Internal agitation points (which manhole type is better)

Hugh 2

Internal agitation points (which manhole type is better)

Have to replace short slats inside shed ( will have to put in agitation points)
One manufacturer says concrete finger slats are the better manhole cover option for animals walking on as they don't be moving or rattling around when the animals are walking over them

another manufacturer uses steel mini slats that are hinged on to each other and another used steel that are hinged on one end.

I have the finger type manhole in the collecting yard and it seems to be holding up fine but I have no experience with the other 2 types

Thanks

dohc turbo2

Hugh 2 wrote: »

Internal agitation points (which manhole type is better)

Have to replace short slats inside shed ( will have to put in agitation points)
One manufacturer says concrete finger slats are the better manhole cover option for animals walking on as they don't be moving or rattling around when the animals are walking over them

another manufacturer uses steel mini slats that are hinged on to each other and another used steel that are hinged on one end.

I have the finger type manhole in the collecting yard and it seems to be holding up fine but I have no experience with the other 2 types

Thanks

I could be wrong , or maybe was just for safety scheme but I taught internal agitation points were not allowed anymore,

lakill Farm

Hugh 2 wrote: »

Internal agitation points (which manhole type is better)

Have to replace short slats inside shed ( will have to put in agitation points)
One manufacturer says concrete finger slats are the better manhole cover option for animals walking on as they don't be moving or rattling around when the animals are walking over them

another manufacturer uses steel mini slats that are hinged on to each other and another used steel that are hinged on one end.

I have the finger type manhole in the collecting yard and it seems to be holding up fine but I have no experience with the other 2 types

Thanks

im replacing mine soon and going with galvanised cover similar to the external version

Shed was built by previous owner

Hugh 2

lakill Farm wrote: »

Shed was built by previous owner

Same here my shed was built in the 70's by my dad

No agitation points but 6'6" 7' and 8' single slats

Nearest gang slat I can get my hands on is 8'6" (useless to me )

However a few companies will make agitation/manhole slats any length thus I am looking at putting these in where the slats are breaking ( these breaking slats are mostly ones that were lifted for agitation - that is why I am putting them in.



Iakill farm -- I did a search is this the type of thing you have in mind
It looks like it would be sturdy underfoot than any of the ones I have seen so far

lakill Farm wrote: »

im replacing mine with galvanised cover similar to the external version

I haven't seen these I am presuming you are talking about flat chequered plate ?

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

I could be wrong , or maybe was just for safety scheme but I taught internal agitation points were not allowed anymore,

Beggars cant be choosers I would prefer to put in these agitation points I am sooooo fed up of fu**ing about with single slats - lifting 15-20 single slats to agitate a tank doubles the job and I have 4 tanks that need slats to be lifted.

I thought the safety grant sounded a godsend but the conditions regarding agitation points ruled me out

OnDtown

Had those single concrete manhole slats on 4 tanks for years but replaced them all for the galvanised hinged version last year.

The concrete slats were lethal when it came to putting them back onto the manhole, after agitating. The surrounding slats would always be covered in slurry after agitating, leaving them like an ice rink.
Several times I would have dropped the finger slat into the tank and have to go down after it! Had a few close one's myself also!
The galvanised slats do rattle but cattle don't appear to have any issues with them, the hinges are worth their weight in gold!!

Good loser

OnDtown wrote: »

Had those single concrete manhole slats on 4 tanks for years but replaced them all for the galvanised hinged version last year.

The concrete slats were lethal when it came to putting them back onto the manhole, after agitating. The surrounding slats would always be covered in slurry after agitating, leaving them like an ice rink.
Several times I would have dropped the finger slat into the tank and have to go down after it! Had a few close one's myself also!
The galvanised slats do rattle but cattle don't appear to have any issues with them, the hinges are worth their weight in gold!!

Plus 1 on that

Milked out

Replaced an access point here with concrete fingers with a galvinesed one with 3 fingers. Kiely supplied the slats years ago and it was an easy swop to change the galvanised frame sits in to same groove as concrete fingers and just bolt it in. Having galvanised fingers makes it safer and easier on the back to be opening. Could try kielys they may make up a slat to suit. Maybe a bit dearer than others but they do good stuff. Based in blarney in cork

Hugh 2

OnDtown wrote: »

Had those single concrete manhole slats on 4 tanks for years but replaced them all for the galvanised hinged version last year.
The galvanised slats do rattle but cattle don't appear to have any issues with them, the hinges are worth their weight in gold!!

Good loser wrote: »

Plus 1 on that

Milked out wrote: »

Replaced an access point here with concrete fingers with a galvinesed one with 3 fingers.

If I am reading these right yea all have changed away from concrete finger to metal ones hinged at one end

I got one quote from a crowd with metal fingers hinged to each other (on the side rather like sideboards put on a trailer) the lad quoting me said that they can be removed one at time or all pulled to one side rather like a carpet - tells me they are the business -

Any experience of these ( I will try to attach photo)

lakill Farm

Hugh 2 wrote: »

Iakill farm -- I did a search is this the type of thing you have in mind
It looks like it would be sturdy underfoot than any of the ones I have seen so far

the slats in my shed are gang slats, im just replacing the agitation point like above. last lad made a home made job

I am going to replace it with a galvanised version similar to above

My shed was only build 2000-2004 time without grant. he worked in a quarry that made slats and readymix. sure he got a good deal

pity he made a kunt of doing it

Hugh 2

Anybody have these manhole type ?
Are they ok?
I am suspicious that they are not as easy to use as the salesman makes them out to be.
Thanks

pedigree 6

Don't get them. Get the type that are hinged on their ends.
I got those type you have in the picture 5 years ago and the grid underneath wasn't big enough for the slurry pipe.
So I had to lift the whole thing up grid and all.
So now the hinges have snapped where it's connected to the slat.
I have another tank now with metal fingers hinged on their end to the side of slat e.g( not hinged to each other) and it's a much stronger robust job.