Two bay double - 6 foot tank

roosky

Hi all,

I have a two bay double with 6 foot tanks and a suspended passage….there are walls with openings between the tanks rather than pillars.

long story short it’s horrendously difficulty to agitate and I’d say there are lumps in the corners that never get moving. Cost me €880 to agitate last year so something’s not working!

is there anyone out there with the same shed that has similar issues

TIA

funkey_monkey

Is that 30x30 with a spine wall? How wide are the gaps at either end?

hopeso

How many agitation points do you have, and where are they located? It sounds like you need at least one in the centre passage, and one in each of the tanks under the slats. Ideally, an agitation point at both ends of the tanks would speed up agitating a lot. Tams grants are available to install agitation manholes, and even to extend the tanks to add additional external agitation points.

DBK1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058342573/two-bay-double-6-foot-tank

If you’re in an area where pig slurry is available then if you could get it agitated enough just to get it half empty and then top it up with pig slurry. Leave it sit for a month or 6 weeks and agitate again and a lot of them lumps will disappear. Pig slurry is 10 times better than water for breaking down thick cattle slurry.

A few lads I’d know with awkward tanks like that would agitate then once or twice during the winter and it makes the job a lot easier than waiting until it’s all solid.

As said above too you need a couple of agitation points. With it only a 2 bay shed you won’t need agitation points at both ends but you certainly need one on each slatted area and one in the suspended passage.