Loading the spreader and composting

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  • February 16, 2012 at 8:20 pm #71870
    Robert MoonShadow
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    At $6600 (w/ shipping to my area), even with the original gas engine, that Northern Tool item seems too much for just turning compost… I wonder about somehow modifying one of those old hay hooks/spears – drop, grab & then moving it on it’s track & dropping? Way beyond my abilities to engineer, but just a thought I’ve had for a while…

    February 22, 2012 at 10:52 pm #71884
    Anonymous
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    Found this on the web and I like it a lot. http://www.hydraulique-sms.com/producteng.htm Made in Canada, not China, and does a 360. No idea of the price.

    KC

    February 22, 2012 at 11:02 pm #71885
    Anonymous
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    Like any machine, the way you can make it pay is to make it multi purpose, a combine, a binder etc. are single purpose machines and their overhead is only spread over one item. I think a light excavator is a multi use item, turn compost, load compost, clean ditches, dig footings, dig and load gravel etc. On a large farm there would be a specialist machine – loader/backhoe but the price new is $70,000+ new. I like the mini excavator for a small one man farm, you have only one back!!

    February 23, 2012 at 2:53 pm #71876
    gwpoky
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    Found this in “Farm Show Magazine” looking in to it more.
    http://www.thegreensmachines.com/

    cheers

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