Arrange a Site Visit
Free and without obligation. One of our engineers walks the shed with you and tells you straight whether a robot suits your set-up — including when it does not.
Three Steps, and No Salesman
Nothing is committed by asking. You are not on a list, and nobody turns up unannounced.
1. We ring you back
An engineer calls to talk it through and arrange a time that suits the farm rather than the office. If you would rather just talk on the phone first, that is fine too.
2. We walk the shed
Cubicles, feed face, collecting yard, water, power and drainage, the route cows would take to the box and back, and how you would draft one out. It is a walk round, not a presentation.
3. You get a straight answer
Whether robots suit the set-up, what would have to change if they did, and what to do instead if they do not. In your own yard, not in a brochure.
Sometimes the Answer Is No
If a parlour would serve you better, that is what you will hear from us.
A robot suits some herds and some buildings and not others. We would far rather tell you that on a walk round than take an order and leave you with a machine that never fills its day — we are the ones who would be servicing it for the next fifteen years. We have put in more than 90 Merlin robots, which is long enough to know what does not work as well as what does.
If a parlour is the better answer, we fit those too, and we will say so.
What Helps If You Have It to Hand
None of it is compulsory and you will not be quizzed. It simply means the engineer arrives knowing your herd instead of starting from nothing — the form below asks for the same things.
How many cows you milk
The single biggest factor in how many boxes a farm needs, and the first thing that shapes a layout.
What you milk through now, and its age
Herringbone, rotary, abreast or robots already — and how much working life is left in it.
How many times a day you milk
Twice, three times or in batches. It changes what a robot would have to do to be worth it.
Whether cows graze in summer
Grazing and robots work together on plenty of Scottish farms, but it changes where the box sits and how cows come back in.
Who does the milking
Family, staff, or nobody you can find. This is the reason a lot of farms start the conversation at all.
Roughly when you would want it milking
Whether you are planning for this year, thinking about the next one, or just having a look. All three are fine answers.
Send Us the Details
Fill this in and an engineer will ring you back. Free, without obligation, and nothing happens until you say so.
The form sits directly below this block. If you would rather not fill anything in, ring McCaskie Engineering on 01786 474 481 and ask for the engineering department.
Before You Get in Touch
Is the site visit really free?
Yes — free and without obligation. An engineer comes out, walks the shed with you and gives you an answer. You are not charged for it and you are not committed to anything by asking.
What if a robot turns out to be the wrong answer for us?
Then we say so, and we tell you what we would do instead. McCaskie fit conventional parlours as well, so we have no reason to push you towards a robot that would not suit the herd or the building.
Do I have to decide anything on the day?
No. The visit produces a straight answer and, if it is worth going further, a layout drawing and a written quotation afterwards. The decision is yours to make in your own time.
Who actually comes out?
One of McCaskie's eight engineers, from the department at Springkerse in Stirling — the same people who would install the robot and service it afterwards, not a sales agent.
Or Just Ring Us
McCaskie Engineering — 01786 474 481 · service@mccaskie.co.uk
4 Munro Road, Springkerse Industrial Estate, Stirling FK7 7UU · Monday–Friday 8am–5pm, and on call outside those hours.