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Turners - Self-propelled
A large self-propelled turner
in use at the Washington State University compost facility.
 
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New Frontier compost turner.
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Straddle type turner working
in a windrow.
Slide courtesy of Les
Kuhlman
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The auger turning mechanism
of a straddle type turner.
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A self-propelled turner being
prepared for road travel after finishing the turning.
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A turner ready for road
transit, towed by a truck.
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This Buhler turner is used in
Wright Co., MN in conjunction with a floor aeration system.
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A self-propelled Buhler
turner.
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A Scat inclined-conveyor turner.
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A self-propoelled Scat
turner.
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Inclined-conveyor turner
used at Cornell University, New York.
Slide courtesy of Tom
Richard
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Scat turner working in
an extended static pile.
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Tines on the working face
of an inclined-conveyor turner.
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Turners - Pull-type
A pull-behind turner suitable
for on-farm composting.
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A tractor-powered single pass
turner used in a California operation.
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A tractor-pulled single
pass turner.
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A Wildcat pull-type windrow
turner.
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A pull-type turner working in
a windrow.
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The flails and shaft of
a Wildcat turner.
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A double pass, tractor-powered
turner used in Massachusetts.
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Turners
- Front-mounted
A front-mounted, loader-driven,
double-pass turner; California.
Slide courtesy of Maarten
van de Kamp
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Field windrow turning of
composted cattle manure with a Brown Bear auger turner.
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An auger-style turner used in
Idaho.
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Other Turning Options
A grower near
Burley, ID uses this farm-fabricated windrow turner.
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This snow blower has been adapted
for turning windrows near Jerome, ID. It had mixed success.
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A potato digger modified
to turn windrows in Massachusetts.
Slide courtesy of Tom
Richard
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An Idaho dairy farmer turns
compost with an excavator.
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Turning compost with a
skid loader.
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Turning a pile with a tractor
bucket loader in New York.
Slide courtesy of Tom
Richard
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Windrow Construction
This wagon is
used to build windrows on a farm in Massachusetts.
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A walking floor trailer
building windrows in Vermont.
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A truck-mounted mixing wagon
used at a composting facility in Idaho.
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This manure spreader is
also used to build compost windrows at a dairy in Idaho.
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Enclosed Bag System
An enclosed bag composting system
used at Olds college in Alberta.
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The plastic bag on an enclosed
bag system.
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A filled enclosed bag.
Slide courtesy of Ag-Bag
International
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Grinders and Screens
A hammermill tub grinder in action
at a facility in Connecticut.
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A tub grinder used at a
yard debris compost facility.
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Hammers inside of
a tub grinder.
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Ground-up residue ready for composting.
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A horizontal-feed hammermill
grinder.
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This belt-shear shredder
is used to shred compost in Massachusetts.
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This tractor with a flail
chopper is used to grind brush for composting in California.
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Flails on a tractor-powered
flail chopper.
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This rubber-finger star
screen is used to screen finished product in Maine.
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This home-made trommel
screen is used at a site in Idaho.
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Miscellaneous
A blower used to aerate static
piles.
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