meledward23
Gold Member
Okay,
Here's the scenario. I have a 25 stall horse barn. I do not have enough enough land for a manure spreader. The land I have has horses or a show arena on it, and the horses are sufficent that spreading manure makes the ground hold to much moisture and becomse a messy mud pit.
So I have to get rid of this stuff.
For the last few years the barn hand fills a three sided cart and wheels it out of the barn and dumps it into a pile. The pile is now 6' tall 70-80 diameter. It's getting to the point where the ramp to get up to the top is getting to steep. I have been plannign on a new course of action but I keep getting stumped/not happy with my idea.
It's time. I have to do something. And since I need a new driveway, new parking lot, new fencing etc. Efficient, cheap, and cost effective are all concerns. Of course the easier it is on my labor the better becuase he is hard to replace.
and Finally just a a reference we are talking about approx 37 - 60 cu Feet per day or roughly 1.5-2 Cu Yds per day min.
This stuff does compost nicely...
1) Pour a huge slab of concrete that is divided for material storage. 15'x15' type bays. Every month fill a different bay. As it composts to the appropriate level sell it.
Pluses: Easy, can make some $ off the sale of compost (not a lot).
Down Side: If I miss calculate turn around time on a crop of compost I could run out of room Quick. and that is a lot of concrete....
2) Concrete staging area. Dump Trailer (wagon). Store a weeks worth of material and move it at one time.
Pro Less: concete
Con : I have to move it every week (no one touches my tractor), and if something happens that it doesnt get moved no spill over area....
3) other methods....
Number 2 I think is my favorite.
Any suggestions? Comments, etc.... common I am brain dead on this one.... Frozen to inaction...
Here's the scenario. I have a 25 stall horse barn. I do not have enough enough land for a manure spreader. The land I have has horses or a show arena on it, and the horses are sufficent that spreading manure makes the ground hold to much moisture and becomse a messy mud pit.
So I have to get rid of this stuff.
For the last few years the barn hand fills a three sided cart and wheels it out of the barn and dumps it into a pile. The pile is now 6' tall 70-80 diameter. It's getting to the point where the ramp to get up to the top is getting to steep. I have been plannign on a new course of action but I keep getting stumped/not happy with my idea.
It's time. I have to do something. And since I need a new driveway, new parking lot, new fencing etc. Efficient, cheap, and cost effective are all concerns. Of course the easier it is on my labor the better becuase he is hard to replace.
and Finally just a a reference we are talking about approx 37 - 60 cu Feet per day or roughly 1.5-2 Cu Yds per day min.
This stuff does compost nicely...
1) Pour a huge slab of concrete that is divided for material storage. 15'x15' type bays. Every month fill a different bay. As it composts to the appropriate level sell it.
Pluses: Easy, can make some $ off the sale of compost (not a lot).
Down Side: If I miss calculate turn around time on a crop of compost I could run out of room Quick. and that is a lot of concrete....
2) Concrete staging area. Dump Trailer (wagon). Store a weeks worth of material and move it at one time.
Pro Less: concete
Con : I have to move it every week (no one touches my tractor), and if something happens that it doesnt get moved no spill over area....
3) other methods....
Number 2 I think is my favorite.
Any suggestions? Comments, etc.... common I am brain dead on this one.... Frozen to inaction...
