- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Based on my muckheap I can say fungal networks thrive in muck with woodshavings.
Old horse manure
- Thread starter Tibbo
- Start date
I am accumulating quite a bit of horse muck from a nerby horse keeper. Great stuff, clean and minimum debris. I wanted to break down the wood shavings more quickly so mixed some chicken muck in which made a massive difference, and now move it about every 3-4 week and will spread come
However, I was asked if I was interested in a huge midden at a livery yard. The idea was I would remove it for free.... my suggestion was 40 quid/hr. I left it...
However, I was asked if I was interested in a huge midden at a livery yard. The idea was I would remove it for free.... my suggestion was 40 quid/hr. I left it...
Blimey cheeky buggers we charge at least 50 quid an hour,
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I’ve one of them, horse person thinks I’m going to pay him for the muck. Four years later the heap is getting bigger and so is the price charged by me for removal. Last conversation was I will remove and spread for £65/hr plus vat but because fertiliser has gone up I’m being unreasonable in charging at all
- Location
- South wales
God loves a trierI’ve one of them, horse person thinks I’m going to pay him for the muck. Four years later the heap is getting bigger and so is the price charged by me for removal. Last conversation was I will remove and spread for £65/hr plus vat but because fertiliser has gone up I’m being unreasonable in charging at all
I did have one 2-3 years ago that told me the fert value was really high in their muck pile and like your Optimist, he suggested the value outweighed the cost in removal for me.! I countered with an offer to spread it on his land....I’ve one of them, horse person thinks I’m going to pay him for the muck. Four years later the heap is getting bigger and so is the price charged by me for removal. Last conversation was I will remove and spread for £65/hr plus vat but because fertiliser has gone up I’m being unreasonable in charging at all
It was still there last Winter..
Deffo gone up now!!
Found some SWA cable today when turning my heap!!
ollie989898
Member
Off the dung free to local allotment.
Don't leave piles of horse muck in or near trees and hedges- it will kill them in time.
Don't leave piles of horse muck in or near trees and hedges- it will kill them in time.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Something I learned the hard way that might be useful for others to know:
If you go to their yard to load up and remove the muck, then photograph and check the condition of floors, walls, tracks etc before you start. If you find any defects point them out to the owner before you start. Point out that their DIY Gerry built facilities, tracks, 2” thick concrete yard etc might not withstand the weight and forces of agricultural trailers and loaders. If in doubt walk away.
That way you might avoid receiving a claim on your insurance two years after actually being in their yard for damage you’ve no memory of ever incurring and which wasn’t raised by them at the time.
Never think you are doing these folk a favour or a good deed. Most are now absolutely strapped for cash and are the sort who are looking for any opportunity to draw a bit in off somebody else.
Lesson learned by me.
Frankly horse muck removal just isn’t worth the risk and bother. It’s a potential minefield in so many different ways.
In fact I’d be very hesitant now to do anybody “a favour” with any of my kit, such is the litigious nature of many newcomers to rural areas.
If you go to their yard to load up and remove the muck, then photograph and check the condition of floors, walls, tracks etc before you start. If you find any defects point them out to the owner before you start. Point out that their DIY Gerry built facilities, tracks, 2” thick concrete yard etc might not withstand the weight and forces of agricultural trailers and loaders. If in doubt walk away.
That way you might avoid receiving a claim on your insurance two years after actually being in their yard for damage you’ve no memory of ever incurring and which wasn’t raised by them at the time.
Never think you are doing these folk a favour or a good deed. Most are now absolutely strapped for cash and are the sort who are looking for any opportunity to draw a bit in off somebody else.
Lesson learned by me.
Frankly horse muck removal just isn’t worth the risk and bother. It’s a potential minefield in so many different ways.
In fact I’d be very hesitant now to do anybody “a favour” with any of my kit, such is the litigious nature of many newcomers to rural areas.
- Location
- South wales
These sorts really are stupid word gets around and before they know it no one will do anything for them unless it’s for a massive price
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
"No good turn goes unpunished". As above, "Get it in writing" and make sure photographs are time/date stamped.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
That’s what’s happened now. The only people who will take it away are commercial waste contractors at £200 a visit if they even feel like turning up. It’s a waste and an unnecessary cost but entirely self inflicted. As it was I was the farmer/contractor of last resort but that’s me out of that game.
Where there’s muck there’s money!
and jodhpurs
Where there's jodhpurs there's no money.
I swear if I hadn't married a groom 20 years ago, I'd be rich. It's like throwing bundles of cash on a fire...
... but 'happy wife, happy life' (sigh).
Wish I'd been told that 30 years ago !