ollie989898
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On the right land this is a no-brainer. It's just that odd wet spring where you won't be able to do it.
What are the biggest problems you have with your dribble bars or trailing shoes?
- Thread starter slurryspreader122
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On the right land this is a no-brainer. It's just that odd wet spring where you won't be able to do it.
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
This will an umbilical cord system, big Tyres if early and the ground is soft
- Location
- Wiltshire
This is waiting to be attached to a tanker for me.
No macerator, it’s an auger that distributes the slurry, only the pipes behind the tanker bend so we should spend a lot less time replacing pipe. It’s 12m
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No macerator, it’s an auger that distributes the slurry, only the pipes behind the tanker bend so we should spend a lot less time replacing pipe. It’s 12m
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- Location
- Wiltshire
I farm some land that is too far away to haul slurry to, have a contractor apply digestate with a xerion and 24m dribble bar it works really well
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- Location
- Co antrim
An agriquip i think its called has a pipe that goes from backdoor and loops up and then bends back down into the macerator
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
Is that a fregil ?
slurryspreader122
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pipe*
slurryspreader122
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Ah I had a look at that there. Looks a bit odd and I can see how you have that problem with it.
ollie989898
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I didn't realise the Xerion could be fitted with a 24m dribble bar. I guess on that footware it would be a lot kinder than a tanker and far less mess on the roads.
Have you ever had the Holmer on your place?
slurryspreader122
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That looks like a beauty of a machine. The Y splitter on the shoes is a great addition just to get that bit more of a spread. How does that auger work as opposed to a macerator?
- Location
- Wiltshire
Fliegl Skate, maybe the only one in the country. Certainly there’s not many. Going on a Pichon tanker
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Lots of debate on the Y splitter, I think it will be good there’s much more space inside than I expected. I think it will block a lot less than the pichon shoe I have at the moment.
the slurry goes into the box of the frame and then into the tube with the auger in, this is most of the width. It rotates for so long in one direction then reverses for a few seconds to clear any gunk in the outlets. The gate valves at the end are hydraulic and can be opened at the end of the load to dump any stones and sand. I really like that it’s mostly short lengths of pipe.
Mostly separated liquid here so hopefully it will work well. I’ll put some photos up when I have it working. The dealer is busy on combines at the moment so won’t be for a couple of weeks.
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Should just add there’s a pallet of pipe and parts to be fitted to it yet 
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Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
I know a guy running one , getting the same out of each out let is the problem
- Location
- Wiltshire
I think as we separate everything it should be easier. The main thing we are trying to avoid is very costly macerator rebuilds. Going to be yet another learning experience
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- Location
- Co antrim
How much would it take to rebuild a mastek macerator ballpark figures
- Location
- Wiltshire
£2k parts only no labour, all from dealer. All depends on what’s worn out, that was an all in price. With a little luck you could probably save £500
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- Location
- Shropshire
All the cubicles are on sand so about a lorry load a week (8 wheeler) must go into the pit. When we finish emptying it with the tanker there is 3 or 4 feet left in the bottom like a beach which we get out with a shelbourne.
So not all of it goes through the tanker by a long way as its physically too heavy to stir it all up.