Don't need to spend money to get a spring chore done. ;^)
3 log chains and a 9' chunk of 1 1/4" pipe.
Bonus the chains got polished.
Bonus the chains got polished.
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I recall something similar from back in the 70s or 80s when there was cows and sheep on the small farm I live on. We spread manure on the grass/ hay fields, and the manure had to be broken down into smaller particles
(the livestock was mainly hay fed, so the manure was more solid than runny)
What we used was a purpose made kind of "harrow", made up of cast or forged pieces with three arms that had eyes on the ends, linked together with steel rings, to form a "carpet like" piece maybe 2 m long and 1 m wide. Probably made to be pulled by one horse originally, we used a 1959 Bucher-Guyer 2 wheel tractor. Which had a 400 cc, 9 hp side valve gasoline engine. Swiss Made
(the livestock was mainly hay fed, so the manure was more solid than runny)
What we used was a purpose made kind of "harrow", made up of cast or forged pieces with three arms that had eyes on the ends, linked together with steel rings, to form a "carpet like" piece maybe 2 m long and 1 m wide. Probably made to be pulled by one horse originally, we used a 1959 Bucher-Guyer 2 wheel tractor. Which had a 400 cc, 9 hp side valve gasoline engine. Swiss Made
Home made??
Funny how we forget things till we get reminded.
We used to have a set of harrows for the farm. Had a ferggie 24, we used on paddocks following the cows around at winter time. Also used them if the ground got chopped up with the concentration of wet winter strip feeding the paddocks to smooth out the rough ground.
Harrows were like wide chainmail with a spike about 3-4" long on each link. Bed was 2m wide and about 2-2.5m long.
Funny how we forget things till we get reminded.
We used to have a set of harrows for the farm. Had a ferggie 24, we used on paddocks following the cows around at winter time. Also used them if the ground got chopped up with the concentration of wet winter strip feeding the paddocks to smooth out the rough ground.
Harrows were like wide chainmail with a spike about 3-4" long on each link. Bed was 2m wide and about 2-2.5m long.
I miss - mostly - having critters around. Having kept sheep and chickens, poop pulverizing wasn't an issue, but cleaning the coop and the loafing shed and composting the collected results was a chore I'm just perverse enough to enjoy. Not to mention having all that lovely compost available.
The parts I absolutely DO NOT miss are paying for feed and hay and hauling water all Winter.
The parts I absolutely DO NOT miss are paying for feed and hay and hauling water all Winter.
Yeah, brings back childhood farm memories. For busting the soil around here, they use harrows but the harrows is a lot more than chains n spikes - think of a wide frame running on a row of big steel disks sometimes smooth edges sometimes serrated.
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Yes, a disc harrow...quite common over here as well .
Horse poop is pretty light and grassy just need to spread the piles into individual "apples", rain will take it from there.
Fun fact: a horse poops about 18,000 pounds a year, we have 4...........
Fun fact: a horse poops about 18,000 pounds a year, we have 4...........
Yea I remember riding on the disc implement behind my uncles tractor while he plowed before I got old enough to drive it myself. Today he would have been arrested for child endangerment!
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