Re: How to make a manure spreader ?

Posted by Hal/WA on April 14, 2007 at 00:07:53 from (66.45.175.118):

In Reply to: How to make a manure spreader ? posted by Zach Mignot on April 13, 2007 at 21:14:40:

I have spread a lot of manure with a pitchfork off the back of our old flatbed. Kind of a pain to keep moving the truck, but not too bad for the amount of material I was trying to spread. You just want to get it spread out fairly even and not too deep in any place.

I doubt that you could build a mechanical spreader for less than you could buy one for, unless you already have the mechanical parts that would work. A better idea would be to rebuild a spreader that needs new wood. I have just such a spreader out back, that we dragged home years ago and used a few times cleaning the barn lot. It has been outside for at least 50 years, so most of the wood is ruined. But I believe the mechanical parts could be made to work again pretty easily. Probably there are old manure spreaders around your area too, and maybe you could come up with one to fix up. I bet I could get mine working well for $500 or less. But since I haven't needed to spread manure for years, the machine just sits there.

That old ground driven spreader would toss manure about 10 feet in the air and spread it out in a swath about 15 feet wide, depending on how fast you drove the tractor and how it was adjusted. It was a lot easier than manually forking the goop off the truck. At first, we loaded the spreader with forks and shovels, but then we got the tractor with the trip loader--you really had to get the bucket up high before you tripped it. I didn't a couple of times and whacked the spreader. My Dad wasn't pleased. But soon the job was over and I don't think the spreader was ever used again. I don't think that spreader was built for the shock loads of dumping the bucketfuls of manure with the 9N.

So just how much manure do you need to spread? If it is just a few truckloads, I would just fork it off, it doesn't take that long. If you have a whole bunch, you might advertise it for garden manure and sell it for a few dollars per load and then watch other people work hard hand loading it into their trucks or trailers. If you have a tractor with a loader, you might consider loading it for them (and charging more), but be extremely careful--if you damage their vehicle, you or your parents would probably be liable. Good luck, glad to hear about a young guy that is interested in something besides video games!

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