A slurry tanker wasn’t what Ross had in mind when he first contacted Nevada. He was looking for a stirrer and pump, but he ended up with an even better solution…
Ross Clark owns a 600 cow dairy farm in Midhurst and sharemilks on a 700 cow dairy farm further down the coast.
The two farms have quite different effluent storage set-ups. Ross’ farm has two Herd Homes® and 3 effluent ponds, while the other farm has a 5,000,000L pond. So there’s a lot of effluent to manage.
Ross was looking for a solution to cover a number of things:
- Previously having discharge consent, Ross needed a new way to manage effluent on his farm.
- He wanted a way to efficiently manage effluent across both farms himself without needing to get contractors in.
- The effluent from the sharemilked farm is very thick and a pump couldn’t handle it.
- Pumping out of the Herd Homes® was disruptive and inefficient.
To clean out the Herd Homes® Ross had been taking the cows out, lifting the grates, and getting a contractor in to dig it out and spread with a solids spreader.
After learning a bit more about Ross’ situation, Mike at Nevada suggested a slurry tanker to solve the issues across both farms. A slurry tanker would be able to clean out the Herd Homes® as well as the thicker slurry in the tank. He’d also be able to spread when and where he wanted.
Ross’ nice new tractor could easily handle a 20,150L Nevada slurry tanker which would also be a good size to minimise loads around the two farms. Midhurst experiences high rainfall, so a tridem axle is ideal for spreading the weight across 6 wheels and minimising the impact on softer soils.
Ross did shop around at other slurry tanker options, but ultimately chose to go for a Nevada 20,150L slurry tanker with loading accelerator.
Efficiency was clearly a key factor for Ross, and he’s been impressed with how fast, easy and accurate the slurry tanker is…