Co Armagh slurry equipment manufacturer SlurryKat has further stamped its mark on the agri equipment sector with a complete new range of budget slurry tankers.
The company is now seen as one of the main trend setters when it comes to slurry handling equipment. Traditionally recognised for supplying umbilical systems, the company first entered into the very competitive slurry tanker market almost 8 years ago in 2008and has went from strength to strength with new innovative designs that originally focused on tankers with spreading technology equipment on the rear, such as dribble bars and trailing shoe injectors to coincide with the EU nitrates directive 2007 and the various tranches of the northern Irelands Manure Efficiency Technology Scheme (METS). SlurryKat has won numerous awards for its innovative tanker designs and attachments and is seen as one of the market leaders for slurry tankers.
The new tanker range called Panterra demonstrates a more basic lower specification design and options list in comparison with its original “SlurryKat” flagship tankers that are much higher spec as standard and aimed more at the intensive farm contractor customer. SlurryKat’s CEO Garth Cairns commented “the vision behind the new Panterra range is to offer the market a more affordable tanker with less specification while still maintainingvital reputable build quality and reliability, something SlurryKat is strongly recognised for in the Agri industry”. Garth also went onto confirm that “the same high quality components and high tensile steels, Jurop Vacuum pumps, axles, wheels and valvesetc.go into the Panterra range as with our original Premium tanker range and the Panterra’s are built on the same line by the same experienced engineers” so no cuts have been made to save costs using inferior cheap components that some other manufacturers use which can be unreliable.
The Panterra Range comes standard pre shot blasted and finished in high gloss 2 pack Black paint to give a long durable protection against corrosion and is also available in the company’s flagship colours of red and green if desired. Unique internal anti-surge baffle system and fully internally welded is also maintained in the range – traits seen in the premium SK tankers.
Sales orders and positive feedback on pre-production Panterra models have been very strong from customers and the range is now in full production at the company’s manufacturing facility in Waringstown Co Armagh.
Models available range from 1600 – 2750 on single axle and 2500 -3500 on tandem axles.
