Diamond Mesh Stall Cleaning Shovel

[Snowflake]

Does anyone know where I can still get one of these? Mine broke last night.

[Appsolute]

huh, I had never heard of a mesh shovel before!

Google “sifting shovel” and results will come up. Didn’t find a diamond mesh one though.

http://www.toolite.com/

I bed with pelleted bedding / ultra fine shavings - and spend forever trying to get every little “flake” of poop out of my horse’s stall (because I am crazy like that). I think I need one of these shovels in my life!

[chicamux]

Big D used to carry this shovel and I had seen it once at some local feed store. Galvanized steel, not Aluminum. Made by:

W F Valentine & Company

7633 Quackenbush Road, Reading, Michigan, MI 49274, USA

chicamuxen

Manufacturer of Valentines Hoof ointment, liniments and the Thunderbolt Ultimate sifter.

http://www.wfvalentine.com/shop-online?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=250&category_id=23

[saffire_100]

http://www.bigdweb.com/Fine-Tine-Pitch-Fork/productinfo/1157FT/

Not diamond mesh but looks great for fine bedding.

[Scarlet_Gilia]

Would this one work for you? Equi Tee has a sand rake with a ¼" or 3/8" mesh screen. Also available in a motorized version. Neither version is cheap, however.

I have the manual (non-motorized) http://www.equiteemfg.com/flexn-fork-premium-quality-manure-fork-standard-or-mini-tine-spacing . It is light weight and well balanced; the tines are really rugged.

[csaper58]

Was it this one? www.horse-journal.com/article/weight-and-balance-rule-in-forks-6501

[Bluey]

Here is another, the same company may have other sizes:

http://www.gemplers.com/product/151080/Midwest-Rake-Company-42-Black-Sifting-Scoop-Shovel

[Lord_Helpus]

Very cool!

I use the large, light weight (fluffy) shavings in my stalls, and I bed about 8" deep. So when picking up a pile 'o poop I am also picking up a lot of shavings.

Does anyone know if the diamond mesh fork will work with those large shavings? Or the round end tined fork?

THis is exciting – a new and better muck fork!

[msj]

[QUOTE=Scarlet Gilia;7747773]
Would this one work for you? Equi Tee has a sand rake with a ¼" or 3/8" mesh screen. Also available in a motorized version. Neither version is cheap, however.

I have the manual (non-motorized) http://www.equiteemfg.com/flexn-fork-premium-quality-manure-fork-standard-or-mini-tine-spacing . It is light weight and well balanced; the tines are really rugged.[/QUOTE]

I have the manual mini-tine equiteemfg fork and LOVE it to pieces. I have broken so many tines on a regular fork and was given an equitee fork as a gift from another wonderful COTHer and from the owners of equiteemfg. It’s fantastic for pelleted bedding. The only other fork I’ve seen for pelleted bedding is one with a large and very unwieldy basket. Equiteemfg.com designed a fork that does a superior job to any fork I’ve used over the 52 yrs I’ve had horses. :yes: The serviceability far outweighs the cost.

Right now I’m using it to ‘strain and sift’ dead weeds and small rocks out of the footing in my outdoor ring. Ring got really overgrown with weeds and I had an ag sprayer come in and spray and kill the weeds. Then I dragged my ring with my York rake and as I pulled the rake around, I’d deposit what it collected in the corners of the ring. I’m trying to save as much actual footing as I can so I’m sifting through it. I started with a regular Dura-Fork but broke the tines in just a few minutes. Been sifting with the equitee fork and it has held up fantastically.

The material they use for tines are many times stronger than a regular fork and the shaft is fiberglass or some other relatively lightweight but strong material. It’s the most beautifully balanced fork I’ve ever used and know it’s going to last my lifetime at the farm and will get passed on to friends when I sell the farm (which I don’t plan to do for quite a while I hope).

[js]

[QUOTE=csaper58;7749886]
Was it this one? www.horse-journal.com/article/weight-and-balance-rule-in-forks-6501[/QUOTE]

I had one years ago, never liked it, was too hard to sift shavings thru, if you use anything other than sawdust it will not sift larger flakes. Plus you can’t just pick out the manure, you are scooping up everything like a shovel then trying to sift it out. Too much work and not good results.

[mvp]

[QUOTE=Bluey;7749941]
Here is another, the same company may have other sizes:

http://www.gemplers.com/product/151080/Midwest-Rake-Company-42-Black-Sifting-Scoop-Shovel[/QUOTE]

92 (ninety-two) smackers, though!

OP, I have one of these and I’ll look at its label today to the manufacturer. They are hard to find. I saw one 15 years before I bought this one and thought, “Note to self, get one of those when you have more time/money.” Yeah, I had to wait 15 (fifteen) cotton pickin’ years to find it!

But! The short handle makes it less comfortable to use than the long handle plastic muck forks. And the aluminum shovel is a tad heavy to use for sifting, especially with the the short handle. Just an kindly “heads up” for those of you not wishing to use up your body cleaning stalls.

I’d be interested to see how much the black one weighs. I can weigh mine, if y’all really want to get OHSA ergonomic technical. Also, mine has an all aluminum handle. If I could find one with a wood handle that I could switch out for a long, rake one, I’d do it.

[Schatzi09]

I have the sifter shovel from WF Valentine. I works ok in sawdust but it does make you use your whole body to sift a stall. I much prefer my Fine Tines fork or my Brockwood Stall Shifter for the really messy ones. The Fine Tines fork is heavy compared to the Dura Fork but does an infinitely better job and saves much more sawdust. My shovel also did not hold up to pulling bedding back or using it to level the sawdust back around the stall so I have to carry a pitchfork with me anyway. Just not worth the extra effort.

[Snowflake]

[QUOTE=csaper58;7749886]
Was it this one? www.horse-journal.com/article/weight-and-balance-rule-in-forks-6501[/QUOTE]

Yes!!! That’s IT!!!