farmermarshall Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 25000 gallons of rain water, has it been a little wet over there mate :D :D or is that the leak dectector after being fitted??? looks a hell of a set up, it was a wee bit wet there for a few months spent a few hours yesterday with the tanker sucking out the water looking in from the top i guessed there was about 18 inches so when its full there will be alot of dirty water about 3 o'clock today this was the heap of solid stuff look at that for a guiness top :D sometimes i take pictures of a mess filling up kept it going until 4.30 just in at the base of the pump before going to the separator theres another fews days left yet : :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 do you spread the solids then stephen, same as the liquids, or sell it on ?? looks a pretty good compost almost ,very dry looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 do you spread the solids then stephen, same as the liquids, or sell it on ?? looks a pretty good compost almost ,very dry looking yes they will be spread we now don't have a midden so that load was tipped in th field for spreading later as time goes on i may do something with the solid stuff ws told to contact my local council maye as someone already said i may get pelleted but thats a further £5-6000 for that machine ......... the liqud will be stored from now on until the grazing season and used in conjuction with fertiliser and hopefully save me some money for models :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 sounds a good idea, if its pelleted i guess you can sell it for gardens ect then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 yes but don,t the solids have to be tipped on a solid landing pad to stop run off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 sounds a good idea, if its pelleted i guess you can sell it for gardens ect then?? oh yes could even have "farmermarshalls" manure pellets on ebay one day yet imagine your tomatoe plants would grow through the roof :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey man Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 oh yes could even have "farmermarshalls" manure pellets on ebay one day yet imagine your tomatoe plants would grow through the roof :D you must feed the cows some of that dodgy stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 yes but don,t the solids have to be tipped on a solid landing pad to stop run off in the field it can be stored no bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 quite a few farms round here dump dung in the corner of fields ,some just enough ready for spreading ,other just a huge heap, yeah i can just see the "jack and the bean stalk" style tommys after a does of fm's pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 quite a few farms round here dump dung in the corner of fields ,some just enough ready for spreading ,other just a huge heap, yeah i can just see the "jack and the bean stalk" style tommys after a does of fm's pellets excellent at least we are now on the same wave lenght now Sean ..... 2009 largest tomatoes ever grown :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51MON Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 in the field it can be stored no bother we carn,t just tipp it like that over here because of the run off from the rain kinder defeats the object of not spreading the stuff for five months but still being able to tip it on soil i think all these men i n suits have got it all wrong me self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 excellent at least we are now on the same wave lenght now Sean ..... 2009 largest tomatoes ever grown :D be like water mellons mate :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 great set up you have .................next job with the permastore bein used for just dirty water will be a cover for it eh? give you even more storage capacity!!!!..........we roofed our midden for the same reason but it was a sticking plaster on a broken leg........was all wrong back when it was designed but nobody would listen to me thix is more the kind of thing we should have had though mind our set up was finished and running in early `93 . should keep you well within the rules now and as you say, probably cost savings to come cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Bloody hell this is interesting Stephen..... Not sure how I missed this for so long... It makes a blooming good job doesn't it... I can't believe how dry those soilds look - Brilliant system... Go on.... go for it and sell the stuff mate.... people will be crying out for that on their gardens I reckon... looks like good stuff too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Bloody hell this is interesting Stephen..... Not sure how I missed this for so long... It makes a blooming good job doesn't it... I can't believe how dry those soilds look - Brilliant system... Go on.... go for it and sell the stuff mate.... people will be crying out for that on their gardens I reckon... looks like good stuff too i'm going to make a stock pile of it for now lots of possibilities to consider maybe get them to come and get it as it is wee car trailer and use jcb to load it :D thats a tenner please "thanks"......now move to i get that next traler in here..... we'll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's happening around out way Stephen... using composted food waste... which makes a pretty poor, low grade compost so I understand it \ Yours would be the real deal.... go for it I say... I think you need a license though in the UK... not sure about you fella's mind you \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's happening around out way Stephen... using composted food waste?e... which makes a pretty poor, low grade compost so I understand it \ Yours would be the real deal.... go for it I say... I think you need a license though in the UK... not sure about you fella's mind you \ am still in the UK too but a licence now ..... well we could maybe not i hate licenses i,ll soon have a whole list of the damm things one for the car for a gun to shoot a pest to be allowed to AI a blooomin cow to use pesticide spray safely to drive my jcb in my yard and believe it or not one to be able to mix silage/meal together i need not continue but if i have to get a licence i,ll tip it behind the ditch :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 i love this topic, pretty tidy setup its unrealy how clean your kit is thanks for posting lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 i love this topic, pretty tidy setup its unrealy how clean your kit is thanks for posting lad cheers Murray mate am a right fussy c**t you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERRY Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 i love this topic, pretty tidy setup its unrealy how clean your kit is thanks for posting lad just have to echo that comment murray because it just sums up this topic welll for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 oh but its good to be fussy lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERRY Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 oh but its good to be fussy lad because if you;'re not thats how things get out of hand....... like our farm for example :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 :D oh hell berry thats not a good sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmermarshall Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 transfering slurry from one tank to another for separating mixing and pumping at the same time this was one way to empty the pipe before washing it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Could you not suck some dirty water from parlour tank and blow down it to wash it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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