21.11.2011  
Grant Funding For Rain Water Harvesting Tanks 

The Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) is part of the Rural Development Programme For England, designed to support farming and forestry businesses in becoming more efficient at using resources.

As part of this funding, they are supportive of rainwater harvesting, recycling and the reuse of water.  £20 million is available until December 2013, and dependent upon your farms classification, they will fund up to 50% of capital outlay for equipment such as water storage tanks and so on.

If we can help you price equipment for water storage and reuse then please contact us.  We have a selection of tanks available from new plastic storage tanks to stainless barrels suitable for underground storage. 

Visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/publications/files/pb13678a-ffis-leaflet.pdf for more information about the scheme. 
 

12.09.2011  
ISO Tanks 

A customer has recently installed two 25,000 litre ISO tanks for the storage of water on site.  With the cost of vertical storage tanks at well over twice the price to these tanks, they have proved to be a wise investment. With the outlets and breather pipes modified it means tanks can be filled from ground level removing the need for personnel to work at height.
 

21.07.2011  
More Tankers Added To The Fleet

In recent months we have added a number of tankers to our rental fleet.  We are consistently aiming to modernise and improve our fleet with quality equipment that will allow our customers to manage their transport operations effeciently.

We are a family owned and operated business with all equipment purchased outright, meaning we can pass this cost saving, (with not having to pay finance repayments and interest charges) onto our customers in the form of highly competitive rental rates.

The two pictures above show a 30,000 litre GP following refurbishment leaving the yard for rental to carry waste milk and cream, the other a 35,000 litre GP which is now carrying waste oils nationwide.
 

14.02.2011  
Funding Available For Yorkshire Farmers

Farmers in the Yorkshire area are to act quickly if they wish to be eligible for grants to purchase rainwater harvesting tanks, heat exchangers, slurry separators and heat capture units.  The Rural Development Programme for England is aiming to reduce farm energy use and offering these grants.  The application deadline closes on March 7, this year so act quickly!  Visit http://www.co2sense.org.uk/frep for more information.

We obviously can't help you with heat exchangers, but rain water harvesting and recycling we can!  If you need a quote for setting up such a system or some advice please give us a call.  Grant aid ranges from £1500 to £25,000 for up to 50% of the equipment cost.

Over the last few years, we have dealt with many farmers from all over the country who have had access to grants, so even if your not in Yorkshire, it may be worth researching into.
 

15.01.2011  
Starkey Tankers Go Back To The 19th Century - Parisian Style!

Working closely with Event Solutions, a specialist event provider, we supplied a number of tankers for the static on site storage of dirty washing up water, sewage and fresh drinking water for the 2010 Tatton Park Christmas and New Year Parisian themed parties.
 

18.12.10
"Britain Faces One Of The Coldest Winters For 100 Years"

With a prolonged cold spell over the months of December and January, Starkey Tankers provided several tankers to Heathrow airport to keep the runways open and planes defrosted.  These tankers were used to; collect anti-freeze from various manufacturing plants nationwide; deliver the bulk liquid to the airport terminals and then allow for the safe onsite storage of antifreeze in bulk.
 

12.11.10
New Maintenance & Storage Building

Finally the new building is complete!  
 

14.10.10
New Maintenance & Storage Building Goes Ahead

Finally we are underway with the erection of a new maintenance and storage facility to help prepare rental tankers ready for our customers. 
 

01.09.10
Tankers Arrive In Africa

After exporting for a number of years to all corners of the world, it is nice to see our customers using the tankers we have supplied them.

Whether our customers are on the door step or thousands of miles away, we aim to give a completely honest and trustworthy service to ensure all our customers are pleased with their purchases.

We can obtain highly competitve shipping rates for delivery all over the world!
 

05.08.10

Water Tankers Are Supplied To Help Scotlands Water Shortages

Rainfall across the UK this summer has been the lowest since 1964! 

We have supplied 27-30,000 litre stainless water tankers for rental to several areas in Scotland where water supplies were low and a requirement for bulk water deliveries to the worst hit villages were needed.
 

01.07.10

Bulk Water Storage Reduces Costs For Cheshire Farmer

With the ever increasing cost of mains water, dairy farmers are looking for alternative ways to use rainwater in an attempt to reduce costs.  A customer has recently purchased two 25,000 litre tankers for the collection of rainwater from building roofs.  These two tanks utilise a simple guttering setup directly off a building filling the tanks in periods of rainfall.  The tanks are then plumbed into the dairy water supply to feed the dairy for washing down the palour and various other jobs.

The need for water cost saving was further brought to light in May 21st edition of the Farmers Guardian where Aberystwyths University IBERS teaching and research institue utilised a similar system and has predicted a £22,000 saving per year compared to drawing water from the mains supply.  This saving will in the first year alone cover the cost of setting up the system.
 

04.03.10

Water Delivery For The BBC Film Set & Subara TV Commercial

Scott from SFX emailled us describing how we have helped over the last year:

My job as a Special Effects Supervisor means I spend most of my time making the impossible possible ! During Summer 2009 we were asked to provide rain in several places places for the BBC mini-series 'Paradox' - this presented the usual challenge of sourcing water and utilising it in a convenient location for filming. One call to Starkey Tankers solved my problem. Soon 30,000 litres of clean, fresh water were being driven to the set. Within minutes of arriving I had a plentiful supply for my rain rig.

A similar scenario was needed in the middle of Snowdonia for a 'Subaru' commercial and I didn't have much head scratching to do before I picked up the phone and called David - short notice but he provided the usual, hassle free service and the job went smoothly. Round the clock, same day, unusual requests...the Starkey's have taken it all in their stride and become a valued part of my problem solving resources.
 

09.01.10

Starkey Tankers hits You Tube! 

We have uploaded a brief video showing a full range of tanks and vessels we can supply for hire and/or sale.  For new customers it will hopefully give you an insight to what we are about!

Visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1O7wtjR4I

30.12.09

Manchester Airport called on Starkey Tankers to service them in their hour of need.  After receiving a phone call at 10pm over the Christmas break requesting tankers for the transport and on site storage of anti-freeze, we successfully opened the yard at 2.30am ( in 6" of snow"!) and made available tankers for emergency use. 

We were later told that without our quick response a major part of the airport would be shut down due to poor weather conditions.  We are open 24 hours, 7 days a week to ensure faultless customer service.  Call Will Starkey on 07734 964212 for out of office hours tanker requirements.

28.09.09

INEOS Grangemouth Emergency Response Department have taken delivery of two fully refurbished stainless road tankers.  The tankers will carry fire fighting foam to be used by their own emergency response department which serves one of Europe's largest petrochemical sites.

Both tankers were fully refurbished by Ward Fabrications of Cleckheaton.  Wards Fabrications carry out all major repairs, fabrications etc to road tankers, for more information call 01274 861123.

26.08.09

We are a Plastic Tank distributor!  We can now supply oil tanks, Fuel Stations, Water Tanks and everything in between! 

Bunded Tanks - Available in 1350/1400/2500/3500/10000/15000 Litre Capacities

Fuel Stations - Available in 1350/1400/2500/3500/6000/10000/15000 Capacitites c/w submersible pump, 4m delivery hose, automatic shut off nozzle, flowmeter, filter, nozzle parker, electronic contents gauge, 2" fill point, vent and easy access flip lid.  Larger models c/w the above plus bund/overfill alarm and overfill prevention valve. 

Adblue Storage Tanks - Available in 1350 - 15000 Litre Capacities.

Please call us for more information & stock availability etc

05.07.09

Lighthouse Caledonia - a leading supplier of Scottish Atlantic Salmon have now fully installed a 20,000 litre stainless steel container tank for the processing of Salmon. 

The site manager told us,"The tank has been very successful in our harvesting operation and was well worth the money".

12.06.09

The Cheshire Polo Club have utilised a 22,000 litre water tanker for the storage of water over the summer period.  Due to low water pressure at the polo ground a bulk water supply is required to supply the kitchen and toilet facilities.

17.04.09

A.J Martin Farming have recently taken delivery of two tankers for the liquid fertiliser season.
A 30,000 litre road tanker acts as a temporary holding tank on the farm, whilst a 10,000 litre barrel is used to transport fertiliser from farm to field.