on the wall is for milking equipment ONLY and the moose-shaped soap holder has a separate soap and sponge for general cleaning. We use bay one of the sink (shown here) for washing milking equipment. Bay two is for general cleaning. I regularly scrub both sinks to keep them fresh, to prevent listeria, etc. The Monarch stove shelves (an ancestor's, I think it was from my dad's grandparent's stove) hold soap and other cleaning supplies.