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Flexible and Operationally Reliable Liquid Manure Trailers
VM Tarm offers liquid manure trailers of high quality, developed for professional agriculture and various field needs. Whether you choose a TailorLine solution with full customisation or a StarLine liquid manure trailer with proven standard design, you will receive an operationally reliable and robust solution focused on efficiency and durability.
TailorLine slurry tanker
VM Tarm's slurry tankers are developed with a focus on operational reliability, long service life and high performance in daily fieldwork. With TailorLine, you get a slurry tanker that can be customised to your needs. The tank is fully customised with everything from tank capacity and axle configuration to pumps and additional equipment.
The result is a robust and well-engineered solution that fits precisely to your needs, thereby ensuring efficient transport and slurry application under all conditions.
StarLine slurry tanker
The StarLine slurry tanker is part of VM Tarm's standard range, where proven design meets solid quality. This concept slurry tanker is designed for high reliability and easy operation, delivering a strong solution for professional agriculture seeking a dependable slurry tanker without compromises.
StarLine is a safe choice when efficiency and durability are key. With StarLine, you benefit from short delivery times and a competitive price.
NEWS: Get an aftermarket parking assistant for the crane
Avoid expensive damages when maneuvering with the crane. Small mistakes can quickly become costly. With VM Tarm's parking assistant for the crane, the driver gains better visibility and more control when maneuvering the crane into place, thus reducing the risk of damage to both the crane and the tanker.
Which liquid manure trailer should I choose?
A liquid manure trailer is a tank trailer developed for professional transport of liquid manure and other liquid biomasses. It is used, among other things, between agriculture, fields, and biogas plants, where large quantities need to be moved efficiently and reliably.
VM Tarm builds liquid manure trailers with a focus on high payload, efficient loading and emptying, operational reliability, and long lifespan.
What size of liquid manure trailer should I choose?
The optimal size of a liquid manure trailer depends not only on the tank's volume. The overall transport cycle is of great importance:
Loading → transport → unloading → next trip.
A larger liquid manure tank on a trailer is therefore not necessarily the most efficient solution if it simultaneously leads to longer handling times, higher tare weight, or poorer utilisation of the overall transport cycle.
Is a customised tanker more expensive than a standard liquid manure tanker?
Often, a customised liquid manure trailer with extra equipment is more expensive than a standard liquid manure trailer. But the purchase price of a liquid manure trailer does not solely indicate which solution is the most economical for transporting liquid manure.
The investment in a liquid manure trailer should be assessed based on the overall operational economy. This includes time consumption, capacity utilisation, and maintenance - rather than just the additional cost alone.
Can a liquid manure trailer be used for transport to and from biogas plants?
VM Tarm's liquid manure trailers can be used for the transport of both liquid manure and degassed biomass and can be part of fixed transport cycles between, for example, farms and biogas plants.
When transporting biomass, quick loading and emptying can be particularly important, as large amounts of material are often moved through many repeated transports.
What is the advantage of a liquid manure trailer with crane and suction arm?
An integrated crane or suction arm on a liquid manure trailer can reduce the need for manual hose handling and make the driver more independent during loading and unloading.
When handling time is reduced, it can make several transport cycles possible during the same working day for certain transport tasks.
With a VM liquid manure trailer with a crane, a typical loading time can be reduced from 12-20 minutes to 2-3 minutes.
What pumping solutions can a VM liquid manure trailer have?
The pump solution on a liquid manure trailer depends on the trailer's configuration and work task. VM Tarm works with centrifugal pumps and rotary pumps, as well as solutions for in- and out-pumping via crane/suction arm or external connections.
The specific pump capacity depends on model and configuration.
Can a VM Tarm liquid manure trailer move more liquid manure in a working day?
Yes. For transport tasks where loading and unloading constitute a significant part of the total transport time, shorter loading and unloading times can increase the daily capacity for a VM Tarm liquid manure trailer.
Example of a transport cycle for a liquid manure trailer from VM Tarm.
In this calculation example for a VM Tarm liquid manure trailer with a transport distance of 10 km, the following is considered:
VM Tarm unloading with crane/suction arm
8 minutes handling at one end
25 minutes driving
8 minutes handling at the other end
41 minutes per round trip
16 round trips in 10 hours and 56 minutes
2 × 24.5 tons per round trip
784 tons of transported material per day
Traditional unloading with hose
22 minutes handling at one end
25 minutes driving
22 minutes handling at the other end
69 minutes per round trip
10 round trips in 10 hours and 30 minutes
2 × 26 tons per round trip
520 tons of transported material per day
In this specific calculation example, the difference is 264 tons per day. The result applies only to the specified conditions and should not be presented as a general guarantee for all transport tasks.
How quickly can a VM Tarm liquid manure trailer load and unload?
With the VM Tarm solution with crane/suction arm, loading and emptying takes 4 minutes each time: 4 min. for loading + 4 min. for emptying = 8 minutes. Additionally, the driving time is set to 25 minutes per round trip. The document calculates the total round trip to be 41 minutes.
At that speed, one can achieve 16 round trips in 10 hours and 56 minutes. Each round trip is counted with 2 × 24.5 tons, thus 49 tons per trip. 16 trips × 49 tons gives 784 tons per day.
With the traditional trailer with hose, loading and emptying takes longer: 11 min. + 11 min. = 22 minutes. The driving time is the same, namely 25 minutes, and therefore the document ends up with a total round trip of 69 minutes.
Here one can achieve 10 round trips in 10 hours and 30 minutes. Each trip is counted with 2 × 26 tons, thus 52 tons. 10 trips × 52 tons gives 520 tons per day.
So the difference is quite simple:
VM Tarm: 16 trips → 784 tons/day
Traditional trailer: 10 trips → 520 tons/day
When can a custom-built liquid manure tanker be more cost-effective than a standard solution?
A specially built liquid manure tanker (TailorLine) is cost-effective when the customization solves a specific operational problem and creates measurable value, for example, through reduced time consumption, fewer manual processes, or better utilization of transport capacity.
If the need is more standardized regarding liquid manure transport, a solution like a VM Tarm liquid manure trailer from StarLine will typically be quicker to deliver, lower in price, and easier to order.
An StarLine liquid manure trailer from VM Tarm is the standardised solution, where the most sought-after features are combined in a fixed and well-equipped configuration. This provides a simple ordering process, short delivery time, and an attractive price.
An TailorLine liquid manure trailer from VM Tarm is the customised solution, where tank volume, axle configuration, pump, crane, chassis, and optional equipment can be adjusted to the specific work task.
In brief:
StarLine = pre-configured and quick to deploy.
TailorLine = built specifically to your needs.
