The day the new 20,000L Nevada Slurry Tanker arrived on Myles McKeefry & Marty Genet’s farm in Woodville was exciting and nerve racking at the same time…how well would their new 145HP tractor pull a tanker over 3x the size of their previous one???
This slurry tanker had been a long time in the making. It was back in 2013 when Myles had first seen a Nevada slurry tanker at the Central Districts Feildays. He’d appreciated the robust features and decided then and there that when the time was right, he’d be looking at a Nevada slurry tanker for the next upgrade.
Myles and Marty jointly own two farms operating side by side in Woodville, Manawatu. Together the farming business comprises of 430ha, with a target production of 240,000 m/s. Each have their own cow sheds. One farm has effluent flowing into a sump which is then pumped out to irrigators, and excess effluent is stored in an above ground tank. The other farm stores effluent in a pond, which is spread with a slurry tanker. Their previous slurry tanker was a wee 7,000L Joskin which had worked well with the old tractor.
Fast-forward to 2021 and a new 145HP tractor was welcomed onto the farm. With the new pulling power, now was the time Myles had been waiting for to seriously look at upgrading the slurry tanker to a larger Nevada.
Marty had been doing some research of his own…
Marty had Myles convinced, so they went for it and couldn’t be happier with their decision.
