Slurry tanker dribble bar

[Cmoran]

Any views on the Conor dribble bar?
There all over priced. I guess there having the 4k of grant money for themselves

I’ve got a conor trailing shoe for last 5 years its grand but it doesn’t like bales silage hence I’m changing it for a belmac dribble bar there maserator is a lot better for baled silage and cheaper recondition

 

[Keep_moving]

I’ve got a conor trailing shoe for last 5 years its grand but it doesn’t like bales silage hence I’m changing it for a belmac dribble bar there maserator is a lot better for baled silage and cheaper recondition

Belmacs macerator looks like a copy of the Mastek one so it has to be good!
I don’t hear too many positive comments on the vogelsang macerator and the springs that lose their tension after a lot of work. Think the Conor db is called farm pro they also sell another type can’t recall the make.

 

[Cmoran]

Belmacs macerator looks like a copy of the Mastek one so it has to be good!
I don’t hear too many positive comments on the vogelsang macerator and the springs that lose their tension after a lot of work. Think the Conor db is called farm pro they also sell another type can’t recall the make.

Yes it’s made by same company that made mastek macerator

 

[Speedstar]

Belmacs macerator looks like a copy of the Mastek one so it has to be good!
I don’t hear too many positive comments on the vogelsang macerator and the springs that lose their tension after a lot of work. Think the Conor db is called farm pro they also sell another type can’t recall the make.

Mastek is just copy of a Samson one

 

[Keep_moving]

Kme are making dbs and tankers now as well. Some choice now in fairness but I see the cost of tanks have risen again over the last 2 years. I recall pricing a 2500k gallon galvanised Belmac with db retailing at 30k euro with 800 bkts, site glass etc. Same one now has gone up 3k since then. If that’s belmacs price you can be sure some of the others are 5k more hitting 40k

 

[Keep_moving]

Mastek is just copy of a Samson one

Didnt know that. I had a look at a bomech/Alrena macerator I thought they looked a lot like a mastec as well they looked to have serrated blades like the mastec.

 

[fiat 9090]

Any views on the Conor dribble bar?
There all over priced. I guess there having the 4k of grant money for themselves

Every cent, It costs about 6 plus vat to make it

 

[Frankzy]

Mastek is just copy of a Samson one

I've never had any problems with the macerator on any of the Samsons so that's a good one to copy no?

 

[fiat 9090]

Belmacs macerator looks like a copy of the Mastek one so it has to be good!
I don’t hear too many positive comments on the vogelsang macerator and the springs that lose their tension after a lot of work. Think the Conor db is called farm pro they also sell another type can’t recall the make.

Your right ,the belmac has the same macerator as the master but with heavier cutting teeth different vents and fed from the top,the vogelsang macerator is mainly a distributer and in other countries they are coupled with a high fibre macerator,not that suitable for irish slurry ,

 

[fiat 9090]

Kme are making dbs and tankers now as well. Some choice now in fairness but I see the cost of tanks have risen again over the last 2 years. I recall pricing a 2500k gallon galvanised Belmac with db retailing at 30k euro with 800 bkts, site glass etc. Same one now has gone up 3k since then. If that’s belmacs price you can be sure some of the others are 5k more hitting 40k

A lot of manufacturers have jumped up 7 or 8 grand , 2500 with db at 33000 sounds good value where are you based

 

[fiat 9090]

I’ve got a conor trailing shoe for last 5 years its grand but it doesn’t like bales silage hence I’m changing it for a belmac dribble bar there maserator is a lot better for baled silage and cheaper recondition

What macerator on the conor ,it's possible to fit a belmac macerator on your tank ,also we are looking into rebuilding vogelsang with rotary cutters similar to belmac

 

[Keep_moving]

A lot of manufacturers have jumped up 7 or 8 grand , 2500 with db at 33000 sounds good value where are you based

Mayo

 

[fiat 9090]

Mayo

Did u purchase a belmac

 

[Keep_moving]

Did u purchase a belmac

Very nearly did but I went newrock for a finish. Massive choice out there at the moment. Waiting times hitting a year at this stage. It will reduce when the grants go I’d say

 

[Sid]

Wouldn't it be easier and more cost effective to macerate everything before it got into the tanker?
Have maybe a separate pit to transfer "treated" slurry into?

 

[ridger]

Wouldn't it be easier and more cost effective to macerate everything before it got into the tanker?
Have maybe a separate pit to transfer "treated" slurry into?

Think the macerator works like a distributor as well though to get the slurry into 2 inch pipes

 

[Keep_moving]

Think the macerator works like a distributor as well though to get the slurry into 2 inch pipes

Wouldn't it be easier and more cost effective to macerate everything before it got into the tanker?
Have maybe a separate pit to transfer "treated" slurry into?

Do slurry bug products help break down lumps or are their main selling point they make agitation easier ?
slurrysol and envirosystems to name two

 

[fiat 9090]

Do slurry bug products help break down lumps or are their main selling point they make agitation easier ?
slurrysol and envirosystems to name two

Yes they do work

 

[James]

Yes they do work

Was told yesterday that they break down the fibrous material making the slurry a bit thinner and reduce the ammonia losses?

I'm considering getting some as we usually have to add water and we'll be using the dribble bar from now on so thinner the better.

 

[Keep_moving]

Yes they do work

Do you add it in when the tanks are low or what gets best results ?