| Muck & Slurry
Storth at Pig & Poultry
Slurry handling specialist Storth Machinery based in
Holme, Cumbria will be exhibiting at the Pig & Poultry
show stand number 184 where our expert team will be
available to discuss the ideal solutions for your waste
management systems.
s part of our
extensive product
portfolio, we offer
a range of safe
storage solutions
which include the
3, 4 and 5 ring high quality storage
tanks; made of enamelled glass
coated steel for longer life with the
flexibility to extend in the future,
and can also be covered should
this be a requirement to reduce
the gas and ammonia emissions
by over 95%. We can offer a full
turnkey installation service, on this
safer option compared to a low
level alternative.
We also recently launched a
range of Quality British built Mobile
Nurse Tanks to aid the umbilical
spreading of slurry and/or
digestate in fields which are far
from the farm or biogas plant. The
new tanks are designed for
efficiency of flow and personal
safety.
The Nurse Tanks are
constructed using Heavy Duty
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5mm Profile steel walls on a
385/65R 22.5 Stub Axle, with
Hydraulic brake & Lifting
mechanism system, pipework at
the front and rear, LED lighting Kit
and beacon complete with
Manway inspection hatch and
Front access ladder.
The use of mobile nurse tanks
to aid umbilical spreading
operations has resurged in
popularity. The tanks are sited in
or near to the fields to be spread.
Then the slurry/digestate is
transported by road in Lorries and
Tankers and discharged into them.
The tanks act as a buffer for the
umbilical system and can be kept
topped up by the road tankers,
allowing uninterrupted spreading
to be carried out. Important should
you be spreading slurry onto
cereal crops where interrupted
spreading could lead to damage
to the growing crops.
Unique to Storth’s nurse tanks
are the hydraulic-lifting stub axles
on either side of the tank. These
allow the inside compartment to
be of one single floor level from
front to back. This negates the
requirement for internal pipe work
– as required with standard axles to link the front and back areas,
which can become a bottleneck
risk especially with the thick sticky
nature of digestate.
Storth’s nurse tanks have also
been designed with a roof to make
them fully enclosed, preventing
unwanted or accidental access
which could lead to personal
injury.
Storth nurse tanks come as
standard in two capacities: 65m3
and 100m3. However tanks can
also be custom-made to meet
specific criteria, e.g. colour, sitin