theboman
Veteran Member
It must be for pony manure /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Spreader manuer spreaders
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Whiskey, we have three horses and I would not recommend a smaller spreader. You will be making a lot of trips and in the winter when ground conditions are usually wet or semi frozen, this can make a mud mess in a hurry. I have had several spreaders and they were all used. Got my first one by spending 10 bucks for a newspaper add. Got a call from a farmer who said if I come and get it, it's mine! Gave him a 12 pack for it! Sure it needed some TLC but it worked and two years later I traded up and got 150 bucks trade-in for it at a used implement dealer! Bottom line, there's a bunch of used farm implements out there at great prices, check out the used market.
horseman1
Bronze Member
Whiskey,
I made my own spreader similar in design to that Newspreader. I discovered theirs after I had made mine /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Mine had a lot of problems if the manure had much straw in it. They may have figured out a way around the problem, but I scrapped mine after a while. Besides, it was way too small anyway. The Millcreek works real well, but I dont like the cable engage/disengage on mine. Seems kinda hokey. I dont know if the new ones still have this setup or not
Kurt
I made my own spreader similar in design to that Newspreader. I discovered theirs after I had made mine /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Mine had a lot of problems if the manure had much straw in it. They may have figured out a way around the problem, but I scrapped mine after a while. Besides, it was way too small anyway. The Millcreek works real well, but I dont like the cable engage/disengage on mine. Seems kinda hokey. I dont know if the new ones still have this setup or not
Kurt
horseman1
Bronze Member
Oh, I forgot to mention the other problem I saw with mine (may or may not apply to the newerspreader). The hopper is basically a tri-angle. Sometimes an empty space would be created down by the drum and the material would not fall down into the drum if it had much moisture in it. Here in our arrid climate, it didnt happen too often unless I filled it up all the way. The more manure in the hopper, the more likely this was to happen too. YMMV, but my basic design was very similar to theirs.
Kurt
Kurt
Mark4510
Gold Member
Whiskey,
We tried out the NewerSpreader for a few weeks and it was a mixed bag. It was nice that you could wheel it around in the barn like a wheel barrow. We would block the aisle side stall door, clean, fill it, and take it out.
The down side was that it did not hold much and we kept making trips to the pasture to spread it. The other thing, as has been said, is that it does not handle bale feed very well with all the stems.
As a result we sent it back.
We have gotten in the habit of dumping most of our shavings in a pile to compost them and then spreading around as needed.
A local trainer bought a Fuerst that seems about what Cowboydoc describes and I was pretty impressed with how well it is made.
If I were going to get one I think thats the one I would focus on.
Mark
We tried out the NewerSpreader for a few weeks and it was a mixed bag. It was nice that you could wheel it around in the barn like a wheel barrow. We would block the aisle side stall door, clean, fill it, and take it out.
The down side was that it did not hold much and we kept making trips to the pasture to spread it. The other thing, as has been said, is that it does not handle bale feed very well with all the stems.
As a result we sent it back.
We have gotten in the habit of dumping most of our shavings in a pile to compost them and then spreading around as needed.
A local trainer bought a Fuerst that seems about what Cowboydoc describes and I was pretty impressed with how well it is made.
If I were going to get one I think thats the one I would focus on.
Mark
Thanks guys for all the comments, with what has been said about the newerspreader I think it is out of question for me...I'am in the process of working out a deal on one and if all comes out...I'll be throwing poop in the near future /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
If anyone has something to add...go ahead and leave it. I keep checking the thread
Whiskey
If anyone has something to add...go ahead and leave it. I keep checking the thread
Whiskey