Slurry jib

[puntabrava]

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.

 

[Mr Jones]

Only a stones throw away from me. Know the dairy farmer, and slurry contractors. No worries on the safety side, with all involved.

 

[Fergieman]

So did you fit under it?

 

[Speedstar]

This is our one

 

[mtx.jag]

This is our one

Very professional

 

[Wombat]

So did you fit under it?

With enough speed he would have regardless

 

[Hilly]

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.

I guess they hope you also have a tape !

 

[kiwi pom]

This is our one

That's flash that is
Beats mauling your nuts off with ramps.

Does need the loader though I guess.
Do you get many customers with a pipe under the road?

 

[Speedstar]

That's flash that is
Beats mauling your nuts off with ramps.

Does need the loader though I guess.
Do you get many customers with a pipe under the road?

With that we can cross major A roads , with no problems at all to wagons can pass under it at the same time, some people have under road crossings

 

[vantage]

@Beef farmer had a trailed one at his farm if I recall correctly.

 

[Beef farmer]

span any a road or b Road over 18ft clearance

 

[beefandsleep]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Speedstar]

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.

We have height sign on ours .

 

[davedb]

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

 

[roscoe erf]

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.

Anything lower than 16ft 6 needs a height displayed

 

[cvx175]

Even with a height displayed, would there be a case of obstructing the highway if a large load was unable to get under?

 

[grass man]

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

 

[Speedstar]

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

In 6" pipe work it makes to difference at all