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slurry storage to date

  • 30-12-2011 7:11pm
    #1
    case 5150
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭


    hi all wondering am i the only one in this predicament the tanks are nearly full only about a week left to go till thats it for them regards space, how is other irish farmers fairing out with this??


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  • #2
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Neighbour has weanlings back out... sacrificing a paddock feeding bales outdoors, nothing else to be done.. He was hoping for hard dry weather but no chance of that...


  • #3
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    OP have you rain water getting in?

    If you have your own vac tank you could suck up a load of dirty water and leave it 'ahem' parked in a field, you'd never know someone might accidentally scratch off the lever for the inlet valve.......at night.

    Other option is drop a load into a neighbours tank.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4
    case 5150
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭case 5150


    no rainwater getting in. just pure slurry from the cubicles. ahem sum1 might be good enough to rob a few loads for me in the next few days if i leave the tractor and tanker parked handy. ah no joking aside only the land not dry enough i would spread a load or 2 have no choice thats why the tractoor has lights thank god


  • #5
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    not being smart but everyone is supposed to have enough storage for the closed period;)


  • #6
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    whelan1 wrote: »
    not being smart but everyone is supposed to have enough storage for the closed period;)

    Agreed up to a point, but depends on your location, ppl in donegal had rain every day from mid august to end of oct so they didn't get a chance to empty tanks this autumn before the closed period.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #7
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Agreed up to a point, but depends on your location, ppl in donegal had rain every day from mid august to end of oct so they didn't get a chance to empty tanks this autumn before the closed period.

    Yea, same problem round here although I feel some lads held off with the late growth and gambled on the end of the spreading season being dry... badly caught out now..


  • #8
    case 5150
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭case 5150


    whelan1 wrote: »
    not being smart but everyone is supposed to have enough storage for the closed period;)

    ah ye but the back end was p...ing rain everyday for the 2 weeks of the extended period, heifers were housed earlier due to weather so tanks fill up quicker, there is a need for a earlier opening date but ground conditions are still unfit ta travel on:(


  • #9
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    case 5150 wrote: »
    ah ye but the back end was p...ing rain everyday for the 2 weeks of the extended period, heifers were housed earlier due to weather so tanks fill up quicker, there is a need for a earlier opening date but ground conditions are still unfit ta travel on:(
    look there where ten months since the end of the last closed period, it wasnt raining all the time....


  • #10
    topgeas
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭topgeas


    spread a bit yesterday. keep me going for 2 weeks. fields very soft.


  • #11
    red bull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭red bull


    my neighbour used a 3inch honda pump !!!


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  • #12
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    if someone in the locality had storage available, would they get the slurry for free ( of could they even charge for it???)


  • #13
    valtra8150
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭valtra8150


    if you get a gun for the top of the tanker or theres another yoke that you put on the back of the tanker where the spread plate goes theres a bend in it and you aim it up so that it will clear the ditch all you do is drive along road while spreading but do it a night. or agatate your tank get a pump with a loang hose and put the pump in the tank and hose up field on top of hill or slope go up 2 or 3 times a day and move the pipe that should keep you going. it looks something like this http://www.genfitt.ie/home/OnlineCatalogue.aspx?id=311&category_id=&valuePath=&class_id=


  • #14
    funny man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭funny man


    some **** give farmers a bad name!


  • #15
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    funny man wrote: »
    some **** give farmers a bad name!

    I thought that was - "some tankers give farmers a bad name!" when I read it first....:D talking about slurry and all that..


  • #16
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Complete joke lads what you are talking about doing regarding dumping of slurry/ soiled water and tough if you moan about the consequences if you get caught. yes I know that things are tight but surely someone local has a bit of spare capacity. My tanks are coming up to within a foot but I have a new 200k gls slatted tank just finished that will alleviate the problem.


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