Digester Man
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We have been spreading digestate for the past 5 years with a Doda HD35 with Slurrykat headland management on it, the pump has served us well but the headland system has been quite problematic, it struggles to activate the return to tank valve when we are pumping long distance. My pump man is also fed up sitting in the tractor for a full week, when he could be off doing other jobs around the yard. Are there any good engine driven pump sets out there with a reliable headland system on them? I want to be able to turn off the dribble bar and simultaneously the pump needs to open a valve to return slurry to the tank while I get myself turned around. The Slurrykat system does this very well *when it works* but it's just too unreliable.
On the subject of couplings, we used genuine Storz couplings with random wrap reelers. The pipes are always connected together while the reeler is in storage and we find the digestate residue corrodes the inside of the couplings and makes them impossible to join together again, as the rubber seals are distorted out of their groove. We have to take them all apart every year and scrape off the corrosion and fit new seals, which is a real PITA! We love the Storz as they can be reeled up from either end of the pipe, but really a stainless steel version would be much better. Are there any out there?
@Peppa pig @DGC1 @Speedstar
On the subject of couplings, we used genuine Storz couplings with random wrap reelers. The pipes are always connected together while the reeler is in storage and we find the digestate residue corrodes the inside of the couplings and makes them impossible to join together again, as the rubber seals are distorted out of their groove. We have to take them all apart every year and scrape off the corrosion and fit new seals, which is a real PITA! We love the Storz as they can be reeled up from either end of the pipe, but really a stainless steel version would be much better. Are there any out there?
@Peppa pig @DGC1 @Speedstar
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