2020 and they still haven't replaced shearers with robot.
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
Some interesting posts here on KZitem, including this one, that provide some insight into shearing, the life of shearers, and the politics of rural Australia. No doubt it is one of the most physically demanding jobs in the world, and requires a high degree of skill as well. Better shearing machines and slings to take some of the upper body weight off the shearers back help, (called here a 'back brace'; but the strap worn around the middle and known as a back brace in the USA is useless to east back strain), but only a little. Of the innovations to make the process easier, most are too complex (prone to breakdown and high maintenance costs), and much too expensive to buy in the first place. Using a drug to stimulate uniform wool shedding with the sheep sewn up in nets also seems to have a number of potential problems- and 20 years later has not become widespread. The best solution for easing the physical strain- significantly lengthening a shearer's working life while reducing back injury - that I have seen is the Moffat shearing table. Unlike many shearing tables, it is simple and rugged in construction and easy to use. (See the KZitem video.) Still, in spite of how easy the demo video makes shearing on the table look, catching, loading on the table, and shearing sheep - quickly while preserving wool quality and minimizing nicks - is still a skilled and demanding job... especially as sheep are not always as clean or docile as shown in the demonstration.
@Artines999
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your guidance
@videohistorysnippets8963
2 жыл бұрын
Love Steve Roachs work.
@chessman483
6 ай бұрын
Watching this in 2024 as an X shearer. It’s funny now wool is worth stuff all except gd Merino fine wool.
@longcraig6657
2 жыл бұрын
Robots have been shearing sheep since shearing was a thing. Us shearers are the robots!
@longcraig6657
2 жыл бұрын
An nothing changed up until 2020. Thank you covid for doing what the unions couldn't do for us shearers
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