Mulchers??

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2010

Hey folks,
In the market for a mulcher to dress up pastures/scatter manure after the horses finish. There are several different types as far as blades (?). One type only has lengths of chain about 6 inches long, one has what looks like inverted "Y"'s , one with thick inverted "T"'s, and one with blades like a lawn mower/brush hog.

Not sure the brush hog type is what I want but don't know what would be the best choice on the other types.

All are PTO driven except one that is a 5ft inverted "Y" blade type that has a 20hp honda Vtwin engine on it. Very interesting because I can use it with my quad in a couple of places where the fruit trees are low.

Any opinions/tips on what is good and/or what to stay away from?

Thanks, Dave

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2010

Fuerst flexible tine harrow, is probably the cheapest way.

Leroy · Nov 10, 2010

Are there any weeds, or grass left that you want to cut? What you listed are all mowers that will do nothing to break up the horse droppings, if that is what you are wanting then you want that harrow or simular. A piece of chain link fence will do that.

Dave Sherburne NY · Nov 10, 2010

Used to be an old fellow around here who would cut an apple tree every spring and drag it around the field with one of his Olivers

BCnT · Nov 10, 2010

sounds like youre describing a flail mower...dont think it would get low enuff to chop all the manure without tilling up your pasture...spike tooth harrow would work better i think.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2010

(quoted from post at 06:27:56 11/10/10) Are there any weeds, or grass left that you want to cut? What you listed are all mowers that will do nothing to break up the horse droppings, if that is what you are wanting then you want that harrow or simular. A piece of chain link fence will do that.

They never eat everything. There is also little volunteer appletrees sprouting, mole hills, etc. I have a chain harrow, a solid harrow that works good for the manureand I use a brush cutter on the weeds once a year. But working full time and taking care of 12+ horses and related chores doesn't leave much free time. Someone ran a mulcher over one pasture and it took care of everything including the manure. Making one pass would sure save a lot of time.

Dave

tonyoneandonly · Nov 10, 2010

Chain Harrow, They do many different things. I've heard that the main reason people use them is to spread manure to cut down on some kind of parasite. A note on chain harrows, I would only pull one with a tractor, a car or pick up truck.

Sometimes when I'm mowing I'll chain a small chain harrow to the mower, and pull it like that.
Thats doing 2 things at once. Some places it seems to make the grass grow better, not like fertilizer, but worth doing. Then on other places it doesnt seem to matter.

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