Hydraulic-Operated "Dump Spreader"

Hydraulic-Operated "Dump Spreader" MANURE HANDLING Equipment 26-2-37 To save time when cleaning barns Samuel Wurz of Vulcan, Alberta, built a hoist-operated, pull-type "dump spreader". "We had been using an apron-type spreader to haul manure from our chicken barn over to a pile, where we dumped it for spreading later. It took as long to dump the manure as it would have taken to spread it in the field," says Wurz. "Our home-built dump spreader has much more capacity and dumps the manure a lot faster. Also, we don't have to deal with all the maintenance costs of an apron-type spreader." The 2-wheeled wagon has a 3/4-in. thick plywood box that measures 4 1/2 ft. wide, 11 ft. long, and 3 ft. high. The box is built on a steel frame made from 6 by 1-in. sq. tubing and is supported on both sides by a series of 2 1/2-in. steel bars. The floor and sides of the box are lined with slippery fiberglass. An easy-to-operate, scissors-action lever at the back of the box is used to release the tailgate. The box is raised and lowered by a pair of 5-in. dia. hydraulic cylinders off an old Dodge dump truck. "It's built simple and strong," says Wurz. "We hire trucks and tractors in the spring to spread the piled-up manure on our fields. The wagon rides on big 3 1/2-ft. high wheels so it pulls easy, and the manure slides easily off the fiberglass floor and sides. We used glue and anchors to fasten the fiberglass to the plywood. If we want we can flip the tailgate all the way over and store it on top of the wagon, where it's held in place by a pair of chains." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Samuel Wurz, Box 1060, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada T0L 2B0.

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