Poo Picking

[PonyandHorseOwner]

Buying a sweeper, not a vacuum one due to time. Any recommendations on which is best? It seems to be between the Wessex Dung Beetle and Logic Paddock Sweeper.

 

[MissTyc]

Bumping this as also about to make the investment but a bit concerned about some reports of grass sickness links.
But these machine seem to sell well, so must be used regularly in paddocks around the country?
Argh decisions. It's a lot of money for a machine I will stop using if I get a fright because of online anecdotes!

 

[meleeka]

I’ve held off. My neighbour had a vacuum one and said it was pretty rubbish and left too much behind. I think I’ll have to see one workout to be convinced.

 

[cauda equina]

I think the grass sickness link was with the sweeper types which cause more soil disturbance rather than the vacuums

 

[NLPM]

No experience with the sweeper ones as I was also concerned about grass sickness, but I hired a vacuum one for a weekend and it was great with both long and short grass, but I wouldn't fancy using it with the ground conditions we've got at the moment. Could hiring be an option, to see which one of your shortlist you get on with better? Would let you see which is more effective in this sort of weather/ground, too!

 

[paddy555]

I have a vacuum one (predator lynx) it makes a far better job of cleaning the ground than I could ever do by hand.

 

[Muddywellies]

I had a vacuum years ago. It was totally useless so we sold it on. Never used a sweeper one though.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We have a vacuum type, it's our 2nd one. In fact we have a very small one as well for the yard. They work well, ime, although we don't use them at this time of the year in the fields. The weather deals with it all in winter. I wouldn't have a sweeper-type given tbh.

 

[canteron]

I think, like harrowing, you should leave the soil to settle after sweeping - and definitely until after a rain or two.

I borrowed one and it was great - but our fields are quite flat.

 

[sport horse]

I have a sweeper one. It is great for larger areas where a vacuum would be impossibly laborious. I tend to use it to sweep a field after a spell of grazing and when the horses have moved on to another field. Field is then swept and rested for a couple of months or so. It not only picks up the dung it pulls out the clumps of dead grass and any moss. Needs a tractor to operate it so really for summer use.

 

[paddy555]

In fact we have a very small one as well for the yard. .

can you give a bit more info on the yard one please? make and how you use it. We only have the field vacuum one.