Manure grinder

[torchred89]

I grew up on the farm. But here is one I never saw before.
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ ... 55629.html

[Eugene]

Probably should read chipper, mulcher. If close by, would be worth taking a look at.

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[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Agree with Eugene about description, and if it were close I would probably grab it, but not to grind manure. Manure dry enough to run through it would blow all over the place including on you. Running a spreader is bad enough, without grinding it partially to a powder then blowing it up in the air.

[Bob McCarty]

I googled it out of curiosity. It won't chip even small branches. If you plan on looking at it, you might want to read some of the comments. Sounds like it is for shredding garden waste prior to composting.

Bob

[Eugene]

Manure from all sorts of animals when we lived on the farm. No grinder, just stacked in a pile to compost. Then into the manure spreader to be broadcast on the farm land.

Considering the tons upon tons of manure that I have shoveled, loaded into the spreader, I see no advantage of grinding it.

Neighbor who runs cattle on my acreage frequently spreads turkey manure on the pasture. Manure obviously includes the poop, but also includes feathers and bones from deceased birds. The feathers and bones rapidly break down.

[Jim Becker]

The "manure grinder" name probably come from the people that like to use the phrase "green manure" for any sort of garden mulch or compost. Here is a brochure from the manufacturer. I didn't read the whole thing word for word, but didn't see the word "manure" anywhere in it. They did talk about compost and mulch.

http://gravelymanuals.com/pdf/WW_Ultimate_In_Shredder_Grinders_19761100.pdf