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04/26/12, 07:52 AM
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Anyone use a bucket loader to spread manure?
I don't have a manure spreader or a chain drag. I'm thinking about just spreading it with my bucket loader then tilling it in. It's not scientific but I think I can get it reasonably spread out. Anyone ever do this? Any reason why you wouldn't? My other option is to use a shovel and wheel barrow which might take me a couple hours to basically accomplish the same thing I could do in 20/30 minutes. 
This is a 50x75 plot ( one of several ).
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04/26/12, 08:00 AM
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I don't have a bucket loader, so that's not an option for me. I would think it would tend to fall out all at once as mine mixed with bedding sticks together pretty good. What I do is load it in my dump trailer then pull it out to the garden where the kids rake it out as I slowly drive forward, spreads it pretty effectively. I would think you could do the same thing simply replacing the trailer with the loader bucket.
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04/26/12, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Hagler's Farm
I don't have a bucket loader, so that's not an option for me. I would think it would tend to fall out all at once as mine mixed with bedding sticks together pretty good. What I do is load it in my dump trailer then pull it out to the garden where the kids rake it out as I slowly drive forward, spreads it pretty effectively. I would think you could do the same thing simply replacing the trailer with the loader bucket.
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Yeah I'm thinking I would go backwards and slowly tilt the bucket and 'shake out' the manure as I go real slow.
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04/26/12, 08:10 AM
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Could always try it, worst case senario you it all dumps out and you scoup it back up with the loader and try something else lol.
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04/26/12, 08:37 AM
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Works fine. Just spread it as evenly as possible.
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04/26/12, 08:46 AM
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That's what I got to do when DH was "letting" me learn to operate the tractor. Scoop, get through the garden gate without tearing anything up, and spread. I back up trying to shake the manure/compost out evenly but usually spend more time using the bucket adjusted close to the ground, smoothing out the big lumps that were more prevalent than evenly spread manure (more backward driving).
My fenced in garden is 100x100 so it is good practice using the midsized Kubota. Now I need to "practice" with his "new" 1960's era IH which is bigger.
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04/26/12, 09:27 AM
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We used to dump peppermint straw out of the wagons (residue left after distilling the mint) on the fields and used the loader to spread it out, worked but was much better after we started using a manure spreader....James
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04/26/12, 10:46 AM
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Dump a pile, tilt the bucket all the way down and drag it backwards
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04/26/12, 11:05 AM
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Spread it around with the bucket as best you can then drag over it with a piece of chainlink or an old set of bedsprings......
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04/26/12, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm
Dump a pile, tilt the bucket all the way down and drag it backwards
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This is what I just did, then I let it dry out a bit , disced then roto tilled. Came out great . Letting it dry then breaking it up seemed to work the best .
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04/26/12, 11:45 AM
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Depends on the manure. Dry chicken manure will flow out evenly. Horse manure with matted straw, not so much.
The spreader breaks up the matted gobs so it can be spread out.
Can you do it in a bucket loader, yes. You can load a flat bed wagon and shove it off as you go along. Even? Nope.
A lot depends on how much bedding you have. Solid cow manure will not fall out of the bucket evenly unless very dry.
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04/26/12, 12:05 PM
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I use
My loader an dump it with out stopping, then once I have it all onna garden I pull a drag over it to even it out , then plow it in.
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04/26/12, 02:00 PM
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If you level it out with your loader bucket, drag it backwards. Pushing with the bucket pointed down can jerk the end out of a cylinder if you hit something that don't want to move.
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04/26/12, 02:05 PM
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We tried it with wet cow manure, it came out in large clumps. We had to scoop it all up and put it in a manure spreader.
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04/26/12, 02:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm
Dump a pile, tilt the bucket all the way down and drag it backwards
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Back blading, I use this method on my driveway every summer after the rain stops. Though I guess it should be called back bucketing...
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04/26/12, 03:37 PM
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Back blading, I use this method on my driveway every summer after the rain stops. Though I guess it should be called back bucketing...
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Yes, it should, because to me, this is a "Back Blade":
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04/26/12, 03:59 PM
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Quote:
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Yes, it should, because to me, this is a "Back Blade":
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that works too..... just back up with it over the pile... it will spread it around pretty good. 
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04/26/12, 04:11 PM
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I guess it depends a lot on what kind of equipment you came up around. This is backblading to me:
I've even pulled huge piles of rock on the backside of a little dozer to smooth it out. A lot easier to get a nice smooth finish than pushing it.
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04/26/12, 04:20 PM
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Well, I had to stop at tractor supply to get some electric fence wire and some other stuff. Came back later than expected, sealed a crack in the hood of my tractor and was about to try it and it started raining pretty hard. I don't wanna ride over the plot when its too wet so it'll have to wait.
I like the idea of dragging it backwards thats what I do with gravel, I dump it going in reverse then pull forward, drop the bucket and drag over it backwards to spread and level it.
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04/26/12, 06:43 PM
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I use a front loader bucket.
It is not the right tool, but it saves my back.
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