Dribble bar slurry spreading

grazeaway

Anyone use a dribble bar slurry spreader?

The in-laws use them on the continent as they spread their slurry in June on grassland. Could they be better for getting N into the ground from slurry during he growing season. Using the splash plate during the summer seems a bit of a waste as much of it evaporates and it seems to just smother the grass.

simx

grazeaway wrote: »

Anyone use a dribble bar slurry spreader?

The in-laws use them on the continent as they spread their slurry in June on grassland. Could they be better for getting N into the ground from slurry during he growing season. Using the splash plate during the summer seems a bit of a waste as much of it evaporates and it seems to just smother the grass.

Worked with a lad once had one on a tank, some hoor for blocking is all ill say, couldnt tell you about whether it would be better regarding better grass growth in summer

grazeaway

simx wrote: »

Worked with a lad once had one on a tank, some hoor for blocking is all ill say, couldnt tell you about whether it would be better regarding better grass growth in summer

I think some of the manufacturers supply them with stone catchers and a chopper to prevent blockages

reilig

grazeaway wrote: »

Anyone use a dribble bar slurry spreader?

The in-laws use them on the continent as they spread their slurry in June on grassland. Could they be better for getting N into the ground from slurry during he growing season. Using the splash plate during the summer seems a bit of a waste as much of it evaporates and it seems to just smother the grass.

None around here but on the subject of nitrogen, slurry spread in spring during calm weather and when the soil is moist gives approx 6 units of nitrogen per 1000gal. In summer, this is halved to 3 units and is only 2 units per 1000gal if spread on freshly cut silage ground. Spreading slurry with a dribble bar means that 8 units of nitrogen per 1000gal is achieved, while if you inject slurry, up to 10 units of nitrogen per 1000gal of slurry can be achieved.

So in short, splash plates cause a lot of nitrogen to be lost to the air. Dribble bars or injection systems can lead to more nitrogen, but their cost is very prohibitive.

grazeaway

reilig wrote: »

None around here but on the subject of nitrogen, slurry spread in spring during calm weather and when the soil is moist gives approx 6 units of nitrogen per 1000gal. In summer, this is halved to 3 units and is only 2 units per 1000gal if spread on freshly cut silage ground. Spreading slurry with a dribble bar means that 8 units of nitrogen per 1000gal is achieved, while if you inject slurry, up to 10 units of nitrogen per 1000gal of slurry can be achieved.

So in short, splash plates cause a lot of nitrogen to be lost to the air. Dribble bars or injection systems can lead to more nitrogen, but their cost is very prohibitive.

Might be cheaper then building a new tank if it allows you to spead through out the year rather then just in the spring and would save a bit of fertiliser.

yellow50HX

grazeaway wrote: »

I think some of the manufacturers supply them with stone catchers and a chopper to prevent blockages

have seen a few companies saying that they can retro fit a trailing shoe or dribble bar to an existing tanker. Would this cause more probems with blocking? I assue they just stick straight onto the outlet. The ones with the choppers would proably need a power scoure to drive the choppers.

seems most are mounted on the big tankers 2000 gals and over. wonder if there are any smaller ones available on 1500 or 1600 sized tankers.

PN14

Seems a simple enough operation can apparently be retro fitted to any tank and there doesn't seem to be much to block up.

grazeaway

PN14 wrote: »

Seems a simple enough operation can apparently be retro fitted to any tank and there doesn't seem to be much to block up.

any bigger picture?

PN14

Couldn't or should I say dont have the knowledge/ability to upsize it. There's a second hand one for sale in donedeal at the moment if you do a search there you'll find it. I think there is also a dutch guy up the west somewhere making them up or something similar at any rate. I can't remember his name but I knocked across his add's on donedeal a while back they are fairly basic but look like they would do the job. They look like the pales from pallisade security fencing with the spike facing down to the ground and the slurry runs down the channel to make contact with the ground below leaf level of the grass. It looks like it would work however I don't know what type of control is on outlet of the tank that controls how much slurry runs through each outlet. Would you have a case of slurry flowing in half the channels and none in others I don't know. Would be interested in having a look at one though if there were any local to me.

grazeaway

PN14 wrote: »

Couldn't or should I say dont have the knowledge/ability to upsize it. There's a second hand one for sale in donedeal at the moment if you do a search there you'll find it. I think there is also a dutch guy up the west somewhere making them up or something similar at any rate. I can't remember his name but I knocked across his add's on donedeal a while back they are fairly basic but look like they would do the job. They look like the pales from pallisade security fencing with the spike facing down to the ground and the slurry runs down the channel to make contact with the ground below leaf level of the grass. It looks like it would work however I don't know what type of control is on outlet of the tank that controls how much slurry runs through each outlet. Would you have a case of slurry flowing in half the channels and none in others I don't know. Would be interested in having a look at one though if there were any local to me.

What's it called, can't find it

moy83

I just put in slurry dribble bar and up came a few ads .
What was the green hopper on top of the tank does anyone know ?

Pacoa

This is the yoke in question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RnZORXoIUU8

yellow50HX

Pacoa wrote: »

This is the yoke in question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RnZORXoIUU8[/QUOTE]

looks a nice bit of kit but i would be worried about rero fitting it to a standard tank. if you have very watery slurry or are usign pig slurry it would be ok but without a chopper i'd say you would run into problems with blockages from the silage in teh slurry espically from baled silage.

Hugh 2

yellow50HX wrote: »

Pacoa wrote: »

This is the yoke in question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RnZORXoIUU8[/QUOTE]

looks a nice bit of kit but i would be worried about rero fitting it to a standard tank. if you have very watery slurry or are usign pig slurry it would be ok but without a chopper i'd say you would run into problems with blockages from the silage in teh slurry espically from baled silage.

I have been looking at this mastek option.
Seems really nice but expensive for what is in it.
I would love to hear of anyone's experience of using it.
Have had a contractor here who has the big Abbey tanker that was bought at the 2nd last ploughing match(2 years old next September)
Chops on way in and out a real contractors machine -that mastek add on looks the business for farmer operator