DIY horse manure breaker-upper(er) - suggestions request
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Ahhh! The ever elusive freebie. I'm not against the principle but I'm reminded of the adage of looking in a horse's mouth. Which actually happened to me; I didn't look in my second horse 'Jack' mouth and it turned out that he had the most incredible case of Parrot Mouth (overbite) that Vets have ever seen. Mind you he's 7yo and he's survived this long. (beauitful natured and he's the companion to my first horse 'Treat')
BTW Harry, I see on your profile that you're retired AF. I'm retired Navy. Good on ya Cobber.
BTW Harry, I see on your profile that you're retired AF. I'm retired Navy. Good on ya Cobber.
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So...I have a small tractor with a 60" grass cutter on it (rear PTO).
We have about 2 acres of pasture area...we got 2 horses last August...would my cutter work for spreading the manure or should I invest in a small harrow?
We have about 2 acres of pasture area...we got 2 horses last August...would my cutter work for spreading the manure or should I invest in a small harrow?
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G'day HW. Judging from the responces to this thread, I would say no to the grass cutter. I've got a slasher and no one has said, "just use that." Crikey, the clean-up mess when you hit a fresh 'deposit' would be worse than mowing after a good heavy rain.
The suggestions (so far) have convinced me to 'do it right the first time' and invest in a 6' chain harrow, especially as it can be used for more than one thing depending on how you orient it. Mind you, were I going to make my own, I was drawn to the double-loop chain drag showed eariler.
Of course your problem is that it's winter in Armstrong (North of Vernon if I remember) and those droppings will freeze fairly quickly. This is a question best answered by someone with experience, not someone who lives in a place that only gets the odd frost.
The suggestions (so far) have convinced me to 'do it right the first time' and invest in a 6' chain harrow, especially as it can be used for more than one thing depending on how you orient it. Mind you, were I going to make my own, I was drawn to the double-loop chain drag showed eariler.
Of course your problem is that it's winter in Armstrong (North of Vernon if I remember) and those droppings will freeze fairly quickly. This is a question best answered by someone with experience, not someone who lives in a place that only gets the odd frost.
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I like using cattle panels. 50" x 16 ft., panels of 4ga. (if I remember correctly) rod. I just have several of 'em cut in half (50" x 8ft.) I stack them up to get the weight I want and then off-set the panels so there's more panel rods to beat up the manure. Works good on smoothing out the washboard on our gravel road too.
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I had to Google what a cattle pannel was, turns out that I'd seen them around horse arenas but never knew what they were called. Sounds like an interesting concept. It also sounds bloody LOUD = like dragging tubuler bells.
