Salvage Manure Spreaders in New Zealand

Manure spreaders, also called muck spreaders or honey wagons, come in two basic types: dry or liquid. Spreaders for dry manure typically use some type of trailer that’s either mounted on a truck or, more commonly, towed behind a tractor. A chain or auger and PTO-driven rotating mechanism move the manure through the trailer, which is then discharged out the side or back and spread throughout a field with the help of spinners or beaters. Liquid manure spreaders use a tank wagon with some type of attachment that either broadcasts the liquid or, through the use of aerators or cultivators, directly injects the liquid into the soil.

J.S. Kemp Manufacturing is credited with building the first successful automated manure spreader in 1875; the company eventually sold the design to International Harvester. Joseph Oppenheim and his New Idea company (now part of AGCO) built the first manure spreaders that used paddles to throw manure in a wide pattern behind the spreader. Many of the first manure spreaders were ground-driven, and those types of spreaders are still produced today, although they’re most often used for smaller operations.

You’ll find new and used dry manure spreaders for sale from manufacturers such as H & S, Hagedorn, John Deere, Joskin, Kuhn Knight, Massey-Ferguson, Meyers, New Holland, New Idea, and Pik Rite. Balzer, Houle, Joskin, Major Equipment, Nuhn, and several other manufacturers offer liquid manure spreaders for sale.