Allan Eichstaedt is a dairy farmer in North Taranaki. His 101ha (plus 25ha run-off) farm holds 230 cows, and is mainly flat terrain. A recurring problem for him was the need to choose to either spray irrigate, or empty the ponds out - so after careful research, decided a slurry tanker would be a better option. A slurry tanker would enable him to spread the effluent to all areas of the farm regularly, easily, and quickly - making sure that those nutrients are put back into the ground most effectively.
Previously he was using a contracting company to pump out the ponds once or twice a year, and then a time-consuming and costly spray irrigation system had to be set up to spray the whole farm. The obvious answer to this problem came in the shape of a Nevada MB140-4R slurry tanker. Its tandem axle gives a safe, comfortable ride across all terrains, and its manoueverability makes it a joy to use.
Allan decided to choose his Nevada slurry tanker over other brands because of its practicalility, high-quality design and build, and for its light weight - making it a very capable, reliable and versatile tanker.
Allan has noticed considerable benefits since using his new Nevada slurry tanker:
- In the drier months, he has the easy option of spreading across the whole farm, boosting grass growth.
- He has seen a huge increase in grass growth over the whole property, as well as benefitting from a large reduction in fertiliser costs!
- With a large capacity slurry tanker, the time spent spreading is greatly reduced.
He couldn’t be happier - he knows that he chose the ideal option for his farm - a Nevada 14,700L Tandem slurry tanker.