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Slurry tanker dribble bar

Gerbert

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Location
Dutch biblebelt
It seems the pigs are outside the sheds, not inside. Why the feck would you throw all plastic crap and whatever in the slurry? I can see why the odd bit of balertwine or netwrap could make it's way to the slurry but what kind of a idiot are you to just throw it in?
 

Wellytrack

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It seems the pigs are outside the sheds, not inside. Why the feck would you throw all plastic crap and whatever in the slurry? I can see why the odd bit of balertwine or netwrap could make it's way to the slurry but what kind of a idiot are you to just throw it in?

Piggery I draw from has new owners now, but the previous one had staff that simply didn’t give a f***
It’s been with other owners now for probably about 15 years and it’s only within this last two or so I’ve stopped finding stuff in the slurry.

I did have a couple of bad days last year where polystyrene insulation had got into a tank. It very nearly did make me rage quit I will admit.
 

ColinV6

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Is this a problem specific to yours I wonder? Can the dealer or mastek help?

Id basically decided that this was the dribble bar for me, in 8m
 

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N. Ireland
Is this a problem specific to yours I wonder? Can the dealer or mastek help?

Id basically decided that this was the dribble bar for me, in 8m
I hope it is but, I’ve never seen any other 9m bars to know for sure.

And yes mastek has agreed to put in stiffer springs, so hopefully that will fix the problem.
 

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N. Ireland
Has the weight from the wing not folding down caused that to bend?
Yeah, which is why I think it’s mainly a problem with only 9m bars. A bit of testing on masteks part should have found that out. Although it’s not just the extended bit pulling it back, even when the dribble bar is down, it isn’t able to push the bar the whole way back.
 

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N. Ireland
Is this a problem specific to yours I wonder? Can the dealer or mastek help?

Id basically decided that this was the dribble bar for me, in 8m
Colin if ur set with the 8m one go with it, I haven’t come across anyone else who has had this problem. And once the new springs are in it should be good.
 

ColinV6

Member
Colin if ur set with the 8m one go with it, I haven’t come across anyone else who has had this problem. And once the new springs are in it should be good.

To be fair I didn’t even know they did a 9m door mounted version, the website lists 7, 7.5 and 8m.

Do you use it without gps and can you see the last lines 4.5m to the side easily enough?
 

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Livestock Farmer
Location
N. Ireland
To be fair I didn’t even know they did a 9m door mounted version, the website lists 7, 7.5 and 8m.

Do you use it without gps and can you see the last lines 4.5m to the side easily enough?
Yeah I can see it fine, just adjust the mirror to the last few end pipes and I can see the last line of slurry from the previous run.

I think they stopped doing the 9m version.
 

puntabrava

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Location
Wiltshire
@Ben_Willcox
I bought a new 8 metre Mastek before Christmas and it looks a nice bit of kit on my Hispec tanker. I understand that Mastek have designed the macerator with sand in mind as mine will have to deal with sand but hopefully the internal stirrer will help a little.
I had asked a few guys with dribble bars and the Mastek was the one that I was advised to buy. Unfortunately the dribble bar hasn't been used yet.
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What do you think they did to the macerator to enable it to handle sand better?
 

Gerry6420

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if your looking a 9m dribble bar have a look at the Moore bro engineering. Savage machine. Tidiest best made dribble bar on the market.

9M Hydraulic folding
Hydraulic breakaway
Alrena precision V36 macerator
Double stone trap
Rear Y fill point extension
LED Dynamic lights
Chassis mount rear plate with tie down points
Fully bushed and greased pivot points

they also do 7.5m, 10.5m snd 12m

 

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Gerry6420

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Any less then 9m in a dribble bar is a waste of time. You at least want to be taking the width of the splash plate. A Narrow dribble bar is more passes in the field. And driving faster. In hilly or wet ground it’s a nightmare. Next tanker I get I’ll have 10.5m. I’ve seen mastek dribble bar up close and I wasn’t impressed with it. MBE is far superior
 

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