Just thinking of putting a storage tank on a bit of land away from main farm wanted to cover with solid slabs does anyone know how wide they can go and are they same price as slats .slabs wont have any load on top tia
You be aswell to keep your money in your pocket and rent out the place
Have you considered a tower instead? Cheaper storage and can add further rings if needs be.
Towers are gone as expensive as slatted tanks now
NO NO NO.. slatted tanks all the way.. have tower, in fact spent 2 hours sitting up on a tractor today while pumping from slats to tower... towers are more work.. burning diesel pumping.. pump will need maintenance at some stage... hose will burst now and again.. need to be repaired and usually happen when ya really dont want it to happen... tank agitated than pumping then towers have to be agitated before spreading.. towers if they are going to have to be covered are a waste of time... people ask me regularly should they do a tank or erect a tower... my response is always a tank... we have a tank with cattle on it that was built a couple yrs ago.. size of tank more or less matches number of cattle on it... still a couple feet left in it... will be ok til 15th january.. literally havent gone near it since 15th oct no work involved like there is pumping from other tank to tower... tis a dream...
towers can also come in the way of further development n farm... might want to extend a shed and bloody tower is behind it... tank will never be in the way...
All depends on site you want to put it on …..tower the far cheaper option here …..will most likely put a slurry bag in here for parlourvwashings /yard run off ….and another tower for more slurry storage
I have just about enough storage i just thought if i could put a tank on outfarm and havevit filled so it cud be spread by pipes easily and quickly theres 30 acres there and it cud take two tractors 2 days to draw and spread when contractor is alreay busy at silage.Also theres huge compaction with tankers in spring especially.I thought 35k for a 5 bay slabs to keep out rainwater and safety plusvit needs to be covered to get 2yr write off.So half of 35k is 17.5k after tax
The likes to hollowcore or prestressed slabs used in houses with a 3 inch screed over it and fence the whole lot off. Another option is to put a roof over the slat about a ft of the ground. Beauty of this that you could have a shed down the line. Another option of to build penning into it to work with a crush. Slat companies are going to be doing more slabs due to organics
It's not a bad option of putting in a large tank on an outblock now with the 2 yr write down for tax. Get a lorry in a few wet days in the winter and let it pull 6000 gallons a turn. Think turning space, could the lorry use the tank as a roundabout
If you have the option to put the tank at the highest point on the outblock or close to it it will make it pumping it easy and the contractor will be easier to get as gravity will do the work and not diesel and horse power
Wud the hollowcore be much cheaper than slats i think slatted tanks are still a great investment given tax write off.Theres huge fert saving and the way its looking artifical p and k might not be allowed to spread so slurry will have to be used in correct conditions plus extra storage keeps us on correct side of law
Why not just build a house there altogether. No drawing then either silage or slurry just move dry cows there
Not sure, it's about 12 years ago since I was pricing it.
Make the tank multi-purpose if you can. Are you ever going to winter stock there .
Another option it to put down a sheet of heavy 1200 guage plastic and pour a 50-75mm screed over the slats. 3m3 of concrete would go a long way and it is easy to get off if ever needed
I agree with you as well if there is a a tank on an out farm you can draw slurry to or from it easily by truck. The pig boys get neatly all slurry delivered by truck. A truck will draw 6k gallons at the time faster than a tractor will draw a third of it
The slat companies make solid slabs the same size as gang slats, we got them where there was a feed passage crossing over two 16 foot tanks. Same price as the slats.
Don’t see the attraction to the slurry bags tbh, you can’t claim the vat back on them. They can’t have that long of a lifespan compared to a tank or tower and there’s also the fact that the tank is tax deductible over 2 years
There cheap and good job for parlour washings …
Can u write of a whole slatted shed in 2yrs or only the tank
Just the tank
Looked at slurry bags here for a bit of additional storage, don't think we will go that way.
They are the cheapest option but they are a big footprint in the yard, it's a massive job to move them as they can never be 100% emptied, so there is always 10+ tonne weight of slurry in them. You can't put thick slurry in them.
The one other fear I would have is there lifespan, you have a warranty as long as the company is in business but nobody knows.
They strike me as a bit like the outwintering pads, cheaper upfront capital cost but over the long run a far inferior job than a tank or a tower
Fair synopsis there ….on paper here I’ve enough slurry storage and spare capacity ….reality is I’ve just about enough ….on new regs as regards non spreading period for parlour washings I’m short ….with uncertainty with dero nitrates etc slurry bag will most likely be my get out of jail card ……slow to commit to another tower atm as if dero goes I won’t need it
There is dutch slurry bag system, that can roll the bags up for moving to differeny site. Aligator i think its called.
I got a quote for a 100,000 gallon bag off. No issue, they an irish distributor.
However no one in ireland has a trailer to roll it up. The dutch use them like a nurse tank. Draw slurry to it, spread, roll up on to the next site.
What planet were teagasc on when u look back at there crazy ideas outwintering pads and reed beds were probably the most crazy
If you might turn it into a shed in future put slats on it and just cover it with plastic and a few tryes to keep out rain water.
We are using milk filter sleeves, 30x 6 in new parlour . used to be filter socks 24x3 in old parlour ,no problem ordering them on line. Can't see the 30x6 anywhere. Does anyone use them and where do you get them?
Cookstown dairy services will have them
https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/products/dairygold-milk-filter-sleeve-30x6-100-pk-0696631
Thanks, you'd think glanbia or whoever they are now would have them
Pearson will have them. We buy them off them
What is ‘Super A1’ milk and why pay 3cpl extra to the producer?
Is it different casein types? Thought a1 was the supposed bad one so might be something else
Is it A2A2 was supposed to be the good one.
