Author Topic: Sheep Clippers (Read 6717 times)

Emmam · « **on:** October 22, 2012, 12:13:11 pm »

In the past, I have paid the local freelance shepherd to dag my sheep with her electric clippers and I also do trim up with hand shears. However, as I now need my haflinger clipped over the winter as she gets too sweaty otherwise, I have decided to invest in a pair of clippers that can do horses and sheep??
Does anyone have any suggestions of makes/models please?

BadgerFace · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:16:23 pm »

Horse clippers use blades and sheep shears use 'combs and cutters', and have different 'heads' to hold the different styles of cutting blades, they are not interchangeable.

I have a Hauptner sheep shearing machine (motor in hand piece), that I believe you can buy cattle/horse heads for. I think the extra head to hold the horse blades is about £200 (thats just the head). Maybe more cost effective to stick with the freelance shepherd and buy yourself a set of horse clippers.

HTH

smee2012 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2012, 01:45:16 pm »

I can't give you any sensible advice as I'm yet to clip my own lambs. I have clipped horses out in the past but using horse-specific clippers. I'm pretty sure they didn't have interchangeable heads to do sheep with.

On a different note, these ones apparently will do horses, cows, dogs and...wait for it...CAMELS!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional-Clipper-Trimmer-2500RPM-Adjustable/dp/B009150RH6

Small Farmer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:04:32 pm »

'Fraid BadgerFace is right. We have two entirely different sets of clippers, and for sheep you get through lots of cutters, not to mention oil.

We bought Lister for the sheep, and noticed that the shearer had the same model for dagging.

smee2012 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:24:38 pm »

Hmmm, is there an issue with putting links on? It doesn't seem to work for me - keeps cutting it all up?

bloomer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:48:31 pm »

hmm it appears to be a problem with amazon links, i'll experiment

BadgerFace · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2012, 03:28:13 pm »

Here's a link to a pic of the Hauptner shearing machine I have. If you scroll down the description, it does have a cattle (holds horse blades) 'head' listed as a optional extra (can't see a price listed for the extra head though).

http://www.peasridge.co.uk/acatalog/Motor_in_handpiece_units.html

langfauld easycare · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2012, 11:40:56 pm »

a bought a wee set about 5 or 6 years ago from ebay with 2 heads one for sheep and one for cattle and horses.think they were 110volt but came with a invertor to run them of a car battery. if i remember right they were about £150 . they do the job but are a bit slow on sheep if you are doing a few.

Alistair · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2012, 05:35:22 pm »

I've got a lister motor and a couple of heineger red back hand pieces, both excellent if a bit expensive for your needs.

Alistair · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2012, 05:39:02 pm »

http://www.hornershearing.com/acatalog/info_546.html

Probably wouldn't go far wrong with these?

Remy · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2012, 07:56:22 pm »

I've got the Lister Laser 2 sheep clippers which have an interchangeable head for horses.

http://www.lister-shearing.com/horse_clipping/laser2clipper.php

You have to buy the horse head separately but don't know how much it costs

Alistair · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2012, 08:23:23 pm »

Get an circuit tester & breaker as well.

Also you'll need to account for cutters and combs, there's a multitude of combs out there, they're about a tenner each, some can, in the wrong hands, do more damage more quickly, generally the winter combs fall in to this catagory