This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mark, We brought the traditional spreader to use behind the mower or 4-wheeler. It worked well, twice. Then the bearings went out in the wheels -- got that fixed. Then the belt broke -- got that fixed. Then the "axle" broke -- I turned it into a planter -- couldn't get it fixed. This all happened within a very short period of time. We found that it didn't like heavy wet manure, it didn't like wet straw, shavings just sorta fell off the back and didn't really spread. Overall we found it to be a $700 mistake. BUT, it does make a lovely planter. I'm back to loading the bucket on the front-end loader and just dumping out in the field -- that works very well. ---Meredith and Kirby (who is shedding and thinks everything is there for him to rub against)---
"...so when you need the balance from circumstances in your day, the best therapy you can seek, is out there chomping hay!..." -----Original Message----- From: fjordhorse-digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:01:59 -0400 Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2006 #77 fjordhorse-digest Tuesday, April 11 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 077 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:41:07 -0500 From: "Skeels, Mark A \(GE Healthcare\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fjord Manure Spreader This message is from: "Skeels, Mark A \(GE Healthcare\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Notice the title, in keeping it about Fjords this is a question on spreading Fjord poop. Anyhow, has anybody had experience with the Newer Spreader? http://www.newerspreader.com/details.htm#results We are looking at buying a spreader and don't know if this would be worth spending the money on or just a gimik. If anybody has one and is using it please let me know how it works. Do you need to also get the agitator? The agitator looks a little cheezy to me, like it wouldn't hold up to much as far as if it got bound up in thick manure it looks like it might bend, but the internet pictures may not show the whole picture. Does it work with all sorts of maneur? such as straight manure, wet, dry, with and without sawdust, as well as piles of semi composted manure? How about if a person got some dirt in with the manure like in scraping a pen out with a front end loader. Would it hold up to maybe about 3 loads a day for a bunch of years? Also if this isn't worth it has anybody used the traditional spreader that pulls behind a 4 wheeler, such as is shown on this web site? http://www.horsestalls.com/manurespreaders.htm The one I am looking at here is the Estate Mighty 25 bushel Spreader Model 600. Same questions for this little 25 bushel model as the above Newer Spreader. Thanks for any feedback, positive or negative, Pros or Cons. Mark Skeels - Helena Montana ------------------------------
