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Tams less grant on slurry tanker

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    #62
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,151 ✭✭✭Grueller


    straight wrote: »
    I don't know. I'm the same situation as you.

    I am trying to convince a neighbour to come halves with me. The grant for me is €10,500 roughly. Tank at €27000 plus vat. is €32,650. That is €21000 after the grant back.
    I have proposed to the neighbour that we share a tank and agitator. He buys the agitator and half of the €21000. I put in the grant and half of the €21000. He needs a tank as his is very shook and only an 1100 gallon.
    I have a six year old 1600 gallon to sell to reduce the costs further.
    If he bites I will go, if not I will stick and go with a contractor for all slurry work and keep my own 1600 for parlour washing.


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    #63
    lab man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭lab man


    Grueller wrote: »
    I am trying to convince a neighbour to come halves with me. The grant for me is €10,500 roughly. Tank at €27000 plus vat. is €32,650. That is €21000 after the grant back.
    I have proposed to the neighbour that we share a tank and agitator. He buys the agitator and half of the €21000. I put in the grant and half of the €21000. He needs a tank as his is very shook and only an 1100 gallon.
    I have a six year old 1600 gallon to sell to reduce the costs further.
    If he bites I will go, if not I will stick and go with a contractor for all slurry work and keep my own 1600 for parlour washing.

    Do not do this


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    #64
    lab man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭lab man


    older by the day wrote: »
    First thing I did was cracked the two holders off the side arms on my first load. Why am I so arkward. Using a vice grips to get the balls out the last ten years

    Turn the balls side ways and you'll take them out with your finger


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    #65
    Donald Trump
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    lab man wrote: »
    Turn the balls side ways and you'll take them out with your finger




    He might be talking about his own. :D


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    #66
    mengele
    Registered Users Posts: 873 ✭✭✭mengele


    Just thinking about this myself again tonight.

    Surely the chassis mounted dribble bar has to be a better job than the one hanging on the back door???


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    #67
    Grueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,151 ✭✭✭Grueller


    lab man wrote: »
    Do not do this

    Why?


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    #68
    westlander
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭westlander


    mengele wrote: »
    Just thinking about this myself again tonight.

    Surely the chassis mounted dribble bar has to be a better job than the one hanging on the back door???

    Has to be. I suppose they are not out long enough to know for sure re the back door ones. I’d like to see a back door one after 15 years of use


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    #69
    Donald Trump
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    westlander wrote: »
    Has to be. I suppose they are not out long enough to know for sure re the back door ones. I’d like to see a back door one after 15 years of use




    Can they not make one that trails behind the tanker on it's own wheels. Might be hard to make it stable enough maybe.



    Or even one that mounts on the front hitch. You'd have difficulty getting the pipe to it safely and securely though I suppose.


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    #70
    jaymla627
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    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Can they not make one that trails behind the tanker on it's own wheels. Might be hard to make it stable enough maybe.



    Or even one that mounts on the front hitch. You'd have difficulty getting the pipe to it safely and securely though I suppose.

    Tank here is set-up to run a injector so is set up to bolt on a 4 point linkage that's run of tractor hydraulics that's the gold standard, but it would add a few grand extra onto a tank instead of the craic of manufactures mounting it of the hatch and upping the price anyways without actually selling a machine that's fit for purpose


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    #71
    westlander
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭westlander


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Can they not make one that trails behind the tanker on it's own wheels. Might be hard to make it stable enough maybe.



    Or even one that mounts on the front hitch. You'd have difficulty getting the pipe to it safely and securely though I suppose.

    Don’t know about a trailer one on wheels but Slurryquip have released a new tanker few months back with front mounted dribble bar. I recall Conor eng had something similar few years back.
    Google Cerberus slurryquip.


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    #72
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    I like the look of the mid mounted bars, beyond me for a while though.

    Do people have much bother with sight tubes? When we changed recently the dealer refused to get one (not that we were fussed) as they were shattering frequently.
    What was the issue - the tubes themselves or faulty blow off valves?


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    #73
    westlander
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭westlander


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    I like the look of the mid mounted bars, beyond me for a while though.

    Shots people still bother with sight tubes? When we changed recently the dealer refused to get one (not that we were fussed) as they were shattering frequently.
    What was the issue - the tubes themselves or faulty blow off valves?

    Didn’t hear that complaint before.
    They would be handy though to let you know that the tank is filling and not blocked. Handy as well to let you know how much is left in the tank when emptying


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    #74
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/pics-tractor-cab-destroyed-in-slurry-tanker-mishap/

    Hi-spec have a few options:
    https://www.hispec.net/level-indicators/


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    #75
    Gillespy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Float type indicator seems like it would be a good solution and maybe the cheapest too. Example here from Joskin.

    https://www.joskin.com/en/equipment/modulo2/tank-fittings


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    #76
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Grueller wrote: »
    I am trying to convince a neighbour to come halves with me. The grant for me is €10,500 roughly. Tank at €27000 plus vat. is €32,650. That is €21000 after the grant back.
    I have proposed to the neighbour that we share a tank and agitator. He buys the agitator and half of the €21000. I put in the grant and half of the €21000. He needs a tank as his is very shook and only an 1100 gallon.
    I have a six year old 1600 gallon to sell to reduce the costs further.
    If he bites I will go, if not I will stick and go with a contractor for all slurry work and keep my own 1600 for parlour washing.

    Tbh in spring there will be enough going on so I would go with the contractor. If you and the neighbour use the same contractor ye could link up in giving him work at the same time perhaps.
    Neigbour has an old 1600 gln tanker and a small sprayer, I have a pump/ agitator and the spinner. Contractor with the pipe does 90% of slurry work generally would come to us same day or one day after the next. Similar with bale contractor, doesn't always work out the same days etc obviously but we have a set of double handlers each and would draw in together if there was a good number there.
    We both do all the fert, spinner could be hooked up to either tractor


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    #77
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Going offthread slightly here, but what double handler do you have and how do you rate it?
    We have a nugent and over shortish runs I'd prefer to use a single handler - find it simpler and quicker. I do the wrapping too, so I try to leave the bales in pairs, but you'd still have to lift individually and seeing the twist on them with a single bale you'd not want to be travelling far without the second bale.


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    #78
    straight
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    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/pics-tractor-cab-destroyed-in-slurry-tanker-mishap/

    Hi-spec have a few options:
    https://www.hispec.net/level-indicators/

    That's enough about the sight tube for me. I'll do without it.


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    #79
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    Going offthread slightly here, but what double handler do you have and how do you rate it?
    We have a nugent and over shortish runs I'd prefer to use a single handler - find it simpler and quicker. I do the wrapping too, so I try to leave the bales in pairs, but you'd still have to lift individually and seeing the twist on them with a single bale you'd not want to be travelling far without the second bale.

    Fleming's. Ours is the one which can tip em on their ends neigbours os the one that tilts up one bale in order back in to pick the other one up, tbh we don't bother with either "knack" so to speak, just pick one up and drop next to the other bale and then back in pick both up again. The one that tilts one side is actually wide enough as well if on a road which has two way traffic


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    #80
    Jb1989
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    straight wrote: »
    That's enough about the sight tube for me. I'll do without it.

    Its not great protocol to have window open while at slurry.


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    #81
    westlander
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭westlander


    straight wrote: »
    That's enough about the sight tube for me. I'll do without it.

    The porthole type sight glasses can give trouble too in that they come away from the threading. Think the window will continue to stay closed when doing slurry no matter which type is on the tanker 😜


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    #82
    E mac
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    Anyone here ever had a tank implode? I never have but it must be some 'bang' when it happens. Also frustrating...bye bye tank...


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    #83
    westlander
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    E mac wrote: »
    Anyone here ever had a tank implode? I never have but it must be some 'bang' when it happens. Also frustrating...bye bye tank...

    Hadn’t an implode but did hear a little bang when 2 pin holes appeared under the mudguard this year. Tank is 22 years old.


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    #84
    Jb1989
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    E mac wrote: »
    Anyone here ever had a tank implode? I never have but it must be some 'bang' when it happens. Also frustrating...bye bye tank...

    Had an implode on an old tank. Wasn't any real noise at all. Just a gush of the slurry running back into the tank.


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    #85
    Gillespy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Never had one fortunately but know someone and he said it wasn't that bad. Explosion would be many, many times worse.


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    #86
    Grueller
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    E mac wrote: »
    Anyone here ever had a tank implode? I never have but it must be some 'bang' when it happens. Also frustrating...bye bye tank...

    Had it here 6 years ago. The tank was 30 years old or so and I thought it couldn't possibly implode there were that many pin holes in it. There was a fair bang out of my one. I had to change the tank and my underpants.


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