Who hauls manure/bedding away??

AQHA_Gizmo · 06-16-2005, 01:50 PM

So we are moving our horses home at the end of the summer, and who would haul away manure, ALONG with bedding mixed in? We are located in California, does anyone know of any good companies that haul it away cheap? How often would we need it done, for two horses. Monthly? I'm not sure of many farmers around here, but they probably wouldn't want soaked bedding anyway! lol

AQHA_Gizmo · 06-16-2005, 01:54 PM

Bump!!!

Shotgun93 · 06-16-2005, 01:57 PM

WE have a local sanitation company haul it away. Some greenhouses will take it, but they generally like cattle manure better.
As for how often, it depends on how much piles up, if it is close to you barn and horses, the weather, ect. During the school year with 75 stalls being cleaned daily, we would fill up one of those semi-dumpsters in about 1 day, they hauled bedding weekly. But know that it's only about 20 horse, we can get away with every month, plus, it's further away from the horses and the barn, so the flies aren't as bad.

zorse · 06-16-2005, 01:57 PM

Sorry, no help here. We just pile it up with the tractor when the pile gets too spread out and it decomposes. My Mom uses some in her garden and the rest just sort of shrinks away.

stdbred88 · 06-16-2005, 01:57 PM

i dont know...we muck our stalls into a huge cart pulled by a truck right down the aisle (we also have 42 stalls to clean lol) and then haul it off to where we compost it on the edge of the farm's property (600 acres). probably not feasable for you. try your local dump...our town has a compost pile too, you can try that but they didnt want the amount of manure we had to offer

AQHA_Gizmo · 06-16-2005, 02:00 PM

/\ ha...nope we have 5 acres!

3WishesDun · 06-16-2005, 02:01 PM

Have heard that "mushroom farms" - like horse manure and shavings....

AQHA_Gizmo · 06-16-2005, 02:02 PM

Hmm.......

Blistering Winds · 06-16-2005, 02:08 PM

A local bee keeper use to come and get ours. He set up his own sided trailer for us to load up on.

Contact a few.

Or put an ad in the paper offering free horse manuer if they set up a trailer.

Shotgun93 · 06-16-2005, 02:09 PM

Just call around to places and find the best quote. Sanitaton companies, city dump, county dump, greenhouses, compost farms...

06-16-2005, 01:50 PM	#1
AQHA_Gizmo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sittin' on a sidewalk in Freso...braided hair and a tye died t-shirt on... Posts: 3,948 Images: 11	Who hauls manure/bedding away?? So we are moving our horses home at the end of the summer, and who would haul away manure, ALONG with bedding mixed in? We are located in California, does anyone know of any good companies that haul it away cheap? How often would we need it done, for two horses. Monthly? I'm not sure of many farmers around here, but they probably wouldn't want soaked bedding anyway! lol

06-16-2005, 01:57 PM	#3
Shotgun93 Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southwest SD Posts: 13,388 Images: 124	WE have a local sanitation company haul it away. Some greenhouses will take it, but they generally like cattle manure better. As for how often, it depends on how much piles up, if it is close to you barn and horses, the weather, ect. During the school year with 75 stalls being cleaned daily, we would fill up one of those semi-dumpsters in about 1 day, they hauled bedding weekly. But know that it's only about 20 horse, we can get away with every month, plus, it's further away from the horses and the barn, so the flies aren't as bad. __________________ In the quiet light of the stable, you hear a muffled snort, the stamp of a hoof, a friendly nicker. Gentle eyes inquire, "How was your day old friend?" and suddenly, all your troubles fade away. -Author Unknown

06-16-2005, 01:57 PM	#4
zorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 6,605 Images: 474 Blog Entries: 331	Sorry, no help here. We just pile it up with the tractor when the pile gets too spread out and it decomposes. My Mom uses some in her garden and the rest just sort of shrinks away. __________________ To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. -George Orwell http://flippingpages.wordpress.com/

06-16-2005, 02:01 PM	#7
3WishesDun Senior Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: At My Wit's End Posts: 16,164 Images: 650 Blog Entries: 27	Have heard that "mushroom farms" - like horse manure and shavings.... __________________ Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Frost SCHWEELS, BABY, SCHWEELS!

06-16-2005, 02:08 PM	#9
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 31,724 Images: 814 Blog Entries: 16	A local bee keeper use to come and get ours. He set up his own sided trailer for us to load up on. Contact a few. Or put an ad in the paper offering free horse manuer if they set up a trailer. __________________ 20 lb club: New year Start: 175 Goal: 130 Current: 158 Total loss this year 17 lbs.

06-16-2005, 01:54 PM	#2
AQHA_Gizmo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sittin' on a sidewalk in Freso...braided hair and a tye died t-shirt on... Posts: 3,948 Images: 11	Bump!!!

06-16-2005, 01:57 PM	#5
stdbred88 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CT Posts: 343 Images: 4	i dont know...we muck our stalls into a huge cart pulled by a truck right down the aisle (we also have 42 stalls to clean lol) and then haul it off to where we compost it on the edge of the farm's property (600 acres). probably not feasable for you. try your local dump...our town has a compost pile too, you can try that but they didnt want the amount of manure we had to offer

06-16-2005, 02:00 PM	#6
AQHA_Gizmo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sittin' on a sidewalk in Freso...braided hair and a tye died t-shirt on... Posts: 3,948 Images: 11	/\ ha...nope we have 5 acres!

06-16-2005, 02:02 PM	#8
AQHA_Gizmo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sittin' on a sidewalk in Freso...braided hair and a tye died t-shirt on... Posts: 3,948 Images: 11	Hmm.......

06-16-2005, 02:09 PM	#10
Shotgun93 Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southwest SD Posts: 13,388 Images: 124	Just call around to places and find the best quote. Sanitaton companies, city dump, county dump, greenhouses, compost farms... __________________ In the quiet light of the stable, you hear a muffled snort, the stamp of a hoof, a friendly nicker. Gentle eyes inquire, "How was your day old friend?" and suddenly, all your troubles fade away. -Author Unknown