Silly question - What fork do you use to muck out cardboard bed?

[LizGooch1]

I am considering changing shavings to cardboard mainly to save cost. I know cardboard is lots cheaper but how on earth do you muck it out? I have a conventional shavings fork, would this work? But would think cardboard would stick in the fork??
Also what sort of a thickness of bed would i need for cardboard as i tend to only put bedding down in one corner of a large 14foot stable as its got a rubber floor

Sorry to be dim

 

[CheziBrown]

I've never used cardboard but would presume you would just use a normal shavings fork. I don't think it would stick to the fork becuase all the dried stuff would fall through like shavings/aboise etc and then the wet straight out ? Just guessing anyway !

 

[kerilli]

i use a muck-skip (long handled one) for most of my mucking out, for the muck first, and then i just use the fork part of it to scrape the clean dry stuff back off the wet bits, then use the plastic bucket bit to get all the wet cardboard. works much better than a shavings fork, i've found. i've used cardboard for about 10 years now.
i do a 1/3 bed normal thickness at the back of a rubber-floored stable, so about 6"-8" deep.
i love it, it's brilliant stuff. i know some people say it's not as absorbent as shavings, but they must be using a different type to me! i swear by Ecobed.

 

[LizGooch1]

Thanks Kerilli!

 

[MagicMo]

I've been using cardboard for years and have fount a normal shavings fork works fine.

I don't know how well the cardboard will work in a small part of the stable as i use it over most of the stable probably about 6 inches deep. I only take the wet out once a week and that seems to work fine.

 

[now_loves_mares]

I use cardboard (thanks to Kerilli for her great advice

) and actually remove the poo with those heavy duty rubber gloves and a skip. WAY easier than a fork. I get all the poo out while they are eating, safer as I don't have to take a fork into the stable with them. Then I use a shavings fork for the wet, but as I have rubber mats I use the ones designed for rubber matting - ie they have curved tips, not points, so they don't catch all the time. Then I use a pitch fork for shaking banks, but the last bit is more about my OCD than anything else