| Muck & Slurry
Lightweight tanker design to suit all farmers
Storth Machinery was established in 1999 by the founding directors Chris Richardson and Alan Looker. They have since
used their extensive knowledge of the market to grow the business into what is today, a worldwide brand exporting to
over 30 countries and the leading manufacturer of Slurry Handling equipment within the UK.
hey’ve come a long way from
where they first started. With
Chris working out of a van and
Alan working in his father’s
shed, the two have grown the
business and its employees.
Storth now employ over 60 people and have
their main headquarters at Stoneleigh Park,
Lancashire, to which they are currently in the
process of expanding for the third time, giving
even more space for the Design and
Production of Storth Machinery.
Storth’s latest development to their ever-
expanding product portfolio, is a unique slurry
tanker solution using a handmade high-quality
glass reinforced plastic tank to reduce weight
and boost fill capacity, making it easier to
transport and spread large volumes of slurry
more efficiently. The Osprey tanker was
designed due to our close working relationship
with our customers and together we realised
that, although we have an impressive range of
Umbilical equipment, this doesn’t work for all
farmers.
To help this situation, Storth designed the
light weight British built tanker, having a weight
saving of between 0.5-2t compared with the
equivalent steel tankers, which results in less
ground compaction. The spreading options at
the rear include a simple splash plate, which
delivers a 15m spread, which reduces the
amount of time it takes to spread slurry and
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also delivers more of an even coverage. The
tanker can also be fitted with a four-point
linkage to accommodate our Storth 12m
dribble bar or our Storth 6.2m trailing shoe
applicator. Along with its sprung suspension,
the Osprey tanker is fitted with R22.5 tyres as
standard that assists the tanker to travel well on
the roads minimising the impact made on the
land when applying slurry, which will help
extend the spreading season and keep land at
its best. Multiple filling options available on the
tanker have also been designed to help a
multitude of contractors, loading slurry from a
variety of stores. A lobe pump is also fitted as
standard to the drawbar, which can be PTO or
hydraulically driven, which helps reduce the
amount of time it takes to fill.
The Osprey Tanker was designed with all
farmers in mind and with our bespoke design
service we can adapt to suit the ever-changing
needs of British Farmers.
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