mundamanu
Silver Member
I recently purchased a property that came with a bunch of equipment. One thing was a New Holland manure spreader (I don't remember the model number, but 3-4 cu yd. is the size, I think). The previous owner was supposed to have emptied the spreader before he left. It turns out that he didn't and it is full of horse manure. It also turns out that I didn't notice until after the tractor broke while I was mowing a pasture, so I couldn't empty the spreader myself (of course, I could have emptied it by hand, but I didn't think of that at the time). Then I had to leave the new place and get back to the old place.
Here's the question. The manure has been in the spreader for a week already. If I follow my current schedule, I will not be back at the property for two and a half weeks, making it a total of three and a half weeks that the manure will be sitting in the spreader. Is this so bad for a wood-bottomed spreader that I need to get the manure out of it before the end of two and a half more weeks? If it is necessary, I can bail out of a family trip and go back up there this weekend and empty the spreader by hand. If it can wait, then I'll just let it wait.
Thanks in advance.
Here's the question. The manure has been in the spreader for a week already. If I follow my current schedule, I will not be back at the property for two and a half weeks, making it a total of three and a half weeks that the manure will be sitting in the spreader. Is this so bad for a wood-bottomed spreader that I need to get the manure out of it before the end of two and a half more weeks? If it is necessary, I can bail out of a family trip and go back up there this weekend and empty the spreader by hand. If it can wait, then I'll just let it wait.
Thanks in advance.