Premier 4000s Shearing Machine
Product Details
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Has a high torque, rare-earth, permanent magnet 110 volt motor that glides through dense wool and hair.
Only the most-experienced shearers can push it fast enough to cause it to lose cutter speed.
Premier 4000s Packages includes:
- Premier 4000s Shear
- Spirit or Phantom R Comb
- Spitfire Cutter, 4 point
- Premier Case
- Key, for locking case
- Screwdriver
- 4 oz bottle of oil
- Instruction manual
Instruction Manual 
Benefits
- Lighter
- Quieter
- Easier to handle
Common Uses
- Blocking show sheep
- Shearing smaller flocks
- Shearing fiber goats
- Peeling and blocking beef & dairy cattle
- Shearing alpacas and llamas
Use with our combs and cutters.
Specs
- 110 volt
- Quieter. Less motor "whine", kind to your ears and less likely to upset animals.
- 2700 strokes per minute cutting speed
- Permanent rare-earth magnet motor enable more torque (power) and require less space and weight than ordinary motors. Less heat is produced by the permanent magnet motor and the fan forces air forward through our heads—so the heads run 20°F cooler.
- Up to 20% shorter in length than other motors
- Weighs up to 15% less than other motors
- Smaller grip than other motors
- Sleek, low profile head design (sharp visual look that catches your eye and impresses observers)
- Internal roller bearings instead of bushings (less heat, less wear and greater longevity)
- Suspended fork system (reduces risk of stripping the gear drive or breaking comb teeth)
- No cutter retainer or retaining spring (both caused hassles and broke too readily)
- Improved tensioning concept (spring clip is more effective at retaining tension than cupped washers)
- Only 3 minutes to change a shear head to clipper head
- Motor has a 16 ft electrical cord
- Designed and assembled in USA from domestic and foreign parts
Tips
Tensioning Shear Heads—Why the correct tension is so critical!
To get the tension right:- Tighten the tension knob, until resistance is felt, to force the cutter against the comb. Tighten an additional 1/2 turn.
- Apply shearing oil to the comb and cutter.
- Turn on the machine. Tweak tension according to comb/cutter heat/cutting ability. To find the sweet spot, adjust tension cautiously while operating.
- Wool gets under the cutter, which prevents cutting. Remove the cutter, clean out the wool, replace the cutter, then reset the tension.
- The cutter may fly off, allowing forks to drop between the comb’s teeth—which strips the drive gear.
- Causes excessive friction, dulling the cutting edges quickly.
- Heat builds on both the comb/cutter and shearing head.
Preparing the Animal for Clipping
- Remove the dirt from the hair first. If this is not done, expect accelerated blade wear and a reduction in animals clipped between blade sharpenings in exact proportion to the amount of dirt present. The benefits of dirt removal prior to clipping cannot be over-emphasized. Example: Those who wash their lambs prior to clipping often clip 20–30 club lambs between sharpenings (if the blades have been sharpened properly on a lapping machine). Those who don’t and have lambs with sand and soil in the wool often clip less than two lambs between sharpenings.
- Washing the animal with soap and water removes the most dirt. If this is not practical, use a high power vacuum or blower to remove as much dirt as possible from the hair or wool.
- Restrain the animal. Few animals like the sound of a clipper or the feel of vibration on their skin. When they react to either without warning, accidents can and will happen. Therefore, for the sake of you, your animal and your clipper, restrain the animal properly prior to clipping.
Precautions
Failure to oil as often as recommended may lead to excess heat and premature wear and tear.
Warning: Unlike some other clipper motors, this motor will neither slow down nor sound different when oil is needed. But failure to oil will quickly cause damage to the blades and drive head. So you MUST apply oil by time instead of sound. Apply a small amount of oil every 3 minutes to the tips of the teeth and each side of the blade by dipping them into a dish of oil or pouring oil directly onto the teeth with a small oil container and every 10 minutes drip oil into the small hole behind the tension knob assembly. Excessive wear can occur if not oiled properly!
Warning: Risk of electrical shock—Connect only to a branch circuit protected by a ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI). Contact a qualified electrician if you cannot verify that the circuit is protected by a GFCI.
Warranty
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Professional Shears
#10 White Clipping Oil, 4 oz bottle
Item #258200 -A high-quality clear clipping and shearing oil to lubricate blades, combs and cutters. Reduces risk of stain to wool fibers and hair.
$3.25 -
Professional Shears
Spitfire Cutter
Item #850000 -Standard 4 point cutter for shearing machines. Works well with Premiers combs and shearing heads.
$11.50 -
Professional Shears
Spirit Shearing Comb
Item #861200 -An excellent comb for beginner shears. Easy to control while providing a quality finish. Can be resharpened by Premier.
$35.00 -
Professional Shears
Phantom R Shearing Comb
Item #863300 -Sheep shearing comb for Premier's shearing machines. For shaping show animals or shearing sheep with course wools.
$35.00 -
Combs and Cutters - Large
Comb Lifter
Item #862700 -Leaves a layer up to 0.75" of uncut fiber on camelids, goats and other hair species.
$5.00 -
Professional Shears
Heiniger Camelid Shearing Comb
Item #862600 -Specialized 13-tooth comb for shearing llamas, alpacas, camels, vicuñas and guanacos. Swiss-made by Heiniger.
$54.50 -
Professional Shears
Heiniger Mohair Shearing Comb
Item #862500 -Short bevel shearing comb for Mohair goats. Also used for llamas, alpacas and Angora goats. Swiss-made by Heiniger.
$38.50 -
Professional Shears
Apache Shearing Comb
Item #862000 -For shearing range ewes, feeder lambs and winter farm flocks.
$35.00 -
Professional Shears
Blackhawk 92 Shearing Comb
Item #860500 -Sheep shearing 13 tooth comb for farm/range flocks and blocking show stock.
$35.00 -
Combs and Cutters - Large
Ceramic Cutter
Item #850040 -Holds cutting edge up to 3 times as long as normal shearing cutters. Ideal for tough fiber and wool.
$17.00 -
Professional Shears
Heiniger Storm Shearing Cutter, each
Item #850030 -Ultra-thick cutter (4.6mm) runs evenly across the comb. Recommended for use with winter and cover shearing combs. Made in Switzerland by Heiniger.
$7.50 -
Clipping and Shearing Machines
Clipper Head Only
Item #828004 -Interchangeable clipping head fits onto Premier 4000 shearing and clipper motor.
$75.00 -
Accessories
Comb Screwdriver
Item #824600 -For securing combs to shearing machines. Provides more leverage than a normal screwdriver and fits comb screws on all major shearing units.
$3.00 -
Resharpening Service
Resharpen - COMB (each)
Item #870000 -Resharpen your blades, combs or cutters. Rapid turnaround, precision finish, low cost! Custom-engraving available.
$2.00 -
Resharpening Service
Resharpen - CUTTER (each)
Item #869000 -Resharpen your blades, combs or cutters. Rapid turnaround, precision finish, low cost! Custom-engraving available.
$1.50 -
Accessories
Premier Clipper/Shearer Case
Item #824000 -This carrying case protects your clipping or shearing machine and accessories from damage. Internal pre-molded tray hold everything in place.
$46.25
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Clipping and Shearing Machines
Shear Head Only
Item #829004 -Interchangeable shearing head fits onto Premier 4000 clipper and shearing motor.
$163.25 -
Clipping and Shearing Machines
Premier 4000 Clipper/Shearing Motor Only
Item #828007 -Drives either Premier's shear head or clipping head. Powerful permanent magnet motor with high torque.
$232.00
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Daniel M from Florida
4th time shearing Angora goats, first time with the Premier. We were using a Clipmaster with the Premier brand mohair blade, then doing second cut/cleanup with the Premier with the PhantomR 20 tooth comb. After following the instructions to oil the Premier frequently and finding the "sweet spot" in tensioning, the Premier out-performed the Clipmaster. The premier did run cooler and was better ergonomically. In the coats that were dirtier/more coarse, the 20 tooth comb was much easier/faster than the mohair comb. On day two of shearing, only used the Premier and switched out to the ceramic cutters...again had to find that tensioning sweet spot, but once that was done, it was smooth sailing! Very impressed with the performance of the Premier! Make sure to READ the directions of oiling blades every 3 minutes (not as inconvenient as you would think), and oil the motor every 15 min for peak performance.
Clinton M from MN
Never sheared by myself before, I've only seen it done. I figured it'd be easier to do myself then to keep trying to pull teeth to get someone to come out and shear my small herd. Works great with the ceramic cutter, practice definitely makes perfect but look forward to many more years of use.
Connie G
Fantastic! Solid and easy to adjust. I paired this with the Heingar mohair blade for my goats. Made easy work of their sometimes difficult hair. It did get hot very quickly and I had to stop often to oil. If I had figured out the proper tension earlier in the shearing, it probably would have helped with the heat issue. A more experienced shearer would not have taken as long as I did anyway!
Rhorie M
I got this set of clippers after breaking my last pair of Listers. Well, I didn't break them, the girl I hired to shear my sheep did. My three sheep have dense to medium wool and after not shearing them for 1 year plus and not being able to find anyone to do it, I found these clippers after doing some research on the brand.
I just clipped the three this week and WOW....it was like cutting through butter. My medium sheep took all of 10 minutes and my two others, denser wool, took about 25 minutes. I used a stand since I cannot do it the New Zealand way. Since their growth was long it took more time, and I did not wash them, they are not completely tame. I am looking forward to shearing them again in October and getting on a routine now that I have the PERFECT set of clippers.
Thank you Premier1 I am super pleased with the set!!!
Hannah P from Indiana
Nicest machine I've owned over the years! Ready to go right out of the case! Sheared 3 BIG rams in less time than it actually took to get them haltered and out of their pen. Not as loud as my old pair of Shearmasters or as heavy and they don't vibrate as much either. Even sheared through the ram's dirty fleeces very easily.
