"Tricky" Weather, Long Distances & "Best On Market" SlurryKat System!

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"Tricky" Weather, Long Distances & "Best On Market" SlurryKat System!

SD Feakes Farm Services is a family run Agricultural Contracting business based in the heart of West Sussex, operating for over 30 years. They provide all aspects of grassland, livestock and arable management for their customers. Due to their busy contracting work and their own farming operations, they recently invested in the SlurryKat umbilical system for spreading, to help combat "a tricky season with weather," Jack Feakes, Farm Manager commented.

The SlurryKat "umbilical setup enables us to move a lot of slurry when ground conditions are less favourable and our SlurryKat tanker works to move slurry further afield in the summer months." Their own farm includes "600 acres of beef cattle, sheep and haylage production," Feakes explained.

Alongside their own farm, SD Feakes run their agriculture contracting business to dairy farmers. Their customers farmland ranges from 90 acres to 400 acres, requiring them to spread at varying distances per farm, including "up to 1600m."

For slurry, SD Feakes operate the SlurryKat umbilical spreading system, including Premium Plus™ 12m Duo Dribble Bar with GPS rate control, 1000m BakPak™ Reeler with Oroflex 5 inch pipe, Premium Plus™ 600m Front Reeler with Oroflex 4 inch pipe and 3500G Tanker with 7.5m Farmline Dribble Bar.

SlurryKat "Fantastic" Umbilical System

"We invested in the SlurryKat umbilical system in 2022. The SlurryKat system is the best one to have, as it is high quality and a straight forward setup," said Feakes. All SlurryKat products are expertly designed to seamlessly integrate together, being engineered to connect easily. This is a unique, user-friendly feature on all SlurryKat equipment, compared to other slurry handling manufacturers on the market.

Jack Feakes continued, "I've been really impressed with the quality of build on every SlurryKat machine we have purchased. The umbilical system is great." The SlurryKat umbilical system allows the user to spread further and faster, no matter the distances or conditions. "I've been very impressed from the get go in terms of output, we can comfortably achieve 900-1000m3 per day with multiple field changes and if we're in good sized fields, we've had quite a few days up to 1500m3 per day. Having a combination of 5 inch to 4 inch Oroflex hose enables us to keep output very high with minimal down time."

Minimal downtime is critical and the umbilical system has been fantastic, both SlurryKat front and rear reelers are built very strong and require very little maintenance." He added, "The SlurryKat couplings are brilliant. They're seriously strong and easy to use, due to the swivel system design."

Cost Effective, Efficient Tanker

On their other SlurryKat machinery, Jack commented "The SlurryKat tanker again has been great, the 8-inch lazy arm it takes no time to fill up and saves a huge amount of time when filling."

"We've had a tricky season with the weather (2024) meaning most of our customers had first cut picked up within about ten days. We were running the tanker on jobs we would normally umbilical and I was very impressed with how low the cost per cube was with the tanker, on short distances and very close cost wise to the umbilical, which kept our customers very happy. Feakes went onto say, "it's very nice to tow on the road, you barely know it's there."

Effective Equipment for "A Tricky Season"

"The 12m duo dribble bar is nice and light in the field which is great when the ground is soft." At SlurryKat, we aim to maximise crop fertilisation and nutrient uptake, without disrupting the plants, or compacting soil. The light weight design of our equipment lets the user benefit not only for time, fuel and efficiency, but environmentally and crop yield also.

SD Feakes purchased their machinery from their local SlurryKat dealers MJN Tractors Ltd and Haynes Agriculture Ltd. We want to thank SD Feakes for choosing the SlurryKat multi-award-winning system.

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