Slats

tlb1

Hi.

A number of our slats need replaced in our sheds and we have tried to make our own with little success. We put one of the replacement slats in place yesterday and it literally crumbled under the weight of the cattle. :eek:

Does anyone know of a firm that supplies single slats? My Dad has tried to source some but has been unable to find any of a suitable size.

Any help appreciated,


Cheers

cjpm

Concrete slats are made from high strength concrete with prestressed reinforcement. I doubt too many people would have the kit to make their own. Plus the concrete needs to be cured prefectly.

If you cannot find single ones, what you could do is replace an area of good slats with a suitable unit and use the good slats to replace the poor ones, assuming the poor ones failed because they got damaged by a machine or something.

However if a few of your slats are beginning to fail i'd imagine the rest will soon follow, it might be safer to replace the lot.

hammer73

where in the country are you? i think there is someone up north selling single slats, what length do you need. i can make a few enquiries if you like.

annubis

there is a guy maxwell that advertises in journal for slats, possibly in west meath, cant remember, i had to replace old shed a few years back and asked him, he said worst case they would make a slat to suit..he might make them for you..doubt he is too busy now at any rate

robototitico

Corbett concrete do slats

http://www.farmads.ie/everything_else/general_items/74_corbett_concrete_cattle_gang_slats

irish_bob

annubis wrote: »

there is a guy maxwell that advertises in journal for slats, possibly in west meath, cant remember, i had to replace old shed a few years back and asked him, he said worst case they would make a slat to suit..he might make them for you..doubt he is too busy now at any rate

that guy has average enough quality stuff




wright concrete in county monaghan make singles and they make fantastic stuff all round http://www.wright.ie/

if that is too far out of the way , campion concrete in laois make them too

vincenzolorenzo

If you can't get a single slat a lump of an ESB pole would do the trick

blue5000

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

If you can't get a single slat a lump of an ESB pole would do the trick

Yeah, If they arent over 8ft a railway sleeper might do. I've put in a couple, only trouble is they tend to float! Be careful with the chainsaw with all that concrete around, cut it to length first then do the T. Hope this helps. You need to watch that laoise crowd for having no steel in some of their gang slats too.

bk1991

irish_bob wrote: »

that guy has average enough quality stuff




wright concrete in county monaghan make singles and they make fantastic stuff all round http://www.wright.ie/

if that is too far out of the way , campion concrete in laois make them too

we got maxwell this year to do slat replacement job on three sheads hes not to dear and the slats are as good as any of the other lads he took out old ones and put in new ones so not to bad