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Ground-Driven Mini Spreader Built By Husband For Wife
When health problems made it difficult for Sue Zingshiem to load a full-size manure spreader, her husband, Mike, built her a ground-driven mini spreader that works just like the real thing but is not much higher than a wheelbarrow.
"We call it Zinger's Slinger," Sue says. "It's just the right size for me and cost
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Ground-Driven Mini Spreader Built By Husband For Wife MANURE HANDLING Equipment 22-3-10 When health problems made it difficult for Sue Zingshiem to load a full-size manure spreader, her husband, Mike, built her a ground-driven mini spreader that works just like the real thing but is not much higher than a wheelbarrow.
"We call it Zinger's Slinger," Sue says. "It's just the right size for me and cost only a fraction of what comparably sized mini-spreaders sell for."
Mike built the floor out of scrap metal and the sides out of pine 1 by 12's. The beaters were made by welding short metal spikes to pieces of angle iron that weld to a pair of round end plates.
Mike bought gears, chains and sprockets from a local farm supply store.
The spreader is fitted with a pair of 26 by 12-in. garden tractor turf tires he bought from a neighbor for $40.
When used with their skid steer, the loader will hold on 60-in. wide bucket full of manure.
Out-of-pocket expense was $500. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike and Sue Zingshiem, 5501 Boxelder Rd., Marshall, Wis. 53559-9766 (ph 608 655-3530).
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