Manure Pump Built From Junk Parts

Manure Pump Built from Junk Parts MANURE HANDLING Equipment 17-2-9 "It works as good as any commercial manure pump and cost only about $200 to build," says Lloyd Polzin, Cadott, Wis., who used the driveshaft and gearbox off an old Owatonna hay conditioner to build his own pto-operated pump. Polzin uses the 3-pt. mounted pump to empty out his 100-ft. dia., 8-ft. deep pit. The pump sends manure through a flexible hose to an irrigation pump that's hooked up to a traveling gun irrigation system. "I've used it twice a year for five years with no problems," says Polsin, who has 100 dairy cows. "It takes about two days to empty out the pit. I had been having our manure custom pumped. By building my own pump I saved money and can pump out the pit whenever I want to. Commercial pumps with comparable capacity cost up to $8,000." Polzin shortened a 4-ft. long pto shaft, salvaged from the hay conditoner, down to 18 in. and mounted it on the tractor. The shaft is connected to a 6-ft. long pto shaft (also salvaged from the hay conditioner). A gearbox on the shaft drives the vertically-mounted impeller, which is sandwiched between two heavy duty bearings. Polzin made the pump's impeller by welding four 1/4-in. thick steel fins to a 1/ 4-in. thick round steel plate. The impeller disc is enclosed in a circular housing that's welded between two 21/2-ft. sq. steel plates. Manure is drawn into the pump through a 10-in. dia. hole and is pumped out the back side through a steel pipe fitting. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lloyd Polzin, Rt. 2, Box 131, Cadott, Wis. 54727 (ph 715 289-3137).

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