Farmer495
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Hi! Does anybody have any tips, techniques, or ideas on how to keep horse manure from freezing to the bucket on a backhoe? Wicked hard to chop it out if it gets frozen….(and it usually happens EXACTLY when you need the backhoe for something else, right!?!?)
I’ve tried putting a layer of straw down…but doesn’t make any difference - especially if we get free/thaw cycles (which they are predicting this year).
There’s some recipes I’ve seen to stop windshields from icing up that include Dawn dish soap, rubbing alcohol and some other ingredients, but I have my doubts that would work on a metal bucket with freezing & thawing material sitting on top of it!
I saw an article from 2014 in the Farm Show magazine about a guy who makes custom bucket liners out of a certain plastic with specialized seam sealing and attachment to the bucket.
But the price was special too- about $6000! I’ve just sent him a message- maybe his prices have come down since then.
But if anybody has come up with a creative way to deal with this issue, I’d love to hear your feedback!
Thanks! patti
I'd scrape it out with a metal square mouth shovel right after use and park indoors, or in a way that snow or water doesn't collect in it. Ice frozen in a bucket is just as bad.