Slats

[yin ewe]

Put a weir in the channel so there is always liquid in the bottom of it.

 

[sheepwise]

Put a weir in the channel so there is always liquid in the bottom of it.

You call it a weir, I called it a kerb.

 

[Hilly]

How much depth of water required ?

 

[yin ewe]

We have one that is about 12" but have seen them done at 6". Probably depends on the type of cattle/ how much meal they are getting as this would affect how thick the slurry is?

 

[dannewhouse]

Don't do it.The dung below the slats will build up on the sloping walls and will soon be up through the slats.You need a level floor over the full width with a kerb at the end of the passage to maintain a few inches of liquid on the floor so that the slurry can flow away freely with no build up of dry material.

what would the 3ft of drop idea be like?
I'm not planning on doing this idea as class it as a bodge just could have seen some farmers doing it.
personally I cant see it building up on the slopes but I know very little about this so I believe you, after all be a heck of a costly mistake!

don't they do basically this idea around robots due to not being allowed to site them on a tank so you site them on a "slurry channel" of about 3ft deep rather than the 8-12ft or whatever tank depth? or do they use the kerb idea?

suppose the way to do the sloping sides if you really insisted on doing it that way would be to have quite a few kerbs and level spots like a stair case? be as deer as a proper job then anyway.

 

[dannewhouse]

anyone got a tank made from horizontal panels?
I have seen them advertised in a few places but not seen any, they look cheaper and faster to do than shuttering to me?

 

[sheepwise]

what would the 3ft of drop idea be like?
I'm not planning on doing this idea as class it as a bodge just could have seen some farmers doing it.
personally I cant see it building up on the slopes but I know very little about this so I believe you, after all be a heck of a costly mistake!

don't they do basically this idea around robots due to not being allowed to site them on a tank so you site them on a "slurry channel" of about 3ft deep rather than the 8-12ft or whatever tank depth? or do they use the kerb idea?

suppose the way to do the sloping sides if you really insisted on doing it that way would be to have quite a few kerbs and level spots like a stair case? be as deer as a proper job then anyway.

The 3 foot deep slurry channel will have a kerb at the end to allow the slurry to flow over into the deeper tank.Without a kerb the liquid would just drain away leaving a build up of solids which would soon be up through the slats.

 

[RWG Contracts]

Started putting floor in the wide run

Finished the floor in one of the narrow runs

Took shuttering for the roof we put on one of the other narrow runs

 

[concrete agri]

Can I ask y you didn put the floor in first and it would do as yr foundation aswell

 

[RWG Contracts]

Can I ask y you didn put the floor in first and it would do as yr foundation aswell

Sides would fall in

 

[tommyurray]

Im going to convert a loose house shed too cubical s , thinking about digging out scrape passage and putting tank in, i want to do most myself and dont fancy spending all summer building blocks can i create the tank with concrete panels ?

We used or rather the building contractor concrete panels in ours bit like one in photo also galvanised Stantions 25 years old and still going.The only advice I will give is put a good slope on the tank floor ours is a nightmare for emptying water will flow but solids and silage don’t.We regularly have to go down with mini digger to clean it out by moving materials to reception pit you first have to dig a track to the reception pit before dropping mini digger in.we force ventilate for 24 hr beforehand and I take cylinders or air down with me to breath through a demand valve not pleasant and scares me stupid.
So put a big slope on the floor you will not regret it

 

[dannewhouse]

I thought you "should" put floors level and a kerb to hold a lair of water to your reception pit?
a sloped floor would result in no water being under the slurry to transport it?

a while bag I suggested a completely slopeing floor and it was dismissed for these reasons.
similarly why a long slurry passage is level with dams rather than continuous slope.

 

[RWG Contracts]

We used or rather the building contractor concrete panels in ours bit like one in photo also galvanised Stantions 25 years old and still going.The only advice I will give is put a good slope on the tank floor ours is a nightmare for emptying water will flow but solids and silage don’t.We regularly have to go down with mini digger to clean it out by moving materials to reception pit you first have to dig a track to the reception pit before dropping mini digger in.we force ventilate for 24 hr beforehand and I take cylinders or air down with me to breath through a demand valve not pleasant and scares me stupid.
So put a big slope on the floor you will not regret it

Slope the floor the wrong way if you’re going to fall it. You need to keep water in bottom of tank for sh!t to flow on

I thought you "should" put floors level and a kerb to hold a lair of water to your reception pit?
a sloped floor would result in no water being under the slurry to transport it?

a while bag I suggested a completely slopeing floor and it was dismissed for these reasons.
similarly why a long slurry passage is level with dams rather than continuous slope.

Bingo

 

[sheepwise]

We used or rather the building contractor concrete panels in ours bit like one in photo also galvanised Stantions 25 years old and still going.The only advice I will give is put a good slope on the tank floor ours is a nightmare for emptying water will flow but solids and silage don’t.We regularly have to go down with mini digger to clean it out by moving materials to reception pit you first have to dig a track to the reception pit before dropping mini digger in.we force ventilate for 24 hr beforehand and I take cylinders or air down with me to breath through a demand valve not pleasant and scares me stupid.
So put a big slope on the floor you will not regret it

You need to get a kerb in to hold back 6'' to 12" of liquid and the solids will flow themselves.A sloping floor will mean the solids will only build up and hence the need for the mini digger.

 

[Hilly]

so if i put the floor level but put a 12" kerb in either end were i want too empty it from i could put a foot of water in before cows go in and poop will flow to ends when i empty it ?

 

[jamesy]

so if i put the floor level but put a 12" kerb in either end were i want too empty it from i could put a foot of water in before cows go in and poop will flow to ends when i empty it ?

Most slats would have a sump where you empty, if it’s all stirred up & mixed before hand solids won’t be a problem

 

[Hilly]

Most slats would have a sump where you empty, if it’s all stirred up & mixed before hand solids won’t be a problem

iN 180 FOOT long how many mixing points will i need ? i was hoping one either end or will need to get the pump into th middle when emptying ?

 

[jamesy]

iN 180 FOOT long how many mixing points will i need ? i was hoping one either end or will need to get the pump into th middle when emptying ?

Yes, you will need a mixing point in middle as well I’d of thought, though my experience is with suspended passages where pillars get in the way, may well be easier with a straight tank

 

[Hilly]

Yes, you will need a mixing point in middle as well I’d of thought, though my experience is with suspended passages where pillars get in the way, may well be easier with a straight tank

I presume i just buy i different slatt panel and put that in the middle lift a bit out and lower my pump in when cows out ?

 

[jamesy]

Yip