FROZEN MANURE ON BUCKETS

[patti24]

My wife bought my daughter a young mare when my daughter was 13. My daughter was in love with that horse until she went off to college. Then she found other things to keep her interest. My daughter is 36 now and we still have the horse. Since then, I am the one who gets to feed the horse every day, brush her out, clean her stall, haul the hay, pay the farrier and pay vet bills. I don't even particularly like horses. I suggested selling the horse once. You'd have thought I was suggesting selling one of my kids by the reaction I received. Hence my suggestion.

I was thinking the same thing, but then I thought maybe her conditions are different?

But yeah, just shake the bucket when dumping each one on the pile. I must be missing something?

And are you really using the backhoe bucket to do this? Instead of the front loader bucket?

Why??

Yes! Backhoe because I have a HUGE skidsteer bucket that is heaped with wood snd I don’t have time to unload it right now (And I’m NOT dumping it in front of the shop, only to have to bend down to the ground to pick it all up AGAIN to take inside to stack! )
Where do you live? I live in the snow belt in Ontario, Canada. It was +6C (43F) yesterday during the day (a rare event in December here)…and it was -11C last night.

Probably one of those deals where one stall a day gets mucked into the bucket. It sits around all week till the bucket is full. And frozen solid.

yup! It usually is!
Yesterday it was 6C(43F) and by evening it was -11C (12F), high winds, 4” of snow and everything frozen solid, until I went out at 4:00am and it was 5C (41F) and almost all of the snow had melted!!! So the snow that was coming down fast & furious while I was cleaning the paddock was also filling the backhoe bucket (and the dump trailer). After working in that crap, I was wet and frozen, and the LAST thing I wanted to do was drive out back & dump it- because at that point my fingers were so cold they were tingling & I was losing feeling!!
So, yup it froze. And a snowstorm is descending upon us as I speak. And -14C tonight!
So THAT is the craziness that helps contribute to buckets sitting & not getting dumped!

 

[patti24]

Yes! Backhoe because I have a HUGE skidsteer bucket that is heaped with wood snd I don’t have time to unload it right now (And I’m NOT dumping it in front of the shop, only to have to bend down to the ground to pick it all up AGAIN to take inside to stack! )
Where do you live? I live in the snow belt in Ontario, Canada. It was +6C (43F) yesterday during the day (a rare event in December here)…and it was -11C last night.

yup! It usually is!
Yesterday it was 6C(43F) and by evening it was -11C (12F), high winds, 4” of snow and everything frozen solid, until I went out at 4:00am and it was 5C (41F) and almost all of the snow had melted!!! So the snow that was coming down fast & furious while I was cleaning the paddock was also filling the backhoe bucket (and the dump trailer). After working in that crap, I was wet and frozen, and the LAST thing I wanted to do was drive out back & dump it- because at that point my fingers were so cold they were tingling & I was losing feeling!!
So, yup it froze. And a snowstorm is descending upon us as I speak. And -14C tonight!
So THAT is the craziness that helps contribute to buckets sitting & not getting dumped!

sorry! My first reply got cut off and sent when my screen closed itself.

 

[patti24]

My wife bought my daughter a young mare when my daughter was 13. My daughter was in love with that horse until she went off to college. Then she found other things to keep her interest. My daughter is 36 now and we still have the horse. Since then, I am the one who gets to feed the horse every day, brush her out, clean her stall, haul the hay, pay the farrier and pay vet bills. I don't even particularly like horses. I suggested selling the horse once. You'd have thought I was suggesting selling one of my kids by the reaction I received. Hence my suggestion.

But…I bet it kept her out of trouble!!

 

[patti24]

I mean really? You just have to shake the bucket, or if you don’t want to beat up your bucket pins, use a flat shovel to scrape it out.

Yup!! Really!!!
Where do you live?
I just put a post up describing out weather here in the snowmelt in Canada over the last 24 hours! Check it out…pretty much explains it!

Shake out the bucket???
I drop the bucket- as hard as I can- at least 20 times, at every angle, from every height and it doesn’t budge!

And ‘flat shovel’??!?!?

HAHAHA
I mean, really???

Nope. Not a chance.
I have an extremely sharp, HEAVY-duty ice chopper…and I am no weak little thing…and it has literally taken me HOURS to scrape, chop,pry stuff out of the bucket!!!
And that was even after keeping a tarp over the bucket!!!
This isn’t like dealing with scraping cow manure out of a barn or barnyard en masse and dumping it right after. With horses, manure is an ongoing (never-ending) daily thing…so takes awhile for the bucket to fill! Not going to start the backhoe every day to take a few shovelfuls of manure way out to the back!!

 

[patti24]

I had a horse for exactly six months. That's how long it took to figure out - it was a mistake. Sold the horse to a young girl. Her dad didn't appear too happy either.

I was thinking the same thing, but then I thought maybe her conditions are different?

But yeah, just shake the bucket when dumping each one on the pile. I must be missing something?

And are you really using the backhoe bucket to do this? Instead of the front loader bucket?

Why??

OHH… you misunderstood…because I didn’t use the right terminology!!! When I say ‘ ‘backhoe bucket’ -I’m generalizing!! I mean ‘the bucket on the whole ‘backhoe’ itself!!! I DO use the front loader bucket of course (not the excavating bucket!) IS that what you mean???

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[patti24]

Why are you using a backhoe to scoop horse manure? What is your bucket width? The narrower the more it cakes in.

Just realized that when I say ‘backhoe bucket’ you guys think I’m referring to the actual excavating bucket Noooo! I’m generalizing!!! I load it into the front loader bucket!!
Horses need manure picked up every day or so and that’s why it’s sometimes sitting in the bucket for a period of time!!

 

[Jstpssng]

sorry! My first reply got cut off and sent when my screen closed itself.

You can edit a post.

 

[patti24]

Just do what other horse pet owners do ... take them for rides and crap all over public roads.

Thanks!! I’ll take that advice into consideration!

 

[patti24]

You can edit a post.

Well actually the whole thing disappeared, do I had to go back in and open it up again, and just started writing. I didn’t even realize that part was there until I was reading through posts later! But thanks- next time I’ll delete it!

 

[patti24]

I had a horse for exactly six months. That's how long it took to figure out - it was a mistake. Sold the horse to a young girl. Her dad didn't appear too happy either.

You have to tell me….are you male or female??? My money is on…male!!!