Waste Containers

Doc-t February 7, 2020
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Horse waste is removed from the farm periodically by first storing it in containers.  A dump trailer or a manure spreader is used and emptied once or twice a week.  Waste containment is essential and, in some areas, is required to meet strict standards.  Some are portable containers, and others are permanent areas that need emptying with a mechanical bucket or scraper.

Many farms make a pile, usually away from the barn, picked up regularly.  Some ordinances require that these containers are leakproof with a water containment system, such as three walls and a front lip.  Remember, there is contaminated runoff when rain falls on a manure pile.  Also, keep in mind where your water well is located and keep the pile far from that.  A pile will create heat which will cook the parasites and kill them.  However, this will not occur on external surfaces, so spreading your pile on horse pastures is still not good.

Waste containers range from garbage cans to barrels to full-size roll-back containers.  These are picked up regularly and replaced with an empty container. Remember to clean up spilled waste around the containers.  Again, some ordinances require water leakage containment from these too. 

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A trash compactor is used for manure disposal on this 100 horse farm. Note the cement container area to prevent environmental spillage. The manure is loaded into the wooden container which is lifted and dumped, then compressed. The whole unit is exchanged by a roll-back truck.
Overflowing manure pit with boards laid to help wheel barrows add more.
Overflowing manure pit with boards laid to help wheel barrows add more.
Overflowing manure pit with boards laid to help wheel barrows add more.
Covered bay for shavings and waste storage. 3 of 3
This is the waste side. 2 of 3
Covered bay for shavings and waste storage has a cement wall between them. The large yellow loader on the left manages this system. 1 of 3
Wood walls braced by posts for a manure pit. The sign warns the bucket loader to not hit the walls because this structure would not stand against the impact like a cement wall.
Roll off container for manure. Notch dug in hillside and lined with cement blocks and loading ramp level with top edge. 3 of 3
Roll off container for manure. Notch dug in hillside and lined with cement blocks. 2 of 3
Roll off container for manure. Notch dug in hillside and lined with cement blocks. 1 of 3
On the right is a waste containment area made of concrete with a roof. On the left are 2 large water heaters and a pressure tank
Shaving waste is piled into the roll off container. Straw waste is piled on the asphalt. Other supplies and equipment are organized and stored within this large walled off arera of this boarding barn.
A 3 bay waste containment area. Maybe for composting. Note that waste water is contained.
Containment made of 6×6 wood with a cement floor.
Cement walls and floor to contain waste for periodic scooping.
Waste is contained in this shed and hay is kept in the semi trailer next to it and rotated out with each delivery.
Security cameras mounted cleanly in high places. Backup emergency generator sets away from the barn. This roll off container sets at ground level.
This roll off container sets at ground level.
A walk in container.
Container sets on a concrete floor with a water dam to contain leakage.
A tent provides shade and a dry entrance to this container.
Concrete blocks used to build a waste containment area.
Tarp used at Belmont race track is the old fashioned way of moving stall waste.
Tarp used at Belmont race track is the old fashioned way of moving stall waste.
Roll on container set so that ramp is at ground level. Hand distributing the material after dumping is still required and there is no weather protection.
Outdoor concrete containment
In ground container
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