Thread: possum plucker

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

McVicars in Rotorua

Bit out of my budget $2800 the one they have on TM. The plucker i had last night done a good job for her first time at it, just she doesn't always come out
I only do it for a bit of pest control on the farm but just thought on those good nights i can just keep on shooting them and deal with them latter. The window is closing at a fast rate with lambing and calving

Originally Posted by bigbear

Bit out of my budget $2800 the one they have on TM. The plucker i had last night done a good job for her first time at it, just she doesn't always come out
I only do it for a bit of pest control on the farm but just thought on those good nights i can just keep on shooting them and deal with them latter. The window is closing at a fast rate with lambing and calving

I’d chuck a bit of math at it.

What’s the extra $ value gain with a plucker..?

Base it on $100/kg ( cause that’s why we pluck. It’s $90/kg at moment n Bush has stopped buying for August...)

Extra 10g fur per body m/p over h/p say..?

10 bodies x 10g = 100g = $10

100 bodies x 10g = 1 kg= $100

...so you’d need 2800 bodies of extra fur to pay for a machine from McIvors ($2800 cos that’s only price I have..)

I’d say you can do a far bit of hand plucking to get reasonable $ without a big capital outlay....

My 2c worth....

If you value the convenience of of plucker ...fill ya boots.


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