Slurry jib

puntabrava

Member
Location
Wiltshire
Hmmm, encountered this heading to Newcastle Emlyn this morning, when you know the road it’s a bit disconcerting to come around a corner and meet this when your 16 foot high, you hope they have a tape.
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beefandsleep

Member
Location
Staffordshire
As someone who drives a wagon I’m surprised you aren’t obliged to display a height on the gantry or put signs up. Maybe you are, anyone looked into it?
I just wonder what the fallout would be legally and insurance wise if it was hit.
 

nonemouse

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
North yorks
As someone who drives a wagon I’m surprised you aren’t obliged to display a height on the gantry or put signs up. Maybe you are, anyone looked into it?
I just wonder what the fallout would be legally and insurance wise if it was hit.
Suspect if one was hit, there would be a literal and a legal sh!t shower.

Regardless of legality though I do think they are great improvement to road safety keeping lots of mud, tankers, and tractors off the road
 

beefandsleep

Member
Location
Staffordshire
Suspect if one was hit, there would be a literal and a legal sh!t shower.

Regardless of legality though I do think they are great improvement to road safety keeping lots of mud, tankers, and tractors off the road

Definitely agree with that. Just a quick look at temporary works traffic regs though suggests that any gantries with a clearance of less than 5.41m or 17.7 ft are definitely not legal and on some routes they would need to be higher. They should definitely have signage though.
 

davedb

Member
Location
Staffordshire
What puts me off them is you’ve got to lift the slurry another 18ft in the air to clear a road that’s got to have an effect on flow especially when your pumping up hills like we do around hear
 

grass man

Member
What puts me off them is you’ve got to lift the slurry another 18ft in the air to clear a road that’s got to have an effect on flow especially when your pumping up hills like we do around hear
Does that really change the flow rate? I was thinking maybe the extra pressure required to push it over the gantry it would gain on the flow back to the ground again. I've come to the conclusion that it's only the start point and finish point that matters to flowrate. I've seen jobs where you pump up over a hill and back down the other side again and also jobs where you pump down a valley and up the other side. I can see there will be more pressure in the pipe at the lowest point. I'm no expert and I can't really get my head round it! Some nice gantrys in the photos
 

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