Slurry tanker dribble bar

[Ben_Willcox]

No , I’m just trying to find out the running cost of the macerator , how much are a set of wear parts . I hope it’s not a secret.

You are a SlurryQuip dealer. No secrets. Cost of parts and annual running costs are two different things. As I said customers are always welcome to ring or email anyone at Mastek for a chat.

 

[shumungus]

You are a SlurryQuip dealer. No secrets. Cost of parts and annual running costs are two different things. As I said customers are always welcome to ring or email anyone at Mastek for a chat.

That's a bit sneaky, I did not know that.

 

[fiat 9090]

Excellent question!

Some are fitted by tanker manufacturer's

S&M tanks in co Tipperary.
Although it’s Mastek dbs they are fitting not their own make. But they are fitted at their workshop where they build the tanks.

Belmac also fit their own db and it’s back door mounted. However don’t know if they make the dbs there at the factory or buy them off a third party.

major do a back door setup as well but again don’t know if they make the dbs themselves but I did notice as well as the back door they have 2 supports that look like short top links going from the db to the tanker dish as well as the rear door mount when I was looking earlier this year

Belmac make them themselves,but most of the tankers go out with trailing shoes,dribble bars are mostly sold as an add on to an existing tank because of grant requirements

 

[Speedstar]

You are a SlurryQuip dealer. No secrets. Cost of parts and annual running costs are two different things. As I said customers are always welcome to ring or email anyone at Mastek for a chat.

Do not think his sales will be so good if he can not answer emails about his knife thing , reading all this thread I think a lot need to learn how to mix and put water in there Slurry to get the most from it

 

[ridger]

Do not think his sales will be so good if he can not answer emails about his knife thing , reading all this thread I think a lot need to learn how to mix and put water in there Slurry to get the most from it

Never can have too much water in my book

 

[Mc115reed]

Never can have too much water in my book

You can.... when it’s running off down the field and you wish it was a bit thicker [emoji24]

 

[Speedstar]

You can.... when it’s running off down the field and you wish it was a bit thicker [emoji24]

Never have that problem with a trailing shoe

 

[Mc115reed]

Never have that problem with a trailing shoe

Put it on a bit heavier then it’ll run eventually [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[shumungus]

Do not think his sales will be so good if he can not answer emails about his knife thing , reading all this thread I think a lot need to learn how to mix and put water in there Slurry to get the most from it

Confused, surely adding extra water dilutes slurry? Once slurry is to a thickness that it is easy worked with machinery, how would water benefit? Living in an area with around 1000mm of rainfall per year I have never seen the need to irrigate.

 

[Sid]

Confused, surely adding extra water dilutes slurry? Once slurry is to a thickness that it is easy worked with machinery, how would water benefit? Living in an area with around 1000mm of rainfall per year I have never seen the need to irrigate.

This is where dribble bars are going to have issues in the future with the covering in slurry stores from 2022 in England.

Grants for white elephants

 

[ridger]

Confused, surely adding extra water dilutes slurry? Once slurry is to a thickness that it is easy worked with machinery, how would water benefit? Living in an area with around 1000mm of rainfall per year I have never seen the need to irrigate.

Tanker fills fuller if its thin, and quicker

 

[shumungus]

Tanker fills fuller if its thin, and quicker

True, but what about time and cost of hauling water in and extra loads out? There is a sweet spot for slurry consistency after that your just hauling water.

 

[James]

True, but what about time and cost of hauling water in and extra loads out? There is a sweet spot for slurry consistency after that your just hauling water.

Agreed but a lot of the time it is necessary to add water to get it thin enough to mix and spread.

 

[shumungus]

Agreed but a lot of the time it is necessary to add water to get it thin enough to mix and spread.

Yes, very true, but the attitude of 'the thinner the better' doesn't stack up. There is enough of the bloody stuff to cart without diluting it.

 

[Sid]

Agreed but a lot of the time it is necessary to add water to get it thin enough to mix and spread.

Why not go the other way and put it through a separator to make solids and liquid

 

[James]

Why not go the other way and put it through a separator to make solids and liquid

Thats good in theory but when it's under slats it'll need water sometimes

 

[Speedstar]

Yes, very true, but the attitude of 'the thinner the better' doesn't stack up. There is enough of the bloody stuff to cart without diluting it.

Yes the thinner slurry works better & makes crops grow a lot better than thick stuff

 

[shumungus]

Yes the thinner slurry works better & makes crops grow a lot better than thick stuff

How? Surely it has less nutrients per m3 the more water you add?

 

[shumungus]

@Speedstar , do you charge by the hour or m3?

 

[Sid]

Yes the thinner slurry works better & makes crops grow a lot better than thick stuff

Quantify works better?

So 1000 gallons of dilute dishwasher gives more growth than 1000 gallons of thick nutrient rich slurry?