Those tires worked out really well on spreading those cow patties! You have a beautiful view! Wendy❤️🐞🐝

That's a great way to spread the manure.... and cheap to make also. Like they say.........use what ya got. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

Good use of old tires. Does a pretty good job.Thanks for posting video

I use my lawn tractor and 2 tires, we only have 2.5 acer's and 2.5 horses (one's a mini) I go around and around untill it looks nice and squished in, before a good rain or I water it in. Works awesome 😉

If you cut the tires in 1/2 and do the same thing, you'll find it works a lot better, plus the manure and hay doesn't build up inside the tires. With the 1/2 cut tires open side down, it'll also break up and move the matted hay. Then on the top, round side, bolt boards with a section of angle iron for an edge and you can flip it over and really level a pasture where there's hoof holes. I'll post a video at some point. I've had a few more request to build some for friends and neighbors after they saw how good the ones I've built work.

@ThaDiscoFreak

Жыл бұрын

Have u made a video yet would love to see this also, as im new to this and was wondering the best way to fill the cow hoof holes

@TheEquineFencer

Жыл бұрын

@@ThaDiscoFreak I've made two with cut tires so far. One similar to this with cut tires, I used military truck tires, they are rather thick and stiff. The first one another horse farm operator bought for use at her farm. The second one is a two tire one we pull with a four-wheeler. Two tires like the one we use is almost too much for a 2WD TRX250, the 4WD TRX500 is better suited. If I get a chance, I'll post a video of it soon on my channel. Mine more for breaking up the manure piles, but it does fill in and scrape good prints. It's a PITA to cut the military tires in half. It took some serious "playing around" to figure out an "easy" way to cut them.

@violettatraviata8838

Жыл бұрын

@@TheEquineFencer Hi there did you do post your video? I looked on your channel but didn't see it. thank you

@TheEquineFencer

Жыл бұрын

@@violettatraviata8838 I'm not sure. I'm on a mobile device right now. I'm out of data for the next 16 days... Remind me then if I haven't uploaded by then.

@violettatraviata8838

Жыл бұрын

@@TheEquineFencer No worries, will do. thank you ☺

Really great idea! You stated that's it's not a very smooth field. But if you keep dragging it every year, I'll bet it'll get a lot smoother as the years go by.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

+Dave Sipsy , fire ants and golphers keep it rough

man that is a awesome idea,giving these old tire's a new purpose i like this very much thanks for showing this atb steve

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+so steve it works really good

Great idea looks fast and easy to build

ran across a couple 5 gallon buckets of 1 1/8 bolts and nuts at an estate sale cheap! ran them through the tires with some big washers on both sides. the bolts created a harrow like action and the field came back with some incredible growth.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

I bet that helped get the moisture and air in.

Hey that's good idea, but you broke okie rule #1, those tires still had tread on them lol you still had 50,000 miles left on them down here in okie land lol

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+Farnsworth Farms I got those from my friend that owns a tire store. I would rather have a mud and snow tire to build a drag out of. the extra roughness on the edge helps bust those tough gopher mounds loose.

That a good idea i'm going to try that I got piles just like yours, you can get all the tires you want free.

Thanks for your posting

That is so smart and effective. I think I'm going to try that with some old tractor tires. It's better than using a harrow with the teeth on the lowest setting.

Great Idea, This will help the grow back rate of your grass - Cow feed!

Good idea works good and did not cost much to make.

That seemed to work pretty good.

Nice , I need one of these !!!!

That does a great job!!

I like that!! Who doesn't have a few tires hanging around

Wow, that works pretty well! What a cool idea! Those cows look like they're used to the tractor. lol

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+HalleluYAH Homestead . They think i'm bringing them something to eat.

That is an effective & cheap way to knock down manure using the idea you came up with, about how many feet of chain you estimate for this project? Thanks for the posting.

This is how the old timers did it! Today the recycle center wants like $5 per tire disposal fee so most farmers have lots of old tires just laying around, easy to find tires for free to make one of these.

How did you tie the tires together? Is it one long chain? If so, how'd you link it all together & then hook it to the tractor?

@OkieRob

5 жыл бұрын

individual chains , bolted together around the tire. Just use a clevis to hook to the tractor.

As long as the pies are there the cows want eat the grass coming out of the pie, but when you drag the plaster and it rains they will

good idea, we have so many root vole and moles, so do you think this will work for molehils too?

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+gogonzogo1 . i don't have any experience with voles and moles. if it is dirt mounded up it should help. I don't think it will help much with shallow tunnels. It might cave them in but i don't know if it will be a improvement.

@motorzeit24

8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the quick responding, I think I will pick up some old tires and try out then

Thumbs up for the video sharing. Thumbs down for the set. Some positive criticism. ;-) Chain link on a frame or even those chains on a frame work wonders and keep the same weight from start to finish! At the same time don't get too heavy from everything that accumulate inside the tires! So no ripping effect on the soil and grasses. It simply break down and spread the pies. With that in mind the lightest tractor possible is the best option, garden tractor or sub compact type of thing. Less soil compaction deliver an healthier soil. Your three goals are absolutely correct. There's a fourth one, mostly overlooked. When the pies are spread over a broader area, They will dry and compost faster while not concentrating so big mass of larvae, etc. So less prone to spread diseases. ;-) I dare to say this because I tried the same. Hope you find this useful. Best of luck.

@OkieRob

4 жыл бұрын

I like the ripping effect on the little bluestem grass and any woody stem weeds, fire anyt mound, gopher mounds. I have 250 acres to go over, Not going to happen with a little garden tractor. The cab tractor lets me stay out of the weather, that is why I bought it. I have X amount of time to do things weather permitting.But your points are valid.

great idea.. did you have any trouble with build up in the tires?

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

It builds up a little, but i just figure it is extra weight to help with breaking up clods.

@b2brtc

7 жыл бұрын

does a great job... I use an old spring tooth drag.. not heavy enough to knock down the big ones.. I think I'll add a row of tires on the end.. thank you OkieRob!!

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.

this is great can we do farming here

How do you get the chains tight on the tires? What do you do or use?

@OkieRob

4 жыл бұрын

They just need snugged up. I bolted the ends together.

Looks like truck tires...correct?...nice job.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

Yea just some cheap chinese chain and some bolts to hold it together. Works pretty good.

any chance of another video showing the how the pasture recovered after the tire drag was used

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

Too late in the year, all the grass has gone dormant for the winter.

@eoinconheady8455

7 жыл бұрын

If you happen to do this procedure again when grass will grow afterwards, would you mind doing a quick video of growth/pasture recorvery afterwards? Any way it grows would be better than big ugly cows pats dotted all along a field. Seems less invasive than a harrow. Very good job, thanks for posting from a viewer from Ireland.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

Grass is pretty tall and thick right now. I'll try and get some video.

@eoinconheady8455

7 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting an answer that quickly at all haha. Thanks very much! Less than a minute to reply!

clever! fertilize your land, less fly, more organic soil..

looks like a good idea

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+johnny sisk cheap intertainment

how do's it work on tilled ground ?

@OkieRob

6 жыл бұрын

I have never used them on tilled ground

Got the same setup

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

+Nathan Rowland , works good

Any chance you could do a video on how you built it?

@OkieRob

4 жыл бұрын

Can't guarantee when

@zfilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

OkieRobs Bees those are truck tires like school bus or tractor trailer right?

@OkieRob

4 жыл бұрын

@@zfilmmaker Yes 20 or 24 inch, I don't remember. I'll try to drag it out of the grass . I just used short sections of chain wrapped around the tires to hold them together in that triangle shape. Cheap chinese chain and bolted the ends together. some tires have two chains, one going up and one going sideways.

@zfilmmaker

4 жыл бұрын

OkieRobs Bees I scrutinized the video a little closer to see how it was done. You didn’t actually drill through the tire face to attach the chains, the chains are on the outside going around the tires, so they drag on the ground to? What size chain is it, 5/8”?

@OkieRob

4 жыл бұрын

@@zfilmmaker correct the chain is on the outside. It's probably 5/16" chain. If it wears through I have extra to replace it.

I have a tractor tire been around for years duh, 6 acres. Thanks.

Genius

defo goind to try it spreading sheep poops lol

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

should work ok

thats alot of manure to spread

@OkieRob

8 жыл бұрын

+Bill and Rosa Off Grid Homestead yes it is

OOOOOO OOOOO \...../ OOOOOOO OOOOOO \.../ Would just two rows of tires work just as well - idea being go wider and knock those piles down faster?

@OkieRob

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know

Note to self....make a tire drag.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

They do a pretty good job and don't tear up the established grass.

@TidwellFarms-kr7ez

7 жыл бұрын

OkieRob looks like it would do well behind my disc too

you seriously need chickens and more pasture. some fence management as well. might want to look up some permaculture info and rotational grazing.

@OkieRob

7 жыл бұрын

This is where i was feeding hay in the winter. There is no grazing here in the winter.

@haywoodwildlife

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah in an idea world