JANUARY 2015 Advertisers Index Slurry in a hurry R ECYCLING, waste management and industrial services company Transpacific is using a high-tech slurry tanker-tractor combination to inject up to 300,000 litres of liquid organic waste into subsoils on NSW farms every day. The $800,000 machine, believed to be the only one of its type in the southern hemisphere, is capable of loading and injecting a staggering 24,000 litres of nutrient-rich solution every 10 minutes. Transpacific’s organic land application business has worked in partnership with local councils, water authorities and environmental regulators to develop new ways to blend and use by-products from food manufacturing and sewage treatment as injectable fertilisers. A growing queue of farmers is vying to have it injected on their land. “We call ourselves ‘industrial farmers’ – we’re providing a service that meets the needs of both our industrial and farming clients,” said Transpacific organics regional manager, Adrian Taylor. “Food production can often generate considerable volumes of liquid organic waste as byproduct – anything from beer with the wrong label on it to waste from dairy processors. “However, this waste has valuable properties in terms of nutrients, water and organic matter that are a recognised resource, particularly in agriculture. “Soil injection recycles these resources by delivering them directly to the root zone of pas- ture and fodder crops, where soil microbes break down the waste and make it available for plant growth. “We can deliver the equivalent of up to 30 millimetres of rain with a nutrient profile that’s high in nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, minerals and organic matter – all expensive to add as conventional synthetic fertilisers.” Technical operations manager, Chris Hetherington, said the operation was a complex logistical exercise. “We’re talking about 50 tanker loads a week of product that needs to be picked up in a matter of hours or a whole factory may have to close down,” he says. “Wherever possible, we run self-loading tankers straight out to the paddock for loading into the injector.” Last year Transpacific Organics January Specials added an integrated Claas Xerion 3800 Trac advanced technology tractor and Kaweco 24,000L slurry tanker to the line-up. “The utilisation of liquid byproducts as an injectable fertiliser is quite common in Europe and Kaweco is a leader in this field,” Mr Hetherington said. “The Xerion has four equalsized tyres, all-wheel power and all-wheel steering, which means we can operate under any conditions. “The trailer has the same-sized tyres and positive steering on the rear axle, so we’re leaving as little footprint as possible.” Co-developed by Kaweco and Claas, the swan neck trailer was designed specifically to fit the Xerion platform. The tanker, which is connected to the tractor via a factoryfitted 110mm ball head cou- pling, is equipped with a high capacity Borger FL1036 liquid displacement pump powered by the tractor’s high-flow auxiliary hydraulic system. “The hydraulic drive from the tractor ensures a consistent flow and is way more fuel-efficient than a PTO drive,” Mr Hetherington said. “It delivers a hydraulic flow of 235L/minute on demand, even at a relatively low engine speed of just 1600rpm.” Nine tynes set 400mm apart inject waste product at a depth of 35 centimetres. Unlike most conventional tractors, the Xerion features a full chassis frame, with its 8.8 litre six-cylinder 379hp Caterpillar engine and ZF Eccom 3.5 CVT continuously variable transmission mounted as non-loadbearing modules. 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