Slurry handling specialist Storth has launched a range of mobile nurse tanks to aid the umbilical spreading of slurry and/or digestate in fields that are far from the farm or biogas plant. The new tanks are designed for efficiency of flow and personal safety.
The use of mobile nurse tanks to aid umbilical spreading operations has recently surged in popularity again. The tanks are sited in, or near, to the fields to be spread. Then the slurry/digestate is transported by road in lorries and tankers, and discharged into them. The tanks act as a buffer for the umbilical system, and can be kept topped up by the road tankers, allowing uninterrupted spreading to be carried out.
Unique to Storth’s nurse tanks are the hydraulic-lifting stub axles on either side of the tank. These allow the inside compartment to be of one single floor level from front to back. This negates the requirement for internal pipe work – as required with standard axles – to link the front and back areas, which can become a bottleneck risk, especially with the thick sticky nature of digestate.
Storth’s nurse tanks have also been designed with a roof to make them fully enclosed, and prevent unwanted or accidental access that could lead to personal injury.
Storth nurse tanks come as standard in two capacities: 65 cubic metres and 100 cubic metres. However, tanks can also be custom-made to meet specific criteria, for example colour, siting of ports and compressor.
The smaller of the two tanks retails at £30,000+VAT and the larger at £36,750+VAT.
For more information visit: www.storthmachinery.co.uk.
