Cattle Slats

minktrapper

Who makes the best cattle slats?

3 the square

minktrapper wrote: »

Who makes the best cattle slats?

all mine are from banagher concrete man doing my work said he never see as much as 1 bad slat from them hard crowd to bargain downwards few years ago now could be a different story now days.

buffalobilly

Wrights good slats not the cheapest

Mushy06

Kiely's in Blarney where out with me today and i couldn't say enough about the lads delivering them. Very helpful, as it wasn't an easy job. slats were very reasonable.

Farmer Pudsey

I would not get too hooked up on trying to get the ''best slats''. The Dept spec is fairly high now and all slats should have a 40ish + year lifespan. I be trying to price as compeditive as possible. You will get all sort of claims about how my slat is bigger and better and has bells and whistles. I be going on price.

49801

Better q might be which slat is cleanest?

Juniorhurler

O Rourke concrete in Castlebridge in Wexford. Ask for Mícheál.

grazeaway

minktrapper wrote: »

Who makes the best cattle slats?

all should be to the dept spec and come with a guarentee.

got ours from croom concrete back in 07 (eventually). they were best price wise and were able to deliver when i wanted (lots of the other places had up to a year lead time) anyway i had to hound them as soemone in teh office made a cock up and had forgotten to add my name to the production list.

got soem concrete stuff from keilys over teh last few years and they were very good to deal with

things arent as manic nowadays so lead time shouldnt be an issue.

where you are will add to the cost of transport. so i'd say get out your golden pages and starting ringing around.

make sure delivery and fitting is included in the price.

agriman27

I bought a lot of slats of Wrights in Monaghan last year they have a very good name around my part. I think you have to purchase the best in your own area because haulage prices have increased so much probly become uncompetitive price wise

gazahayes

agriman27 wrote: »

I bought a lot of slats of Wrights in Monaghan last year they have a very good name around my part. I think you have to purchase the best in your own area because haulage prices have increased so much probly become uncompetitive price wise

All the slats for the piggery I work in came from Wright's we're in north tipp. Think there's a few more loads coming next week.
The first ones were for a shed 100 foot by288 foot

minktrapper

Thanks for all the replies.Very helpful bit of info.

whelan1

how long should slats last? noticed a gang slat with many cracks in it when powerwashing:eek:

iverjohnston

Wrights of Swan Cross considered best up our way. I have some down 20 years and still perfect. Uncle has a shed with Masstock single slats, approaching 40 years built. Weanlings only on it now.

Mulumpy

whelan1 wrote: »

how long should slats last? noticed a gang slat with many cracks in it when powerwashing:eek:

Replaced mine this year after 24 years. A big lump came off one of them couldn't believe how rotten they were underneath.

red bull

Mulumpy wrote: »

Replaced mine this year after 24 years. A big lump came off one of them couldn't believe how rotten they were underneath.

What make were they ?

Mulumpy

red bull wrote: »

What make were they ?

Banagher replaced with same

porter shark

What should I be paying for a four bay 14'6 one agitating point?

minktrapper

24 years does not seem like an awful long period.

red bull

Mulumpy wrote: »

Banagher replaced with same

I have Banagher slats in 24 years hoping to get a good few years more out of them

Mulumpy

red bull wrote: »

I have Banagher slats in 24 years hoping to get a good few years more out of them

We used to let silage effluent plus formic acid in to the tank years ago. About half them crumbled underneath when lifting them out.

Mulumpy

Also cows are standing on them during milking so was taking no chances

red bull

Thanks. Better check them out

Good loser

Mulumpy wrote: »

We used to let silage effluent plus formic acid in to the tank years ago. About half them crumbled underneath when lifting them out.

What did you do with the old ones?

Mulumpy

Good loser wrote: »

What did you do with the old ones?

Sold half of them and used the others as a base for entrances into fields. Flipped them upside down and filled with shale

Birtles

IMO, Biggest problem is leaving the slurry come up to the underside of slat. if you can keep the slurry a few inches below the slats then they will never be resting in the liquid and you will have a longer lifespan.

blue5000

Last job I did I used Croom concrete slats, one of the lads doing the tank said they were cheaper than seconds from Banagher. Shop around OP is my advice. Heard of some Laoise crowd who dropped a slat when it was being laid, broke up in sh1te, no steel in at all. Shouldn't be a problem with reputable companies though.

If you are letting effluent into the tank, use a long (60cm) wavin pipe so that the effluent doesn't trickle down along the inside wall of the tank.

Count Mondego

Bump

Have researched here to determine the best slat at a reasonable price. Common opinion seems to be Bannagher are best but also the dearest. I have a quote from Croom concrete that is around 1500 cheaper (5 bays, 16"6') but some lads here have said that they wouldn't touch them.

Can anyone shed some light on the deficiencies with Croom Slats?

cacs

whelan1 wrote: »

how long should slats last? noticed a gang slat with many cracks in it when powerwashing:eek:

My advice is change them now . Our gangs were 25-30 years old and a few of them were starting to chip. When we changed them we noticed they had all bowed and the internal agitation slat just disintegrated around the man hole when we liffted it out.