| Muck & Slurry
Direct sales approach makes Bauer slurry tankers
more attractive for large-scale slurry and
digestate spreading
Bauer is re-launching its high-specification tankers in
Britain by supplying contractors and large farm operators
direct at more favourable prices but with service and parts
support still available nationwide through Bauer dealers.
he market for large tankers
with specialist application
equipment is very
competitive with a number
of players involved,” says
Newton Aycliffe, County
Durham-based Adrian
Tindall, Bauer UK & Ireland sales
manager. “Dealing direct with the
professional operators most likely
to use our machines will enable us
to ensure we provide the right
features and specification for their
needs, at prices competitive with
other high-quality products.”
Bauer tankers available in sizes
from 10.5cu m to 24cu m – 10,500litres to 24,000-litres – are unique
in the UK and Ireland for having a
hand-made polyester tank
mounted on a galvanised steel
chassis. The heart-shaped tank
cross section results in a low
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centre of gravity for good stability
in hilly fields and on the road,
while indents provide ample space
for wide and large diameter
flotation tyres to minimise soil
compaction.
Using polyester rather than
steel saves a significant amount of
weight over a quality-spec steel
tanker – as much as 3 tonnes with
the 24cu m model. It also provides
a container impervious to
corrosion.
“That is particularly relevant to
farms and contractors involved in
handling biogas plant digestate,
which can be more corrosive than
regular livestock slurry,” notes
Adrian Tindall. “Together with the
corrosion-resistant galvanised
chassis, it means these tankers
clean up really well and can look
like new even after a lot of use,
which results in strong re-sale
values.”
The tankers are available with
Bauer spiral or centrifugal high
capacity pumps giving fast filling
and spreading rates. A frontmounted filling arm is available for
quick turnarounds at the slurry
store and a cleaner working
experience for the operator.
Application options include a
double nozzle spray boom for
surface spreading up to 27m wide,
and a dribble hose applicator in
widths from 9m to 30m with a
macerating distributor, hydraulic
drip stop and hydraulic folding.
A drag shoe applicator with
working widths of 5.3m to 21m
provides in-crop application of
slurry or digestate directly on to
the ground; a disc injector in 5.2m
to 8m widths places liquid beneath
the surface for minimum losses
through evaporation and quick
resumption of pasture grazing;
and a spring tine cultivator injector
is available for incorporating slurry
or digestate into seedbeds.
Chassis options include a
cranked single axle for smaller
tankers in the range to give an
extra-low centre of gravity; rearsteer tandem axles with leaf spring
or air suspension – the latter is
standard on the triple axle 24cu m
model – and four-point rear linkage
for a mounted applicator.
“With all those options, each
tanker is specced and priced
individually,” notes Adrian Tindall.
“But an 18.5cu m tandem axle
machine with 15m dribble bar will
be about £70,000; and an auto
loading system will add around
£6000.”
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