New Slurry tower prices and advice
- Thread starter Chippy
- Start date
Yes they can be backfilled, have seen a 3m high store completely buried. I think you can't have anymore than a metre difference in the height of backfill around the store. Ours is filled about 1.5m up from the base on one side graded down to 1m on the other side.
https://www.moore-concrete.com/agriculture/above-ground-slurry-store/stephen-kennedy/
This is our store. Finished ground level is top of the reception tank so might be nearer 2m of fill on the left hand side.
This is our store. Finished ground level is top of the reception tank so might be nearer 2m of fill on the left hand side.
MickMoor
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- Bonsall, UK
Correct.
MickMoor
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- Bonsall, UK
It would be a poor pump if it couldn't manage that!
We draw the slurry to ours in the tanker and pump it straight in from it at the moment. Very slow and time consuming and was wanting to pump with slurry pump and pipe instead. Have to pump about 120m then up over 6m store. Would be slightly downhill to store. Do you reckon a bog standard redrock pump on a 100hp tractor would be capable of this? Can't get anyone to give me a proper answer and I don't want to put the money into pipe and fittings to discover it won't work?
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
One of our sheds pumps 90m horizontal then lifts approx 8m into the tower, at first it was an NC pump on it which did the job but slowly and gearbox got very hot, now have an Eisele pump which has been in 20 years and it does it no bother.
8m is a fair lift at the end, our final lift is really only about 4.5m as the tank is buried into the ground over 1m. Do you use lie flat or do you have solid pipes in? Not fussed on the idea of lie flat as it can get easily damaged.
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
Its all solid pipes, 150mm sewer pipe with the joints underground concreted.
Grassman247
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When you say sewer pipe do you mean PVC glued? I’ve used PVC glued for years and it’s rubbish, now use the blue MDPE water pipe which goes up to 8” in size I believe and can be fusion welded together and will never break
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
This stuff, the underground main for the umbilical is glued pvc.
https://www.plasticdrainage.co.uk/single-socket-pipe-6-mtr-12873.html
Grassman247
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I never knew that stuff was rated to pump slurry down under any pressure!
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
Original pipes been in 21 years and never been any bother, not sure what pressure will be in the pipes.
Was wondering if you could use that pipe. Suppose if joints were concreted in and maybe a couple of bolts drilled into them it wouldn't go far. Are the fittings on the pipe going to the pump bolted to the sewer pipe?
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
Where we come out the ground theres a fitting on the end of the pipe for a short length of flexi to clamp to, the fitting is concreted in so just the flange above concrete, the underground pipe joints have some concrete over them and where the pipe goes up the tower the 90 degree to turn it into the tower is bolted. Should have some pics somewhere will try and dig them out.
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
Thought I had more pics but you can see the fittings (just) in this one.
Speedstar
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- Scottish Borders
Can not be that much pressure in the pipe as the camerflex hose is only rated at 3 or 4 bar , were did you buy your pumps from ?
Fraserb
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- Scottish Borders
The pumps have all came from Mike Copland, got 7 of them now.
Speedstar
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- Scottish Borders
Can you pm me a number for him thanks