Slurry tanker auto docking pod
- Thread starter DGC1
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- North West Wales
Excuse my ignorance maybe but what does it do that a normal turbo fill tripod wont? Will the gate valve seal well enough to keep the slurry hose full?
Would you trust that valve on a 800’000k slurry tower
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
It’s not made by cowboys so why not? It will have built in failsafes so presumably safer than a manual valve.Would you trust that valve on a 800’000k slurry tower
- Location
- North West Wales
Would you trust that valve on a 800’000k slurry tower
Of course, what could possibly go wrong.......
Can imagine it could get messy if a hoof block or the likes passed just as it closing!Would you trust that valve on a 800’000k slurry tower
Maybe more for filling into a nurse tank at side of road when only single valve and no drain point
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
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No contact details though.
If it was connected to an above ground store it would be at the end of a slurry hose same as a normal autofill point, with the 2 manual valves still in place. You couldn't replace the manual valves with 1 hydraulic one.
If it was connected to an above ground store it would be at the end of a slurry hose same as a normal autofill point, with the 2 manual valves still in place. You couldn't replace the manual valves with 1 hydraulic one.
davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
Hope it uses a different frequency than your neighbors garage doors look well is John next door was putting his car in and let your slurry go while you were in between loads
I’ve seen another type that worked like a sea saw with the pod on the high side then when you powered the self fill arm onto it it rocked down and opened the valve
I’ve seen another type that worked like a sea saw with the pod on the high side then when you powered the self fill arm onto it it rocked down and opened the valve
Each to there own,but no way would I trust a single gate valve with that pressure and weight behind it.
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
We only close both valves at the end of the day, lots of time and arm ache any other way? I'm a newcomer to above ground stores so eager to learn.
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
The only above ground store I take slurry from has 2 valves that when it's a quarter full or more needs both shut every time or it leaks into the reception pit.
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Not quite up there with not fixing a pto guard but why?
If you had a slight bit of fibre jam in the valve it would never stop flowing.
I’ve personally never pumped from a tower with a single valve on.
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
I guess its the pressure from the volume of slurry
Digester Man
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The brass 6” valves they fit to stores aren’t up to the job in my personal experience, found ours jammed a few timed and just lost faith in it so replaced the inside one with a proper pressure rated stainless steel knife valve and then just use the outer brass one for opening/shutting throughout the day
Same idea on the digester storage tank too
Same idea on the digester storage tank too
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Pressure is a function of the height not the volume of slurry.
Digester Man
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Afaik every metre in height is 0.1 bar barometric pressure, so a 6 metre store would be at 0.6 bar pressure
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