Pumping slurry with a redrock superflow.

[hubbahubba]

So we have a redrock superflow but only use it for mixing. I am wondering to use it in its pump position and attaching 6" pipe to the top how far could it pump slurry on level ground? 200 foot into another tant?

Second question, how thin would the slurry need to be. If the tanker is struggling to suck it would the pump be the same? Or im.hopingnit would shift far thicker stuff without mixing?

Never has so much bother with slurry but its just been so wet this winter.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

An NC Super 3000 will easily pump 200feet through 6 inch pipe from one reception pit to another tank, start pumping from top tank to other tank soon after umbilical crew have started pumping from other tank and it easily copes. It suddenly stopped pumping few months ago, stripped it down thinking the roll pins through the impeller/rotor had gone again to find the very worn rotor sitting on the bottom plate with the two inch solid shaft worn through where the rubber bearing goes! Forgot photos!!!

This is with very watery slurry though, a lot of yard catchment area etc, if your tanker is struggling I don’t see a mixer pump pumping it very far!

 

[Davy]

I think it's the superflow we have. It pumps about 120ft then 20ft up to the store easy enough. Along the flat it'll pump fairly thick stuff a distance

 

[Will Blackburn]

We use the same model to pump slurry 200m down a 6" pipe with a 4m head. It doesn't like thick slurry so we add dirty water, we struggle to load a tanker with the same thickness, to give you an idea.

 

[hubbahubba]

I will need to get some pipe to try. I dont mind moving stock to mix to spread but moving them to mix to move to different storage tank would be a nuisance. Sometimes when desperate i have sucked what i can out tank but once u take the suction pipe off and the slurry doesnt run back quickly i wonder if the pump would handle that stuff....?

 

[daveydiesel1]

I will need to get some pipe to try. I dont mind moving stock to mix to spread but moving them to mix to move to different storage tank would be a nuisance. Sometimes when desperate i have sucked what i can out tank but once u ta ke the suction pipe off and the slurry doesnt run back quickly i wonder if the pump would handle that stuff....?

Only thing you can do is try it and if it doesnt work put a load o water in and hey presto problem sorted

 

[james ds]

I will need to get some pipe to try. I dont mind moving stock to mix to spread but moving them to mix to move to different storage tank would be a nuisance. Sometimes when desperate i have sucked what i can out tank but once u take the suction pipe off and the slurry doesnt run back quickly i wonder if the pump would handle that stuff....?

No nothing will pump slurry that thick , I never move stock to agitate , on a breezy day with all cattle standing up there’s never a problem.

 

[marco]

Where do people get their 6inch pipe?

 

[Will Blackburn]

Pipestock.com

 

[hubbahubba]

No nothing will pump slurry that thick , I never move stock to agitate , on a breezy day with all cattle standing up there’s never a problem.

Neither did i till i was mixing one day and 6 went down. How they ever all got back up i will never know. Took one 4 hours and he was dead at one point.

 

[michael N123]

Neither did i till i was mixing one day and 6 went down. How they ever all got back up i will never know. Took one 4 hours and he was dead at one point.

Buy a gas monitor

 

[Mouser]

No nothing will pump slurry that thick , I never move stock to agitate , on a breezy day with all cattle standing up there’s never a problem.

Yet

 

[hubbahubba]

Buy a gas monitor

I looked into that but i couldnt find one that was accurate enough and they couldnt tell me if it would be the same if it was positioned at various points over ther slats. Unless things have change and theres one that would go off in time to to get the pump off?

 

[davidroberts30]

I looked into that but i couldnt find one that was accurate enough and they couldnt tell me if it would be the same if it was positioned at various points over ther slats. Unless things have change and theres one that would go off in time to to get the pump off?

Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) Portable Gas Detectors - Gas Monitor Point

Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Detectors - Portable gas detectors and alarms from Gas Monitor Point for the detection of dangerous levels of Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S).

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[hubbahubba]

Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) Portable Gas Detectors - Gas Monitor Point

Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Detectors - Portable gas detectors and alarms from Gas Monitor Point for the detection of dangerous levels of Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S).

gasmonitor-point.co.uk

Which one is best? Does anybody rely on any of these?

 

[davidroberts30]

Which one is best? Does anybody rely on any of these?

I used to have 1 like this

BW Clip Disposable Single Gas Detector

Honeywell BW SOLO single gas detector for oxygen and toxic gas. Bluetooth wireless capability, multiple sensor options, automated bump testing. Buy now!

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Supplied as ppe in the local refinery

H2s is the slurry gas that kills,you smell it in low concentrations as strong rotten eggs
Trouble is in higher concentrations it numbs your sence of smell so you think its passed then you drop dead


Imo all indoor tanks should be assumed to be dangerous and only agitated on a very breezy day with all stock removed before starting

Maybe @Damomc Could shed a bit more light for a h2s monitor

 

[Boohoo]

Can't understand why anyone would want to pump out without mixing it first, it only creates work in the future

 

[james ds]

Yet

I only do 50 farms for the last 25 years, if it’s a fattening shed in calm weather we let them out , the most dangerous recipe for slurry gas is where a lot of meal has been fed , if silage effluent has gone in it this raises the risk , if the tank has been sitting full for a few months this raises the risk. But most tanks which are not old slurry are not a danger .

 

[marco]

I only do 50 farms for the last 25 years, if it’s a fattening shed in calm weather we let them out , the most dangerous recipe for slurry gas is where a lot of meal has been fed , if silage effluent has gone in it this raises the risk , if the tank has been sitting full for a few months this raises the risk. But most tanks which are not old slurry are not a danger .

So apart from those four things, you never let them out[emoji1]

 

[James]

No nothing will pump slurry that thick , I never move stock to agitate , on a breezy day with all cattle standing up there’s never a problem.