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Replacing cattle slats.

  • 15-10-2016 08:39PM
    #1
    rangler1
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    Does anyone offer the full job, ie taking out old slats in the old low slatted sheds and putting down new slats


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  • #2
    Waffletraktor
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    Does anyone offer the full job, ie taking out old slats in the old low slatted sheds and putting down new slats

    Local shed builders with a long reach telehandler?
    Worked on a farm weekends/holidays and remember they had a 13m machine with a attach ment to give an extra 6ft reach that they had made a jig up with 4 twist-lock type set up during the nitrates building time.
    Essentially place it over slat fairly centrally, drop 4 bars with a T on the bottom, twist then lift and its ready to manouver. From Wexford though.


  • #3
    rangler1
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    Waffletraktor wrote: »
    Local shed builders with a long reach telehandler?
    Worked on a farm weekends/holidays and remember they had a 13m machine with a attach ment to give an extra 6ft reach that they had made a jig up with 4 twist-lock type set up during the nitrates building time.
    Essentially place it over slat fairly centrally, drop 4 bars with a T on the bottom, twist then lift and its ready to manouver. From Wexford though.

    The shed has only 8ft wide 6ft high doors at the ends so the slats have to be reached from the feeding passage and like all the old sheds the roof is low too.
    You'd imagine the slat manufacturers would be setup to do it


  • #4
    Cavanjack
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    The shed has only 8ft wide 6ft high doors at the ends so the slats have to be reached from the feeding passage and like all the old sheds the roof is low too.
    You'd imagine the slat manufacturers would be setup to do it

    Any of the slat manufactures will do it. Replaced two 5 bays last year with no extra cost for removing the old ones. Obviously if there are gates or walls to be removed before hand they wouldn't do this.


  • #5
    _Brian
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    We replaced slats recently and the supplier would have done it for us but the access was poor for their equipment.
    They lent us the jig for the slats which was handy.

    We hired a teleporter with long reach and added home made extension to the boom as it just wouldn't reach. This caused it to constantly alarm on full reach but it worked.

    3 of us but it took a whole day to replace 3 bays, lifting old singles and fitting gangs, yard was very tight and she's doors narrow, shed is near 40 years old.


  • #6
    Waffletraktor
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    The shed has only 8ft wide 6ft high doors at the ends so the slats have to be reached from the feeding passage and like all the old sheds the roof is low too.
    You'd imagine the slat manufacturers would be setup to do it

    skid-steer?


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  • #7
    Sam Kade
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    Do like the old days two strong men :)


  • #8
    rangler1
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    Waffletraktor wrote: »
    skid-steer?

    Wouldn't be long finding the shook slats with the weight of one of those.
    Probably wouldn't have to take out the old slats then, they'd be in the bottom of the tank.....along with the skidsteer


  • #9
    Mooooo
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    Took old ones out here using a 5 tonne mini digger from feed passage. Dropped em on to loader forks and carried em out. Slats were wider than feed passage so a bit of messing getting past the uprights alright


  • #10
    jfh
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    Does anyone offer the full job, ie taking out old slats in the old low slatted sheds and putting down new slats

    Friend had much the same shed, banagher did it with forklift


  • #11
    red bull
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    Applied for grant for replacement slats.Agfood says it AFIT
    How long does it take to get approval and have slat prices gone up a lot lately


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  • #12
    poor farmer
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    I replaced 30 year old gang slats with new ones last year. low shed, narrow passage. I did it myself 5 tonne forklift with a boom. Big dangerous job, I wouldn't take it on again. It's not a job for the faint hearted.
    Mulleady's in longford will remove and replace slats


  • #13
    MfMan
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    A bump to this thread.

    Anyone know anybody who will replace old slats and fit new ones in Galway / west area? The firm I am sourcing new ones from, are from further away and don't provide such a service. I have to go with these as they are the most suitable ones for my slat mats.



  • #14
    Mach Two
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    A mini digger. If one is too weak use two. If you can't get it in the shed dig a hole to lower the height of the digger.



  • #15
    MfMan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123599528#Comment_123599528

    Not really an option in this situation I'm afraid.



  • #16
    red bull
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    Banagher take out and replace slats



  • #17
    cosatron
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    Mcgraths replaced ours. Wr are just outside galway

    Post edited by cosatron on


  • #18
    massey 265
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    Harringtons in kilkelly took them out here with the lorry grab ,then fitted the new ones.Needed to have toe end cut out with consaw before hand to get them out.A point to note was that the new slats were roughly an inch higher than the ones that were down and had to make up the height difference with mat rubber at agitating slat end as this obviously stays put as shed wall sits on it.



  • #19
    MfMan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123602551#Comment_123602551

    As far as I'm told, they only fit the new ones, won't take out the old ones at all, and I doubt they'd do it for someone else's slats.



  • #20
    MfMan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123603100#Comment_123603100

    These the quarry guys? Was it their own slats they replaced?



  • #21
    cosatron
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123603703#Comment_123603703

    hi mf. We had campion slatts in from many moons ago. McGraths are in Clare, we found them very easy to deal with. Competitively priced. They will come up and have a look and see what's required.



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  • #22
    visatorro
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    Longford precast used to advertise on donedeal about replacing slats.



  • #23
    TL17
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    What do people do with the old ones. I don't really want them around the place



  • #24
    massey 265
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123606700#Comment_123606700
    20241124_123516.jpg

    They are handy to make up a pen as they fit into the lip of girder as above.



  • #25
    funkey_monkey
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123607270#Comment_123607270

    That's a great reuse of old slats.



  • #26
    DBK1
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    They’re a great job under water troughs in fields as well, I used 5 or 6 for that job earlier in the year.

    IMG_0137.jpeg


  • #27
    Barron lad
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123603700#Comment_123603700

    Will remove old slats and install new ones no bother



  • #28
    Mach Two
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123600743#Comment_123600743

    Put up a photo of the shed in question.



  • #29
    Katie 2018
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123607270#Comment_123607270

    What size of a girder did you use.wanying to do this myself



  • #30
    visatorro
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123607270#Comment_123607270

    If the slats are real bad they could break up when you lift them. Just be careful. I changed Slat above 5 years ago. Was amazed/shocked at how badly cracked they were underneath



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  • #31
    wrangler
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123608469#Comment_123608469

    I dread the thought of replacing mine, they'll be 50 years old in 2028



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