Two-Tank Articulated Spreader

Two-Tank Articulated Spreader MANURE HANDLING Equipment 28-3-28 High capacity manure handling just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a new patent-pending design that ties two tanks together rather than using just one bigger tank. Dennis Nuhn of Nuhn Industries in Sebringville, Ontario, is a manure handling equipment manufacturer who didn't want to sacrifice field accessibility in order to get larger spreading capacity. "Bigger tanks usually mean steering problems and more weight on the drawbar. Field conditions have to be really good before you can get on them," he says. "My system hitches one tank behind the other. The tanks are linked with Kevlar-covered hoses and a recirculating pump, creating an articulated manure spreader unit. By going to a multiple axle configuration, we bring the weight down per axle and per tire. What you have is two equally weighted tanks that push each other instead of one big tank that is pushing you." Nuhn says it is an integrated system and not just two tanks hooked together because it's a complete unit that just happens to hinge in the middle. The manure moves well between the tanks and the system can be set up to load from either the front or the back. Nuhn says the second tank follows in the tracks of the first tank when turning, and it's easily controlled when backing up for the same reason. You can get into much smaller fields and laneways because of this. The unit also features an anti-foam plate that sticks into the tank to prevent foaming of the load, and a hopper riser to allow better visibility into the unit and to prevent splashing onto the tank during loading. Nuhn's Quad Train is available in 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 13,500 and 15,000-gal. units. Andy Groenestege of Agro Farms Inc. farms in the Seebringville area and bought a 10,000-gal. Quad last fall. He says it is a great improvement on his operation. "We needed to be able to spread larger volumes of manure more quickly because of limited opportunities to get on the land in the spring and fall due to weather conditions," Groenestege says. "We also have to travel further now to get the manure on the fields, so we find that the width of handling on this spreader is especially nice on the roads." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nuhn Industries Ltd., Dennis Nuhn, P.O. Box 160, Sebringville, Ontario, Canada N0K 1X0 (ph 519 393-6284; fax 519 393-5104; email: nuhnind@nuhn.ca; website: www.nuhn.ca).

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