Cost 10'6" cattle slat

brianb243

Does anyone know what a good 10 foot 6 gang slat would cost? Looking to replace all the slats in my 3 bay shed for safety sake as there drawing on 30 years service. Who is doing the best slat close to Galway. Only livestock traveling on them?

tanko

Dont know what they cost but there was a grant for buying replacement slats a few years ago. Is it still available?

brianb243

tanko wrote: »

Dont know what they cost but there was a grant for buying replacement slats a few years ago. Is it still available?

Ya tanko its under TAMS. I get 60% and vat back cos i'm a young farmer so might as well take advantage of it. They don't seem in bad shape but would be afraid of their age.

tanko

Ok, wasnt sure if its still available. Do you know if its possible to get a grant for replacing slats in a shed with internal agitation points?

brianb243

tanko wrote: »

Ok, wasnt sure if its still available. Do you know if its possible to get a grant for replacing slats in a shed with internal agitation points?

Not a 100% sure. I got an external agitation point 2 years ago under tams but I had to confirm I had no internal one. Someone said they are trying to do away with internal ones for safety

Zr105

tanko wrote: »

Ok, wasnt sure if its still available. Do you know if its possible to get a grant for replacing slats in a shed with internal agitation points?

No they’d make you fit external agitation points as well if you applied for the grant to do it

Cavanjack

Replaced 100ft of 10'6 slats two years ago. Around €5,500 before vat and got a 40% grant on this.

Hard Knocks

How often do you replace the slats

_Brian

Hard Knocks wrote: »

How often do you replace the slats

Ours were 35 years old when one gave way.

Hard Knocks

_Brian wrote: »

Ours were 35 years old when one gave way.

Not good & you don’t find the time

Cavanjack

Hard Knocks wrote: »

How often do you replace the slats

Ours were a little over 30 years old. They weren't in that bad of shape but it was a cheap job to replace them and was worth it for peace of mind.

brianb243

Cavanjack wrote: »

Replaced 100ft of 10'6 slats two years ago. Around €5,500 before vat and got a 40% grant on this.

Did you try many places. I don't mind paying bit extra for quality.

Cavanjack

brianb243 wrote: »

Did you try many places. I don't mind paying bit extra for quality.

I would have at the time can't remember the prices, I got them off Wrights in Monaghan. They are a good slat.

k mac

Sorry for bumping an old thread. Have a 3 bay shed with 10"6 slats. Shed is up about 32/33 years. Always used the outside agitating point but this year lifted the 4 single internal slats in the middle bay to agitate and notice the bottom of 3 of the slats seem to be a bit kind of broken away in the centre of the slat. Kind of worried not they might need replacing. As all the rest are gang slats is there less chance of them breaking, could i just replace these 4, and also want to get an agitating gang slat with manhole for outside, or would i be best replace all.

Has anyone an idea of the cost to replace all, or is the TAMS grant available for this. Another question is if i got new slats for all would whoever supply them lift off the old slats before installing the new ones, or would i need to have that done, would be very hard to get them out without the proper equipment.

hopeso

At that age, you're as well to replace them all. However, the single slats will generally fail faster than the gangs. The fact that there is bits braking away suggests that they could fail under cattle at any moment.

TAMS is available to replace slats, and yes, the slat supplier will come and take out the old, and fit the new.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122206309#Comment_122206309

Mine will be fifty years in 2027, Banagher Concrete fitted new slats in an old shed for a neighbour, they were vey efficient and tidy I've had two or three slats go down but unlike gang slats there isn't room for anything to fall in.

I've the shed rented at the moment, but unlikely to replace the slats and the tenants know this

jfh

We had banagher slats, over 30 years, changed them a few years back, only slats that were fragile were the single slats placed in the middle. Low shed, found it difficult to get anyone to replace them, banagher had no interest, went with fogerty slats in the end

jfh

I have only internal agitation points in a shed, is it a big job to make these external? I'd imagine it is

J.O. Farmer

The tank will need to come out past the end of the shed so big enough job.

Cavanjack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122212360#Comment_122212360

there is a grant for this also but don’t think it’d near come close to the cost of the job.

k mac

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122209168#Comment_122209168

Would it not be alot rarer for a gang slat to break than a single