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Slurry - how much per acre?

  • 29-03-2013 5:16pm
    #1
    just do it
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    How fast do you drive when applying slurry? My contractor/ neighbour is new to the slurry business and spreads with a 1350gal tank. I notice he drives slowly when spreading and could be putting upto 5,000gal/ac out. Is this too much? I see the figure of 2,500gal/ac mentioned quite a bit.


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  • #2
    charityboy
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    5000 gallons per acre with a 1350 gallon tank is he moving at all usually travel between. 3 and 5 km per hour for between 1. And 2 k gallons


  • #3
    jp6470
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭jp6470


    Sounds alot more than we would.Normally2000 per acre.with 2000 tanker.leave all easy counted. But generally depends what the land is for,grazing,silage or if stubble ground to be ploughed we can double that


  • #4
    delaval
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    We work at 3km/h with a 2500 tank for 2000k/acre


  • #5
    freedominacup
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    delaval wrote: »
    We work at 3km/h with a 2500 tank for 2000k/acre

    I reckon you could cut the rubber on the outlet to increase the diameter. We cover at 2k gallons at 5km/h. 2k is enough at one time on grassland esp with cattle slurry.


  • #6
    just do it
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    I'll have to touch base with him in the morning. I've the field grazed bare and it's for silage around June 1st.


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  • #7
    freedominacup
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    just do it wrote: »
    I'll have to touch base with him in the morning. I've the field grazed bare and it's for silage around June 1st.

    If he's after hitting it with 5k gallons you ain't gonna need much bag fertiliser.


  • #8
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    freedominacup wrote: »
    If he's after hitting it with 5k gallons you ain't gonna need much bag fertiliser.

    Yeah but, dare I say it, I hope it gets a few showers to wash it in!


  • #9
    freedominacup
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    just do it wrote: »
    Yeah but, dare I say it, I hope it gets a few showers to wash it in!

    No you f'n daren't:eek:


  • #10
    poor farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭poor farmer


    Little and often would be my advice also keep it watery.


  • #11
    Freejin
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    Anybody have any issues with splash plates throwing out unevenly? Ours is throwing a lot more out directly behind the tank. It doesn't seem to be as big an issue with very watery slurry.


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  • #12
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Well the first 2.5ac on Friday evening got 10 loads so that works out at 5,400gal/ac. I talked to him Sat morning and he drove on a bit and subsequent land got 2,500gal/ac. I think my 9ac silage fied will be alright for P&K as it got ~5k/ac last Feb and Oct and a similar application in 2011! I took a soil sample last week so it will be interesting to see what comes back.

    P.S. got the light rain yesterday so happy now. Now I'm asking for a substantial rise in ground temp - lets all hope I get what I wish for again!


  • #13
    just do it
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    As a side note the tank took some amount of agitation. It's a 4 bay and one side was fine but the other side was thick as. I'd been feeding straw 6wks pre-calving down on this side. I'd a full tank last October which was emptied just prior to the cattle being housed for the winter so didn't get a chance to let water in before the slurry started to build up again. We'd to add 5-6 tanks of water.

    Also there was a solid lump in the middle that took some shifting. All in all an expensive exercise as it meant a total of 9 hours agitation as opposed to 1-2 had it been watered down. There'll be 2ft of water in the tank before they go in next winter!!!


  • #14
    yellow50HX
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    just do it wrote: »
    As a side note the tank took some amount of agitation. It's a 4 bay and one side was fine but the other side was thick as. I'd been feeding straw 6wks pre-calving down on this side. I'd a full tank last October which was emptied just prior to the cattle being housed for the winter so didn't get a chance to let water in before the slurry started to build up again. We'd to add 5-6 tanks of water.

    Also there was a solid lump in the middle that took some shifting. All in all an expensive exercise as it meant a total of 9 hours agitation as opposed to 1-2 had it been watered down. There'll be 2ft of water in the tank before they go in next winter!!!

    been there done that. i have a lenght of sewer pipe i can stick under the gutter outlet a couple of times a year. i use this to let in rain water. stcik it up for a few weeks after the tank has been emptied so that i have a nice bit of water in teh tank for mixing.


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