Muck & Slurry


Continued from p39 Vredo Dodewaard has made


the VT4556 series self-propelled slurry vehicles suitable for at- taching 24 meter wide dribble bar/trailing shoe implements. Booms fold next to the tank, keep- ing transport width below 3.5m. The 50/50 weight distribution of the self-propelled tanker and the reload docking arm mounted at the front means it is possible to mount 24m dribble bar / trail- ing shoe implements.


The tanker can still be driven in crab steer, meaning only one wheel in each track that helps achieve very low ground pressure. Implements can be equipped with section control, manual or in com- bination with a GPS steering sys- tem.


Brothers Noel and Ger Hickey


from Waterford in Ireland have created a drive system for vacu- um-type slurry tankers The ret- ro-fi t drive system, SafeShaft, replaces the tanker’s original me- chanical drive (PTO) with a hy- draulic drive system and mount- ing assembly.


Industry gets behind Grassland & Muck event


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pace is selling out fast for Grassland & Muck 2020 – which organisers say is set


to be the biggest and best yet. Taking place in Warwickshire at the Ragley Estate on 20-21 May, the two-day triennial show sold out over 70% of stands well before Christmas, says event or- ganiser Alice Bell, of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. All the leading machinery


brands snapped up the opportu- nity to showcase their machines in a working environment. Muck machinery demonstrations are in particularly high demand with muck spreader and slurry injec- tor bookings above those seen at the last event in 2017. Muck demonstrations will


include the opportunity to com- pare spreaders and slurry tank- ers while they are at work. Visi- tors will see each machine at close quarters and listen to an expert commentary describing their at- tributes.


Expert advice


Sponsors and partners include Yara, DLF Seeds, ADAS, AHDB, the British Grassland Society and Agrovista. Their experts will be on hand with technical advice to help farmers make the best of grazed grass, home grown for- age and manures, while protect- ing and nurturing soils. “Grassland & Muck really is a unique demonstration event,” says Ms Bell.


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