| Energy
Major tankers providing handling solutions to
AD plants
Growing popularity in Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants in the UK, developing clean
energy sources has meant considerable opportunity for some businesses, whilst at the
same time proving a major benefit for the environment.
pecialist
contractors such
as OJ & DJ
Nelmes, based
near Warmwell,
Dorchester, Dorset
have expanded their business
around the liquid waste
management demands of their AD
plant and dairy industry customers
and have invested for the long
term to provide a highly efficient
handling resource.
Owyn Nelmes commented, “In
order to provide a highly reliable
and efficient service to our
customers, we researched the
bulk tanker market to establish
which machines would best suit a
high output capability.” The
Nelmes’ decided to invest in three,
3500 gallon Major tankers on twin
axles with a steerable rear-axle,
hydraulic and air brakes and a
high performance 13000 litre per
minute vacuum pump.
In the past 12 months, Owyn
and Dean Nelmes’ team have
hauled 26,500 cu metres of liquid
waste from the AD plant to a giant
tanker and dribble-bar applicator
that injects and spreads the liquid
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waste mainly onto arable stubble
fields, ready for cultivation. “Each
Major 3500 tanker holds around
sixteen cubic metres and only
takes around four minutes to
load,” stated Owyn, “and so we
are normally moving around
twenty to twenty five loads or more
a day to the field sites.
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The safe management of waste
deposits is an integral part of the
AD plant operation. Every load is
weighed, with a print-out and
records of application rates and
field nutrient application rates
recorded for close management
control.
“Because we need to provide
the best service to our customers,
day-in, day-out, we’ll only iuse the
most reliable of equipment,” said
Owyn. “These Major tankers are
far superior to anything else on the
market and that reflects our
business philosophy of doing the
job right every time and on-time.”
he concluded.
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