Sales and service support for specialist slurry application systems for Claas Xerion tractors are now being handled by the Bauer team in the UK and Ireland.

Bauer Group acquired German manufacturer SGT in 2015 to expand its portfolio of waste handling and field application solutions.

SGT (Silage & Gulle-Technik) is best known for a slurry tanker loading system and large capacity mounted and semi-mounted tanks for the Claas Xerion, which converts this four-wheel drive tractor into a self-propelled slurry spreader.

“Bauer initially chose to leave sales and service support for the UK and Ireland in the hands of a Netherlands-based agent,” explains Adrian Tindall, Bauer sales manager. “But now my colleague Rob Jackson and I have responsibility for these products.

“They are complementary to the Bauer range of high-specification trailed slurry tankers, pumps, stirrers and separators, and both dealers and end users will benefit from our direct support.”

A 30,000-litre capacity semi-trailed slurry/digestate tanker on a Xerion 4000 S-Trac with front-mounted filling system

Soon after acquiring SGT, Bauer applied its expertise in poly-tank production - a hand-laid polyester laminate manufacturing process - to produce a new mounted tank for the forward control Xerion S-Trac.

Other Bauer products acquired with SGT include steel semi-tankers towed from a chassis-mounted coupling in a configuration that transfers more of the tanker’s weight to the tractor wheels for optimum traction and stability.

“These high-capacity solutions for slurry and digestate application are popular with large-scale contractors needing to handle very large volumes of material,” notes Adrian Tindall.

“They can now be sourced through UK and Ireland dealers with technical advice and after-sales support direct from Bauer to the same high standard as for the trailed tankers and other equipment.”