April 2013
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Effluent/Waste Management
A work of ingenuity Joskin have made a name for themselves producing top quality slurry tankers and spreaders, equally at home with the demanding conditions of New Zealand farms as they are with those in their native Europe. With a 45-year history, this company can rightly claim to be the world’s biggest manufacturer of effluent transport and spreading machinery, and they’ve kept the top spot through constant innovation and development. Take for example the latest work of ingenuity from Joskin — the Modulo 2. This robust 11,000 litre slurry tanker is big enough to tackle the big jobs, but it packs another advantage as well — the addition of a 5.16 metre injector system. With new regulations about when farmers can apply effluent to fertilise pasture, and the volume which may be sprayed, injection is looking like a better prospect, and this machine makes application easy, with controls accessed entirely from the tractor cab. The mating together of Joskin’s solodisc injector system and their 11,000 litre tanker isn’t just a case of bolt-and-forget, either. Because dairy effluent is full of
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tough fibres, the key to the success of the combined unit is a powerful macerator, which literally chews up and spits out any clogs, keeping the injectors from backing up. Unlike your household blender, this multi-bladed chopper reacts to tough blockages by automatically reversing and switching directions until the clog is obliterated. To meet Kiwi transport regulations the injector unit folds down to three metres in width, but when it’s in use
it covers a generous track, with the weight of the tanker bearing down onto the discs to ensure maximum soil penetration. Better still, the discs are self sharpening, and Joskin have even designed a system to close off all 24 injectors as soon as they leave the ground. The result makes short work of what used to be a smelly, messy job — from up front, the farmer could almost forget what ‘raw materials’ he’s working with!
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