Poor Man’s Compost Spreader

img_3071
We had 15 cubic yards of compost delivered a while back, and now it’s time to spread it.  Not wanting to shell out several thousand dollars for a real compost spreader, we’re putting our $300 utility trailer, a Harbor Freight special, to good use.  Park it, fill it with the front end loader on the Kubota, and pull it down the bed with the rear panel raised just enough to get the right flow of compost out the back.  With two people, it’s easy.  One drives, the other walks along making sure the compost is falling.  With one person, it’s a different process.  Without going into detail, suffice it to say that the tractor’s cruise control comes in real handy…!

img_30761

RSS feed for comments on this post · TrackBack URL

Leave a Comment