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How to calculate amount slurry in tank

  • 10-03-2016 5:53pm
    #1
    farmers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭


    How do you calculate the amount of gallons slurry in a slatted tank giving the size of the tank..

    Thanks


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  • #2
    poppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 642 ✭✭✭poppers


    farmers101 wrote: »
    How do you calculate the amount of gallons slurry in a slatted tank giving the size of the tank..

    Thanks

    LxBxH will give number of litres then divide by 4.5 assuming it's a rectangular tank all measurements should be in meters


  • #3
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    (Depth of tank minus distance from the top) x breath x width x 1000

    Using all measurements in metres will give you litres


  • #4
    pajero12
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    poppers wrote: »
    LxBxH will give number of litres then divide by 4.5 assuming it's a rectangular tank all measurements should be in meters

    That will give you cubic metres,

    LxBxH x 220 will give you no. of gallons

    *Didn't see ganmo's post


  • #5
    farmers101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭farmers101


    pajero12 wrote: »
    That will give you cubic metres,

    LxBxH x 220 will give you no. of gallons

    *Didn't see ganmo's post

    Is the LxBxH measured in feet or meters before X 200?


  • #6
    GY A1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭GY A1


    farmers101 wrote: »
    Is the LxBxH measured in feet or meters before X 200?

    Metres


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  • #7
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Or the easy way to do it is wait till it's full, agitate it, then suck it out and count the loads.:pac:

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #8
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,123 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Every cubic meter is equal to 1,000 litres. Think of the IBC containers. They are 1m x1m x1m and hold 1000 litres each or 220 UK Gallons.
    (219.9692 to be exact)


  • #9
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭9935452


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Or the easy way to do it is wait till it's full, agitate it, then suck it out and count the loads.:pac:

    Not always accurate eithre.
    Your tank might not be filling full each time, it can depend in the angle the tank is at when filling , whether there is gravel on the bottom of the tank, some tanks with recessed wheels are not the size the manufacturer claims as the recess is taken out of the capacity.


  • #10
    Bullocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    9935452 wrote: »
    some tanks with recessed wheels are not the size the manufacturer claims as the recess is taken out of the capacity.
    Is that true ? Which manufacturers do it ?


  • #11
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭9935452


    Bullocks wrote: »
    Is that true ? Which manufacturers do it ?

    Yeah. I know abbey used to do it.
    There was a thread here a few years back where a contractor had a 2000 gallon tank with no recess and bought a 2300 with a recess and reckoned that they had a very similar capacity. He went back to abbey who admitted they calculated the capacity before the recess was cut out.

    Conor engineering do it
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97078259


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  • #12
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    For gallons use the old system LxWxH in feet and multiply answer by 6.25.
    6.25 gallons in a cubic foot.


  • #13
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Or the easy way to do it is wait till it's full, agitate it, then suck it out and count the loads.:pac:
    9935452 wrote: »
    Not always accurate eithre.
    Your tank might not be filling full each time, it can depend in the angle the tank is at when filling , whether there is gravel on the bottom of the tank, some tanks with recessed wheels are not the size the manufacturer claims as the recess is taken out of the capacity.

    Did you see the little smiley pacman face ':pac:' at the end of my post. I was joking.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #14
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭9935452


    blue5000 wrote: »
    blue5000 wrote: »
    Or the easy way to do it is wait till it's full, agitate it, then suck it out and count the loads.:pac:
    9935452 wrote: »
    Not always accurate eithre.
    Your tank might not be filling full each time, it can depend in the angle the tank is at when filling , whether there is gravel on the bottom of the tank, some tanks with recessed wheels are not the size the manufacturer claims as the recess is taken out of the capacity.

    Did you see the little smiley pacman face ':pac:' at the end of my post. I was joking.
    Add your reply here.

    I'm on the phone so smiley faces aren't showing up.
    I did think you had to be joking. But to be fair we have a man here who did measure his tank that way. 30000 gallons measured by 30 loads of a 1000 gallon tank


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