Digging & spreading sand laden manure

Cleaning the sand & manure out of the pit @ the Bender Farm in Cochranville PA

[@aisejongsma3042]

This channel is sooooooo underrated

[@elamnissley4099]

Great video. I farm in Virginia and need a real good manure spreader. I love the way your Meyer spreader looks and broadcast material.

[@rewingjohnson]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Meyer puts quality ahead of price while still trying to be price competitive. We've got dealers in VA & I'll guess that you're in the Shenandoah Valley somewhere so check with Winchester Equipment, Beverage Tractor or Binkley & Hurst.

[@jonniessink1]

Where I work in central California we use cat 325 long reach excavators with 65ft reach and custom built buckets to clean out dairy lagoons. I think we could almost clean out that entire pit with it. Also I believe we could load those spreaders in 2.5 to 3 scoops.

[@rewingjohnson]

Tulare Co. / Central Valley of CA is a whole different world than Lancaster Co. PA & surrounding area! Everything is big out there & everything is small in here.

[@reedfaria280]

@jonniessink1 I live here in tipton California in the valley it’s about 15 minutes from tulare south who do you work for

[@user-yb4ub5qx1b]

Хороший вариант, как для ферм, так даже и для поселений, если использовать хорошие санитарные средства.

[@michaelovitch]

Why the excavators are always using their stock bucket and not a bucket with a bigger volume ? Teeth are useless here for this job,and thay could go quicker moving material. Could a bigger bucket would be supported by the machine ? I don't know about density of the material here.

[@rewingjohnson]

Well, it’s fine sand completely saturated with water & manure so it’s heavy. When this sand & manure is still a semi-liquid & able to be pumped, you should figure a minimum of 12 pounds per gallon.

[@michaelovitch]

@@rewingjohnson Thanks.

[@rileyhyland8656]

Is there no way to agitate the sand enough to get it to go through the dragline with the manure?

[@rewingjohnson]

Farmer wasn't using / doesn't use a dragline; but yes, with multiple agitators the sand could be suspended enough to pump through a dragline. You have to balance the cost / wear of adequate agitation vs. dipping it out. No agitation system ever gets it as clean as putting a skid steer on the floor!

[@jaedan14]

How long did it take them to empty the pit?

[@rewingjohnson]

Started at 9:00 & done at 3:00. I get to different farms due to my job - territory manager for Meyer Manufacturing - and through connections at church & in the local community.

[@conneill8190]

How long did it take to empty????? Great video..

[@rewingjohnson]

Started about 9:00 and finished about 3:00

[@jackmartin8793]

How did they get the skid loader in?

[@jonniessink1]

crane, or if its light enough the excavator can do it. Where I work we clean out dairy lagoons in central California and we use cat 325 excavators with a 65ft long reach setup. With it all tucked in we can lift 5 to 8,000lbs at the end of the boom, good for lifting float pumps and agitators in and out.

[@mazowieckawies4998]

Dji spark?

[@rewingjohnson]

DJI Phantom 3 standard

[@johnhamilton8122]

I wonder how much pit gas the wheel loader operator was breathing in if any being in the pit

[@rewingjohnson]

good question! Definitely something to be careful with as the most dangerous gas is heavier than air.

[@jasonharper2601]

need a sand recycler

[@jerrylidovitch7325]

does that stink?

[@rewingjohnson]

"Stink" is a very relative term, don't you agree?