Slurry tanker question

[AKA]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

 

[pappuller]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

It will run out faster, always does with a bigger bumhole

 

[Cowabunga]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

No it won't spread further. It will exit the tanker at a greater rate though.

Think of a granular fertiliser spreader. Spreading more or less fertiliser per acre hardly alters the spreading width at all and the same principle applies here. It is the pressure combined with the design and angle of the splash plate that determines the spread width.

 

[AKA]

Thanks @Cowabunga that does make sense I will look see if the angle of the splash plate can be adjusted to make it spread wider

 

[Limcrazy]

Will spread wider with smaller hole in cone. I've a cut one at it definitely reduced spreading width on mine.

 

[Cowabunga]

Thanks @Cowabunga that does make sense I will look see if the angle of the splash plate can be adjusted to make it spread wider

Depending on the design of the splashplate I'm afraid that you may be disappointed as the pressure is what makes the most difference. Each bit of slurry is like a pellet out of an air rifle, even though its deflected sideways. Its the pressure behind it and the density that mostly allows it to defy gravity over distance. On my Hi-Spec splash plate, altering the angle mostly alters the pattern, throwing more or less to the side but not noticeably throwing wider. Try it though, because you are only looking for a metre each side and it may achieve that much if you are very lucky. Perhaps yours is a totally different design to mine anyway.

 

[shumungus]

It depends weather the previous owner cut too much off or not. If the tanker sits at maximum pressure when spreading with the 'big bumhole' as @pappuller christened it, a smaller bumhole wont make any difference to width, but if the smaller bumhole raises working pressure it will.

 

[Cowabunga]

Will spread wider with smaller hole in cone. I've a cut one at it definitely reduced spreading width on mine.

Could be if the vacuum pump couldn't keep the pressure quite up with the larger hole and faster flow rate that results from it.

I have two tankers and they have different size holes and the only difference I have seen with them often working together in the same field, is that if they are going at the same forward speed, one goes around 20m further than the other.

 

[Henarar]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

I would think a smaller hole will make it spread wider as it will be going faster

 

[Cowabunga]

It depends weather the previous owner cut too much off or not. If the tanker sits at maximum pressure when spreading with the 'big bumhole' as @pappuller christened it, a smaller bumhole wont make any difference to width, but if the smaller bumhole raises working pressure it will.

Snap!

 

[AKA]

It’s on a Joskin tanker. Might see if I can get a new cone from dealer tomorrow. Will they be dear?

 

[jackp]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

We once had one that left a strip behind the tanker unspread, the rubber cone had been cut , we fitted a new one and it was covering the full width again

 

[shumungus]

It’s on a Joskin tanker. Might see if I can get a new cone from dealer tomorrow. Will they be dear?

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[puntabrava]

It’s on a Joskin tanker. Might see if I can get a new cone from dealer tomorrow. Will they be dear?

6k?

 

[Batty]

It’s on a Joskin tanker. Might see if I can get a new cone from dealer tomorrow. Will they be dear?

Try a piece of cut down traffic cone as a reducer to see if that has any effect first.
seen it used quite effectively for dust supression to slow down the flow rate and cheap as chips

 

[fiat 9090]

Also check your blow off valve,by increasing the pressure you could get wider,or as we have done rise up complete spreading plate

 

[cvx175]

Also check your blow off valve,by increasing the pressure you could get wider,or as we have done rise up complete spreading plate

This, joskin usually have an adjustable pressure relief although not always. What pressure are you getting on the gauge when spreading?

 

[betweenthelines]

How thick is the slurry?

Thin slurry will spread further than thick

 

[Sharny dubs]

Hi, this may sound daft but I am going to put slurry on top of some spring barley/wheat tomorrow, the previous owner of the tanker has cut a piece off the end of the rubber nozzle for the splash plate. Will this affect how far the slurry spreads? Ideally I would like it too do 12m so to go In between every tramline but I know it presently only spreads to 10m. Will a new rubber cone make it spread further as it will be a smaller hole and thus create more pressure and spread wider??

Tia

We cut our cones. Emptys the tanker much quicker and also let's out bigger sticks/stones. It makes the spread narrower definitely. If your going on crop fit a new rubber cone. It will spread wider and make it easier for your pump to keep up max pressure which again will help width. We work 2 different splash plate units. A standard one for low rates and a cut one for normal jobs.

 

[fiat 9090]

This, joskin usually have an adjustable pressure relief although not always. What pressure are you getting on the gauge when spreading?

1.2bar i think but 1,5 is still ok ,how old is your tank and has it the newtype protected sight glasses if not then dont mess with it