Spread Compost & Soil with Manure Forks, Manure Spreader, and Compact Tractors 

Hey Tim, thanks so much for tagging us! We love seeing our manure spreader in action and we're glad that it did a good job for you with the compost and topsoil. 💪

I love ABI . I've had a 185 classic manure spreader from them for 8 years now and it's never let us down. They are built very well.

I have looked at smaller manure spreaders for exactly this purpose, but was unsure how well it would work. This video just cost me some more money!😂

Just got a chance to watch this video, I would have wanted to used the tiller on the back of your tractor to mix it in. I love the tiller. Thanks for sharing with us.

Woo Hoo Using a manure spreader without the smell. That is a great use of the spreader. Now if you only had some manure, that would be great on top of the chips and soil before the seed went down.

Loving the tractor. I haven't gotten to use it for much yet, but ran into a problem yesterday that, without the tractor wouldn't have gotten solved. I found a heavy piece of slate mixed into the results of a garage cleanup. I'm pretty sure it was from a billiards table. A friend who's in ROTC and I couldn't lift it, so I put the forks on, did a bit of maneuvering, and onto the forks and into the dumpster it went. The tractor projects are going to happen soon. 1. my neighbors had a junk pile of leaves, sticks, and sapling trees behind their garage which spilled a bit into my yard, and I ignored. The new neighbors cleaned their side up. I have ~8-10 saplings to knock down, that ground then needs to be flail mowed, and tilled, then grass seed planted. I also need to clean up an adjacent area used for bees. 2. the top of the back yard was messed up when concrete was removed. I have a pile of mixed soil and gravel that needs to be separated. Once separated the dirt needs to go to the top of the yard, and the gravel behind the garage. 3. the top of the back yard needs to be leveled 4. the gravel "driveway" behind my garage needs to be land planed and leveled, and more gravel added 5. I need to run power to the front parking pad which was poured to charge my Volvo XC90 Recharge hybrid 6. I need to apply ~2 cubic yards of sand to my front yard to level it 7. there is a group of sugar maples in my back yard which are now mature enough to blot out the grass. I need to put down mulch there, and it's difficult to access, so a front end loader will make that take an hour instead of days

What a nifty tool for such an application, as well as various other materials. Great to see how the forks and the spreader worked with that material. Let’s see what happens next. Blessings.

No Tim please bore us with more video. I love your content

The manure spreader does a great job spreading out the composted wood chips and soil.

Hello Tim.. found your channel at a very good time. Just replaced our old MF210-4, with a new 1025r w/ backhoe. We live on just under 3 acers . The 1025 is agile, very maneuverable . First job was to remove a long row of overgrown lilacs with massive root systems. With technique and patience the hoe got the job done. Very nice, little tractor. I see why you are fond of yours. Thanks for this channel and for being "Gods man". bob

Great idea using the manure spreader that really did well can't wait to see all seeded and grass growing keep the video's rolling 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

For the last few years I been using a spreader to cover a hiking trail with decomposed wood chips it works amazingly well

That was fun!!!

Thanks for the bible verse Tim, it got me to researching. The video was good too!

Hi Tim. I hope you are well. Ive been thinking of you and your family some as i work on my tractor. Just wanted share my experience with composted wood chips. We have terrible clay soil here in WV and it does not support plant growth well at all, when its dry its so hard no roots can penetrate and when we get rain, it doesnt drain and it rota the roots. We also have a lot of invasive Japanese Stilt Grass and there are no real good methods to control it other than getting a dense stand if grass going which is hard with the soil here. There is one very expenive herbicide that will selectvely kill it with several applications but it would cost thousands to treat our acerage. I started using my tractor to spread hundreds if yards of chips (8 or so inches thick) over the last 2 years and have started replanting grass as well now. The transformation has been incredible. The grass is now thick and we finally have a knit turf that is tough and durable. The soil is still maturing but the quality is dramatically improved in texture, density, organic matter, water penetration, and water holding capacity. I now do not need to water in the heat and the grass shows no signs of stress. All i do is the normal 4 step program and the grass just grows. I can stick a large screwdriver all the way down in the ground in the dry summer heat. The soil stays aerated now. Sure it takes time (although the chips break down much faster being spread out on the ground than in a pile), there is nothing inhave found that gives better and longer lasting soil than this. We have absolutely beautiful, dark and fertile soil now and the cost was minimal. Especially for non iragated yards, i cannot think of anything that gives you a better yard in the long haul. Its a coupeke year investment but man the results are beautiful.

I bought some mushroom compost last year for the garden. I just scattered it with the front loader and then tilled it in a couple of times. it was good enough.

minifarming with tractor time with tim, I love it!Great video!:)

Great video Tim. Nice to see the loader on old salty.

hello Tim, after spreading it with the small disc... nicely incorporated and the soil remains nice and flat before sowing greatings, Eric

I think that was the perfect tool for the job.

You should do a video of fixing the dump trailer mine is doing the same thing just not as bad

First. Nice use of wood chips for compost and mulch. You can turn the chips to make more compost too. From the color of the soil it's clear there is new chips and more composted material. Red = chips Dark Brown = soil.

Wonderful job. That spreader is perfect for the job. 👍

Great video and great conclusion from 1 Peter.

I have had a small spreader for some 35 years and have spread horse manure from 10 to 6 horses every year this years pile is ready now but I’m still doing a little work on my loader so it will be a week or two before I do the spreading

Great video. I’ve often thought of using a manure spreader to act as a top dresser since top dressers can’t be rented in our area.

Looks like great results Tim. Boy the gardener in me is hoping you got a second wagon load of that compost, and if you run it through a sifter to sieve out wood chips, and incorporate that into your garden / corn patch!

Iv looked at Conestoga manure spreaders and you can get what they call a fines pan so it won't drop to the ground off the chain but is forced around the beaters.... helps for clumpy manure.

jack black needs to start saying "I don't think so Tim"

I make compost all the time wood chips leaves and such might have to get a set of those forks looks likes a good way to move it and help with Turing the pile

I love that spreader.

Wow wow wow can't do no better!

The city where I live turns all the yard waste trees and leaves and grass clippings collected into compost or fine mulch it gets mulched and screened twice and they give it away as much as you can haul

I wish someone made a small side slinger manure spreader the old knight ones. Those things could spread anything. Even water.

Looks like that spreader is good enough to spread even butter.

Great video!

Wood chips as they decompose actually remove more nitrogen from the soil then they add. As they decompose, they become more slow release nitrogen. Compost is more of a soil amendment than it is a fertilizer. Compost is about a 1-1-1 fertilizer at best. You will see in your grass what is happening with nitrogen. It may take several more years for it all to break down. Do a soil test and adjust the pH so the fertilizer becomes available.

Manrrrr. Love how you guys say it

that spreader would be perfect for a 5 or 6 maybe more horse or even cow pig hobby farm set up what about setting the tiller up to mix it in real good then power rake it down to seed

It may be a little late in the project but have you thought about installing a siphon pipe for the fire department to use in case of a fire? We have one on the family farm in Illinois where water isn’t readily available but from the pond.

Yep, need a full time mechanic when you have all kinds of equipment!!

That would be good to till in to garden

Use your tiller to incorporate it.

That’s a nice trailer. Do you have more videos of it? I like the way the side open. Also, who is the manufacturer?

You got a neighbor Doug too just like Hometown Acres😂

need some side boards on that spreader

I was thinking running the ventrac seeder with the vibratory tines (without seed) might incorporate the topsoil without bringing up the subsoil like roto tilling would.

Hey Tim, pond looks good. I'm wondering how well it's retaining water? I remember you were having a problem with ground water (which would be drainage as well) but it seems like it's currently higher than the ground water level when you were digging it? As always, thanks for sharing.

Your dumper is pumping air because the battery is low. That happened to me with mine.

Thank you for showing this. I have been wondering if I could spread Dino Dirt (composted bio solids from our municipal wastewater treatment plant). I have considered trying to use my rotary fertilizer spreader (large 3pt unit), but this would obviously work much better. I think a PTO model would be ideal so you could apply heavier at slower speeds.

I like seeing how much you old salty is getting lately

You should have added a few loads of cow manure to the mix! You would need less fertilizer.

How many wood chips can a manure spreader chuck if a manure spreader could chuck wood... Not quite the same ring...

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40.18 bushels

When is the pond going to be full? How is it being filled and replenished?

Not called spinners. They are called beaters. Just sayin. 🤭 Neat manure spreader. I’m surprised that the compost didn’t fall through the forks on the manure bucket.

So, who is Dave?

Could you remind some of us who David is? And how you know him?

Why do you use narrow tires on the tractor you were operating? Is it to keep from running over the garden rows?

I think you spoke of this before but what is the cart you ride Christy?

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This is the first video in sometime where yall didn’t break something… I’d call that a successful video.

Tim I’m looking for the best way to spread DG to make a 4” deep 6 ‘ wide walking path around a 10 acre property. Would this work with out the spinners/ beaters? Or do you have a better attachment?

Just curious Tim how many acres do you own not counting the field

I have a feeling this mulch/compost will leach into your pond and cause the water to be darkened or black 🤷🏻‍♂️

I see tire on backward on spreader. WHY??

Not using liquid ammonia? Damn hippies! LMAO. Natural fertilizer wow.... progress.