Slat sizes

Grueller

Did anyone here ever use an 18'6" slat? I am contemplating a new tank and want to future proof storage and also leave the tank wide enough that I can feed both sides and house 14 forward stores per bay.
Are they much dearer than a 16'6" say?

grassroot1

Could you not go two 10 foot 6 slats end to end with a central wall and two tanks?

charolais0153

grassroot1 wrote: »

Could you not go two 10 foot 6 slats end to end with a central wall and two tanks?

Or 2 12'6 slats?

Grueller

Priced around today. €20 per foot dearer than 16'6" slat. Very little extra cost in building tank 2' extra width. €2000 on a 100' tank. I think I might run with the 18'6".

Grueller

grassroot1 wrote: »

Could you not go two 10 foot 6 slats end to end with a central wall and two tanks?

2 extra agitation points at €400 +VAT each plus cost of spline wall. That would far outweigh €2k extra for 18"6' tank imo.

grassroot1

Grueller wrote:

2 extra agitation points at €400 +VAT each plus cost of spline wall. That would far outweigh €2k extra for 18"6' tank imo.

Put in pillars and beams and no central wall. How long will the tank be

GrasstoMilk

grassroot1 wrote: »

Put in pillars and beams and no central wall. How long will the tank be

Would the beams not make the agitating hard when the tank is full and has a crust?
We out in a 100×20 ft tank a month ago here. 2 10ft 6 slats and wall down the middle

wrangler

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Would the beams not make the agitating hard when the tank is full and has a crust?
We out in a 100×20 ft tank a month ago here. 2 10ft 6 slats and wall down the middle

When I was building ,the grant wouldn't allow you have a tank longer than 3 bays. I have pillars and beams on two 10ft 6 slats and no problem agitating.
Important to agitate at the feeding side first and then agitated the other side. thickest crust at the feeding side

Grueller

grassroot1 wrote: »

Put in pillars and beams and no central wall. How long will the tank be

Roughly 100ft

wrangler

Should have a competition for age of slats, mine is 40 this year,:cool: any advance

blue5000

wrangler wrote: »

Should have a competition for age of slats, mine is 40 this year,:cool: any advance

Still have a few here since 1976, but I wouldn't chance driving on them:eek:

They're 8'6'' long, every time one breaks a railway sleeper gets cut lengthways with the chainsaw.

wrangler

blue5000 wrote: »

Still have a few here since 1976, but I wouldn't chance driving on them:eek:

They're 8'6'' long, every time one breaks a railway sleeper gets cut lengthways with the chainsaw.

Mine are Buttevant, I put down the longevity to the fact that I didn't drive on them putting them down, some did around here and didn't get 30 years....they were never tractor slats.
There's a bull on them at the moment, I'm waiting with dread, he must be a ton

charolais0153

wrangler wrote: »

Mine are Buttevant, I put down the longevity to the fact that I didn't drive on them putting them down, some did around here and didn't get 30 years....they were never tractor slats.
There's a bull on them at the moment, I'm waiting with dread, he must be a ton

Was there no cattle on them slats for a few years though?
Our slats are 27 years,10'6 no sign of detioriation yet...

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

Was there no cattle on them slats for a few years though?
Our slats are 27 years,10'6 no sign of detioriation yet...

sheep bedded on them for ten years

6600

Definitely go for the 18'6". Have them on two tanks here. One is in 10 years now. Drumderry. They're tractor slats as standard as they are 10" deep. It's easier mix a wide tank than a narrow one. They do a 20'6" as well.