Will water freeze in slurry tank?

iano93

-17 last night round here so de pipes are frozen underground thankfully only for de first time since last january:rolleyes:
Got water with de tank today andd its probably 3/4 full now! Will it freeze tonight u think? and is it safe enough left in the tank?

Thanks

Juniorhurler

Empty it if you can or if it is a lot of hassle to get water put it under cover and insulate it as best you can. Last january I emptied a tank, but closed off the tap after emptying, the dregs froze in the tap and burst the side wall of the tap.

pakalasa

Metal is one of the best conductors of heat so it will cool down very quickly and freeze.

If you could cover it with straw, it might keep it warm.

Might be safer to empy it altogether. Better be safe than sorry!
You could have a big block of ice on your hands. Or worst a split tank!

leg wax

iano93 wrote: »

-17 last night round here so de pipes are frozen underground thankfully only for de first time since last january:rolleyes:
Got water with de tank today andd its probably 3/4 full now! Will it freeze tonight u think? and is it safe enough left in the tank?

Thanks

well did it freeze in the tank.

bk1991

we have been useing tank last 2 weeks and have left water in it every night and hasnt dne harm yet .its in shead alright .

bk1991

babybrian

how are ye managing to free up frozen pumps on tankers? we poured water on it and was useless so then shoved straw in around the pump and lit it on fire and it worked brilliantly.. no meal feeding either so put the pipe into the manger and the back of the shed, opened the flaps and all cattle had water with no buckets, pity the cow shed isnt as handy :mad:

anyway happy christmas to everyone, im hoping santa brings the remainder of the SFP

bk1991

our tank is left in the potatoe shead which has a space heater running24hrs a day

Muckit

Was talking to a relative christmas eve that told me his neighbour had forgotten to drain the water out of his roller........... it bend it into an oval before bursting out the ends!

I'm sure if you left a slurry FULL with water it'd do the same thing! Prob be ok if you only half full it, but you still have the problem of trying to get it out if it froze!

Hopefully, with the thaw starting all these problems and extra hassle are behind us (until next year at least)!

bk1991

Muckit wrote: »

Was talking to a relative christmas eve that told me his neighbour had forgotten to drain the water out of his roller........... it bend it into an oval before bursting out the ends!

I'm sure if you left a slurry FULL with water it'd do the same thing! Prob be ok if you only half full it, but you still have the problem of trying to get it out if it froze!

Hopefully, with the thaw starting all these problems and extra hassle are behind us (until next year at least)!

:eek::eek:must check our land roler

pajero12

bk1991 wrote: »

:eek::eek:must check our land roler

Bit late now :P

iano93

leg wax wrote: »

well did it freeze in the tank.

It did and froze well but let most of water out after that that night!:)..only thawed out der a few days ago:eek:

Muckit

The uncle-in-law has a readymix plant. One of his two metal storage tanks for the water (old oil lorry), burst with the freeze.

So I suppose it's safe to say that slurry tanker of water would suffer the same fath

From talking to council workers he reckons alot of towns and group water schemes have cracked concrete water towers/reseviours.

Lets hope we don't get a freexe as bad for a while. Nobody really has escaped it's affects.