Advice on Poo Pickers please

[maggie]

Has anyone any experience with Poo Pickers? I know they are good at sucking up droppings in paddocks, but wondering how they do on concrete? Would they pick it all up, or would you still need to sweep the floor?

The other thing we were thinking of was whether one of those street sweepers with brushes on the front would do the job?

Can you tell that Roger and I are already totally fed up with evening stables taking 3 hours after we come in from work? We have 9 inside, either stabled or yarded and we're permanently exhausted. All advice and experiences welcome please.

[Debbie]

I've no ideas. The only poo picker I've seen was at Zelda's. She had it attached to her quad, but I've no ideas about how well it would run on concrete, etc. Perhaps you can pm her if she doesn't see this?

I don't blame you one bit, I'd be looking for some alternatives as well. Better to have machinery do the brunt of the work rather than wear yourselves out.

[nic]

i know Loopy Lou uses a road sweeper for her paddock!

[Rowndan]

i think lucydales has one??

[PonyGirl]

Wow....we do 12 stalls in the morning. I am dead after 10 hours. Don't know how I do it.

[Biggerside Benwell]

My yard owner got one last summer and what a differance it made. It works really well on short and long grass and is great for picking up leaves etc. The only problem is I can't remember its name but i will find out for you. It attatches to the back of the quad.

[hamish]

I got a Logic paddock cleaner that is towed by a quad and has brushes which sweep up the poo, it's brilliant and i wouldn't be without it. I'm lucky that my paddock is fairly level as i'm not sure how it fare on rough hilly terrain though