"Weed Whacker" Compost Aerator

Weed Whacker Compost Aerator CROPS Miscellaneous It used to take me several hours to stir up compost in my stationary compost bins By using an ordinary bulb auger hooked up to a weed whacker it now takes only a couple of minutes per bin says Joseph Parducci Hampshire Ill It has a lot more power than if you mounted the auger on a cordless drill so it works faster and won t burn out says Parducci He removed the weed whacker s spring wound drive from below the power head keeping the spool drive housing which includes a nut at the end of the spool then cut the shaft to a 6-in length and inserted a 3/16-in key stock He inserted the bulb auger into the chuck The weed whacker s spool head happened to have a 3/8 by 24 thread which is the same as the drill chuck says Parducci He also added a length of conduit to the weed whacker s handle to form a 2-handed cross-brace He mounted the throttle originally located on the weed whacker s handle onto the conduit I came up with the idea last winter when we built 3-ft sq compost bins from wire cow panels that we purchased at Tractor Supply It took a lot of time to rotate the compost to keep it cooking By placing a thermometer in the middle of the compost pile we know right away when the compost needs to be rotated I had tried using a 2-ft bulb auger on a cordless drill but the drill was underpowered and burned up Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Joseph Parducci 17 N 895 Harmony Rd Hampshire Ill 60140 ph 847 683-2519; marissa926@sbcglobal net

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