windrow compost turner

[MikeF]

looking to see if anyone has built a pull type windrow compost turner. I am considering the build so I thought I would look here to see if anyone else has made one.

thanks

Mike

 

[groundcover]

Have a look at what the mushroom farms use, might give you some ideas .

 

[Renze]

Take the beaters off a manure spreader and pull that through your windrow.

 

[DaveOmak]

U-tube showed a Cat that had a "conveyor" attached to the front blade type thing... The conveyor rotated around the blade in a continuous loop moving soil that had been removed from a ditch... the pipe laid.... the conveyor covered the pipe and filled in the ditch...
Looked as if it would work very well for a complete turn of the windrow...

Weld angle iron to either type link... add adjusters and rollers.. Basically it's a manure spreader mounted on it's side....

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U-TUBE VIDEO OF THE CAT

Introduction to the Viking Power Dozer - YouTube

 

[OldMcDonald]

This link about rooibos shows a very brief (2.15 to 2.20mins) shot of a modified rotavator. If you can buy one cheap enough it might save you a lot of time. Everything else I have seen is too complicated and expensive.

The story of Rooibos - the production process - YouTube

 

[Tractor Seabee]

I use the rototiller to spread out my piles, stir it up good and pile it back up.

Ron

 

[PHPaul]

I use the rototiller to spread out my piles, stir it up good and pile it back up.

Ron

Yup.