A large horse thoroughbred farm I worked on, and mow the lawns at now, sold the 23 years worth of horse manure. The one owner died 2 years ago and now the place is for sale and vacant. A local sand and gravel pit owner paid them to haul out 7000 yards of rotted manure. Trucks were taking out about 200 yards an hour today. The price was $21000 for 7000 yards. It's was pretty neat to watch the operation. The pit owner bought a peat bog, so there hauling it there and mixing it with the peat and topsoil.
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Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
AW come on JayinNY, that story has a lot of horse shlt in it!!
I wish there were a decent source of manure in my area where someone would load it up with a loader. There are a few places that advertise manure, but you have to load it yourself, (and then unload it also). I would be willing to pay a few bucks to have it loaded.
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My old bad back just won't do the shoveling any more.
Myron
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My old bad back just won't do the shoveling any more.
Myron
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
I don't dout the truth of your story Jay, but that still sounds like a big pile of horse Shlt!!
It is a big pile, I dident take pics, I dident feel comfortable taking pics of the guys working, I dident want to make them feel awkward. But really there 23 years of horse shi$that was dumped there, they have 100 stalls, which were cleaned every day for 23 years. I know I helped clean them! Lol
Anonymous-0
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The media will be spreading it for years!
Who flung poo?
Who flung poo?
jim johnson
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Most horse barns use sawdust for bedding and that isn't worth anything for compost because of the nitrogen it takes to break it down. If you put it on your garden you won't grow much for a while.
Jim
Jim
T in NE
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- Cambridge, Nebraska
The feed lots sell it fresh and composted. Neighbor makes a good living hauling it. A year and a half in he replaced the new trailer he started with with another new one, and bought another truck and new trailer for his sister to run.
john in la
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Most around here give it away if you load it. One guy is charging $65 for 12 yards dumped in your yard within 25 miles of his barn or he will load your trailer for $20 or pickup bed for $10
While the shaving eats nitrogen to break down the horse poo supplies the needed nitrogen.
I like it because we have very little top soil and our rock hard clay needs something to aerate it or nothing will grow.
While the shaving eats nitrogen to break down the horse poo supplies the needed nitrogen.
I like it because we have very little top soil and our rock hard clay needs something to aerate it or nothing will grow.
When sources for cow manure started going away I started using horse manure. It is difficult finding any composted because stables want it gone qiuck as possible. They are pestered by neighbors complaing when they see a pile accumilating. If it isn't gone soon,it's hauled to the landfill. I have room to compost but no loader to turn the piles and don't want several piles covered in weeds while cold composting. The solution lies in large scale operations where grass clippings,tree prunings and cardboard/paper products are composted with manure then sold as finished compost. North Texas Municiple Water district in partner with city of Plano has such operation but other cities and counties refuse involvment until forced by EPA or other athority. Refuse handling as a whole in Texas is pitiful imo. The visable results are illegal dumping,amount of new land being dedicated to landfills,lack of household recycling programs and hodge podge of private trash collection services. I apoligize for veering off topic but compost,recycling and countryside beautification are interrelated.
john in la
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Yes Myron
It is a great deal.
Considering there is only a $45 difference in him hauling it or me hauling it (even less when you figure my trailer can not haul 12 yards at a time) then it would cost me about $15 in gas for the 50 mile trip (25 each way)to go get it he is basically hauling it for free.
I do not know how much he has to get rid of but I ordered 4 loads last fall and he never batted a eye.
It is a great deal.
Considering there is only a $45 difference in him hauling it or me hauling it (even less when you figure my trailer can not haul 12 yards at a time) then it would cost me about $15 in gas for the 50 mile trip (25 each way)to go get it he is basically hauling it for free.
I do not know how much he has to get rid of but I ordered 4 loads last fall and he never batted a eye.
37chief
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- Location
- California
I was hauling manure from our two horses in the field, and would disc it in when I had enough get my disc out. The city code guy came by and said I need to haul it away. I disced it a few times and looked ok, Now I got a couple extra trash bins, and have the trash truck haul it away. Stan
No kidding, its hard to say what interest there may be as the material will vary, what it could possibly be worth to them etc. I was working up at our place for years and piling it, too many horses, not enough area to spread it all, but I will forward the information, I'd bet they would be happy just to rid the place of the pile if its still there. I had often thought of pushing it all off, onto the pasture, moldboard plow it under, replant, lime, fertilize what have you, that darned pile just kept growing LOL ! Be nice to see it gone and used like that. There is a guy across the road from us who makes a great compost, if they need more, he's got a large quantity or did last time I saw it.
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