Old Backhoe Makes Nifty Manure Loader

Old backhoe makes nifty manure loader MANURE HANDLING Equipment 17-1-7 "I bought this used Liebherr industrial backhoe to dig rocks out of fields. Once I had it, I got the idea of using it to load manure out of my pit," says Lloyd Burk-holder, Shippensburg, Penn. "The bucket holds 300 gal. of manure (photo shows it fitted with a smaller bucket) and you can reach out 30 ft. with the loader arm and go down as far as 20 ft. The machine, which is powered by a 70 hp. diesel, cost about $6,000. That's about what you would pay for a good manure pump. I was able to buy it cheap because of its age (1973) and because it had a bad hydraulic pump, which weighs around 400 lbs. A rebuilt pump would have cost about $10,000 but I found a place in Rossville, Tenn. - Krueger Hydraulic Repair - that was able to repair the original pump for $2,400. "One big advantage is that we don't have to agitate the manure. Also, we can use the machine for other work." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lloyd Burkholder, 44 Duncan Rd., Shippensburg, Penn. 17257.

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