Spreader manure tines

[MicroPilot]

@Leaddog: Whats the point of that contraption? Wouldn't the manure fall through?

Aren't these type of buckets also sometimes called rock rakes?

 

[Taylortractornut]

Really the manure tines are for mixed straw/hay and manure like in a stable or feed lot. Theres not many thing that will drive me crazy as loading compacted manure with straw with a straight edged bucket. The straw binds it all together You have what feels and looks like a whole bucket full when you pick it up the binding staw wants to pull it out. Tines just break it up and support the sraw and manure. The best way to explain it try to vel course wood chips out of a pile with a scoop or shovel then use a pich fork the tines go deeper with less resistance then it acts like a cradle. I have an old remount Manure scoop from an 8N that has tines hooked the a back plate the plate is sorta concaved and to tines support the load well. It has a slip on plate for sand handling.

 

[leaddog]

Yes the bucket in my pic is a rock bucket. I was just trying to show how I used the car axels for tines. By the way car axels work very good for bale spears. I also used to use them to stake my sled dogs out on chains. I left the bearing retainer on and hooked the chain to that and that made a very good swivel for the chain. We would drive it into the ground with a sledge and it would hold fast and if you wanted to move it you could easily pull it up. They work good for altypes of stakes. The trouble is rear drive cars are a thing of the past so they are getting harder to find and with scrap prices they will soon disapear.
leaddog

 

[Boiler74]

I can't say if the tines are new steel or recycled. You'd have to ask JD that. They were new to me. As for the dimensions, from memory the tines stick out about 13 inches. Of course, that is from my bucket, not yours.

J.

 

[marsiskut]

Where did you get the tines you installed? Are they from John Deere or did you fabricate them from something?

 

[Boiler74]

They're from John Deere. I can't remember exactly, but they're in the $200 range when I bought the tractor. With steel prices right now, who know's how much they are. The do have a little curve at the end to match the inside of the bucket, so I don't know if they'll work with your bucket. I would suggest going to your local JD dealer and order just one, and see if it will work. Then you can just order as many as you want. I have 7 across a 6' bucket. JD wanted me to put 9, but I thought that would make it harder to pick up brush.

J.

 

[marsiskut]

Thanks everyone for your input, looks like this needs to fabricated at home. Pre-made single tines seem to be very hard to find. Now all I need is a welder along with about a hundred other items and a bucket-o-money. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif