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How do you get rid of your muck heaps and how much does it cost? Local farmer will remove but costs a lot and as he spreads it on his land I am paying him to fertilise his fields! I except fuel costs andtime but feel there must be a better way. Any ideas?
 
I pay 50, one farmer only took one load for that, different person doing it now and they cleared huge heap for same money.
 
Thanks, its more like 200 and its not a huge heap either. just seems a lot as he will be getting free fertiliser as well as being paid.
 
itsmylife said:
Thanks, its more like 200 and its not a huge heap either. just seems a lot as he will be getting free fertiliser as well as being paid.
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I get mine moved and dumped I leave it a year then it's spread so they dump one years and spread the last that costs me around £250 .
 
I take mine up sheep fields and either spread or heap, but when you state what you are charged bear in mind equipment cost repair depreciation as well as time and fuel, £50 isn't even a set of horse shoes fitted.
 
I bag a lot of mine up for local allotments. We also have a lovely guy who has a small trailer. He comes every couple of weeks and we help him load it on and offload it the other end. He's a really lovely guy and is an avid beekeeper so we get complimentary jars of local honey. Win win !!
 
Thanks, yes I realise that the farmer has costs and to pay something is fair enough, but Im paying him to fertilise his fields! Cant get my head around it! Am going to try and get some more quotes
 
We have a large trailer at the yard which takes about 2 weeks to fill. Every 2 weeks the YO hitches up the trailer to his tractor & takes it away to a farmers field & dumps it with the farmers muck. This costs us nothing, farmer gets manure for free thus saving him from buying fertiliser & it also costs him nothing in time effort or diesel......... everyone happy. :)
 
I pay £60 approx to have mine removed by local farmer with tractor, usually twice a year & fills a huge high-sided trailer.
It takes him around 45 mins in time to travel & load & return to his farm along the lane.
Happy to pay to get rid each time & by the time he has taken his fuel costs & time out of the charge, he is not 'making money' is he?
 
you need to have liscence to transport muck (by law), your farmer is disposing of your unwanted waste, we pay £80 per load (happily at work), but he arrives on time, is tidy in his work, knows horses so stops if there is a problem and it is this mans business he has a lorry with a grab arm specially for the job.

it is a down side of not being on a livery yard
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
I pay £60 approx to have mine removed by local farmer with tractor, usually twice a year & fills a huge high-sided trailer.
It takes him around 45 mins in time to travel & load & return to his farm along the lane.
Happy to pay to get rid each time & by the time he has taken his fuel costs & time out of the charge, he is not 'making money' is he?
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No your farmer is not, but I do think £200 is a bit much.
 
twiggy2 said:
you need to have liscence to transport muck (by law), your farmer is disposing of your unwanted waste, we pay £80 per load (happily at work), but he arrives on time, is tidy in his work, knows horses so stops if there is a problem and it is this mans business he has a lorry with a grab arm specially for the job.

it is a down side of not being on a livery yard
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Would all farmers have such a licence?
 
We bought a brand new tipping trailer and muck out directly in to it. I pay a contractor to empty it on to our muck pile in a remote field for £15.00 a time. It is emptied about every 3 weeks and is the muck from stables and field.

We allow muck to rot down (have muck heep turned every six months) and locals use it for their gardens.

Local farmers do not like horse manure on their fields due to grass seeds in it from horses eating hay, grass etc. i.e. grass seeds etc germinate in their nice fields full of crops.
 
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