Glad you enjoyed the video! Meyer puts quality ahead of price while still trying to be price competitive. We've got dealers in VA & I'll guess that you're in the Shenandoah Valley somewhere so check with Winchester Equipment, Beverage Tractor or Binkley & Hurst.
Why the excavators are always using their stock bucket and not a bucket with a bigger volume ? Teeth are useless here for this job,and thay could go quicker moving material. Could a bigger bucket would be supported by the machine ? I don't know about density of the material here.
Well, it’s fine sand completely saturated with water & manure so it’s heavy. When this sand & manure is still a semi-liquid & able to be pumped, you should figure a minimum of 12 pounds per gallon.
Where I work in central California we use cat 325 long reach excavators with 65ft reach and custom built buckets to clean out dairy lagoons. I think we could almost clean out that entire pit with it. Also I believe we could load those spreaders in 2.5 to 3 scoops.
Tulare Co. / Central Valley of CA is a whole different world than Lancaster Co. PA & surrounding area! Everything is big out there & everything is small in here.
Farmer wasn't using / doesn't use a dragline; but yes, with multiple agitators the sand could be suspended enough to pump through a dragline. You have to balance the cost / wear of adequate agitation vs. dipping it out. No agitation system ever gets it as clean as putting a skid steer on the floor!
Started at 9:00 & done at 3:00. I get to different farms due to my job - territory manager for Meyer Manufacturing - and through connections at church & in the local community.
crane, or if its light enough the excavator can do it. Where I work we clean out dairy lagoons in central California and we use cat 325 excavators with a 65ft long reach setup. With it all tucked in we can lift 5 to 8,000lbs at the end of the boom, good for lifting float pumps and agitators in and out.