|
|
Post by horselover4life on Apr 4, 2016 14:28:47 GMT
I know some of you have them, have had them and or know how to "make it run and work"....
My son was just given a manure spreader, like new condition. mini-graphics-smileys-861556
I understand they can be expensive to purchase.... Been kept in a vacant barn for a few years now but was only used 6 times before the horses were sold off.
I know nothing about them except they spread manure...
We will go pick it up this Saturday with my husband as I don't know how heavy it is, how big, was told it is large enough to do a 6 stall barn easily... 
So, will it fit in my horse trailer?
I have a real 4 horse with a 18' inside floor, 6'6" wide, 7'3" high...
Are they heavy to lift or should we bring ramps and "push" it on?
My trailer is a step up, we will remove dividers..
So once we get it home, what do you use to pull it and make it run???
Is there a special connection like you have for a bush hog mower {PTO} or can I pull it with my ride-on lawn mower?
I have the Kubota tractor now, so have a option... 
Do you adjust how thick the manure spreads?
Do I need to "feed" manure to it or just dump it in it and go drive and it spreads?
HELP!!!!
I know nothing about this thing.
I know nothing about how to make it work.
I know if used properly I just got rid of my manure pile and fertilized my lawn, and my pasture, and my neighbors pasture and my neighbors patchy lawn.. 
|
|
|
|
Post by horselady on Apr 5, 2016 1:01:00 GMT
I know as little as you about that.. i do know it spreads manure and some of them are made to pull behind a tractor. and others behind a large tractor with a pto to pull and work the spreader.
you will have to go and look and be prepared. bring the trailer and planks to be used as ramps and pray it fits.
OR go look at it first and measure it.
it does sound like a deal no matter what or how big it is. happy spreading.
|
|
mingiz
Junior Member
Los Lunas, NM
Posts: 3,320 
|
Post by mingiz on Apr 5, 2016 2:00:08 GMT
I would take ramps just encase. It should fit in your trailer. I have an estate spreader that I can pull with a lawn mower of 18hp and above. It's basically wooden and is a 25 bushel. Sometimes straw will bind it up. I used one at the last farm that was a better model( Honey Spreader) and it was ground driven also but would throw the crap back at ya at times. Wasn't fun getting slapped with a wet turd!
PTO driven are strongest. Any of them you just dump you load into it and go.
Once you get it home I would pour old motor oil on the chains in the floor. The biggest thing is it seizing up because of rust. Also check the chain linkage on the drive parts. PTO driven hooks up like your bush hog would. Make sure you grease all fittings if it has them. Once you know what brand it is you can usually find information that you need to repair if needed. But I think the only thing it would be rusty from sitting.
Lucky You!!
|
|
|
|
Post by dickel on Apr 5, 2016 2:02:42 GMT
There happens to be a big difference in manure spreader sizes and kinds. Here is an IH 100   Then I bought another IH 100 off Ebay and after driving a day and a half found it was really an IH 200. A much larger spreader and I had a much to small trailer. Not being one to waste three days of driving to come back empty I found some planks close by. I took a winch with me. Dixie wanted me to let it set and go home. This one will hold close to three times as much as the other one.  |
|
|
|
Post by horselover4life on Apr 5, 2016 5:59:20 GMT
So obviously you have and use{d} them dickel and ming....
Now more questions for you both...
I saw pictures of it my son took...
Not huge, but needs a pretty good sized lawn tractor/atv to tow it.
Think it is for 5 - 10 horse barn because it appears to have a larger hopper...
Dusty, dirty but been in a barn so not in the weather....no idea of rust. We will have to see what we find.
My son says it is 88 long, 4 beater bars and is metal not a plastic one, new looking tires not dry-rotted.
So, can I spread fresh manure on my actual front lawn and not burn the grass?
Does it leave a thick layer of poop of thinly spread?
Would it benefit my pasture to now spread that which I just picked up and removed from it or should I continue with "commercial" pasture fertilizer put down with a lawn spreader?
Does the manure build up on the grass as a spreading is done and defeat the purpose of spreading, not composting?
Did any of that make sense...
|
|
Lipizzan
Junior Member
Europe, Croatia
Posts: 2,572
|
Post by Lipizzan on Apr 5, 2016 10:44:32 GMT
I have one that is huge, nothing like this pictures. Mine is so huge that a 100 horsepower tractor has to pull it. Sistem is more like first dickel's pic. I can't answer your question because we use our manure just for field where we grow oat, weath, corn etc and then plug it in gorund. But it's a good thing to have though.
|
|
|
|
Post by dickel on Apr 5, 2016 11:36:41 GMT
As for spreading manure on your lawn would depend on several things. One would be location and neighbors. Another would be the density or coarseness of the manure. Manure spreaders are not manure grinders and will throw larger chunks and your ability to mulch them in. The ag field type ground driven spreaders from horse pulled to the tractor type have two levers. The one lever turns on the spreader on the back that throws the manure away from the back. The second notched lever sets the travel speed of the bed chains that move the manure to the rear of the spreader to let you get the desired cover. In the picture of me in the field you can see the belly mower on the tractor. After spreading manure on my hay fields I then mow over the manure to mulch it down. If not when the hay is mowed and raked the larger chunks of manure with bedding gets baled with the hay. If you use wood chips as bedding and spread it on your lawn you will need to spread some lime after to break down the wood. That type of manure would mulch down in a lawn. If you mow/mulch the manure right away you will not burn your grass. You might not want to store the mower in a connected house garage.  Build up would depend on how much you spread. Spreading on the pasture would be good but normally does take some extra fertilizers. It takes soil testing to know exactly what is needed. |
|
|
|
Post by horselover4life on Apr 5, 2016 14:55:51 GMT
Thank You dickel for the help... 
I'm sure once it comes home and I can take some photos if I need help you and ming would be able to lend assistance...
I will once I know who made it and model go searching for info online too.
Lip...I have seen those huge spreaders down here on the cattle ranches where they actually spread the yuck that collects around the round bale hay feeders and feeders where they stand to eat their grain...smells just wonderful when it is spread...  
|
|
redzip
Junior Member
Posts: 1,701
|
Post by redzip on May 17, 2016 17:36:06 GMT
Did you get one??
I LOVE MY MILLCREEK!! mini-graphics-valentine-940295
Pics please!
|
|
Build up would depend on how much you spread. Spreading on the pasture would be good but normally does take some extra fertilizers. It takes soil testing to know exactly what is needed. 
