Space-Age Self-Propelled Composter

Space-Age Self-Propelled Composter MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 22-1-28 Composting manure and other crop residues is a big issue in Europe and there were a number of conventional looking machines at Agritechnica. But this space-age looking composter caught our eye. The self-propelled machine has a large, 12-ft. wide rotor up front that stirs up compost lying on the ground and loads it onto a 6-ft. wide rubber conveyor that runs back under the cab and out the back where it can either be loaded into a truck or wagon, or dropped back onto the ground for further composting. Powered by a Caterpillar 181 hp. engine and equipped with rubber tracks, the machine will stir up as much as 2,000 cu. yards of compost her hour. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sandberger Gmbh, Dittersdorf 11, A-4084 St. Agatha (ph 7277 8751; fax 72778612).

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