Is this a well kept secret, because apparently this truly is a DREAM FORK.
I’ve used one and not that impressed with it. I prefer my future fork.
I work at a small tack shop and we just ordered some on the advice of a client who LOVES hers.
And, certainly the idea is good… just replace the tine if it breaks.
And they look pretty!
However… I have now used one and do not like it. At all.
I gave up after 2 stalls.
And neither does a friend who has 20 stalls to clean.
They are heavier than most forks ( I like the ‘Grizzly’) and not well balanced.
And more expensive.
And after a couple days… they don’t look very pretty any more!
Expensive
I have one that I am not that crazy about. My SO likes it so he uses it when we clean the pasture areas as it is more durable and with the replaceable tines, if it gets caught in the grass and broken, we can fix it. I thought it was heavy and unbalanced for me and the spacing was wrong for most of the cleaning I do, which is stalls with pelleted bedding and picking up manure in the pea gravel paddocks. Nice idea, but not really a fan.
I’m not a raving fan either. Love the color choices and replaceable tines but I find it a bit heavy and unbalanced. My go to is still the metal angled handle Future Fork. I cover the handle with foam pipe insulation in cold weather and it’s very comfortable to use.
Yeah, another one that doesn’t get it. My perfectly normal Southern States fork is going strong on three years (although we got a mostly divorce, I don’t stall my horses, so it’s lazing around mostly, no crying here). A replacement head or fork is not that hard to find or very expensive. I’m guessing they’re marketing to the “pretty” crowd? Don’t get me wrong, I like some things pretty – like saddle pads or coolers. But I don’t care very much about my poop fork aesthetics…
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I’m guessing they’re marketing to the “pretty” crowd? [/QUOTE]
Yes, very much so! Like pink and purple water buckets! Fun for kids I guess, but I’ll take the old fashioned BLACK or perhaps green.
I’m another that isn’t a fan. And the tines just snap together, so stuff gets stuff in between them and they separate. Useless! Never mind how heavy it is.
I love my ergonomic fork. Lightweight, better on your shoulder, and easy to replace the heads! Pitchfork heads are $15, do we really need to spend that much for half of the tines on this fork? Silly to me! Seeing as I break a tine maybe once every few years.
Second the Future Fork. In 6 years I’ve never lost a single tine. And I often use’em to rake up rocks. I prefer the lean’n’mean mini model, although for some unfathomable reason they’ve recently changed the handle design to one that is less comfortable and less ergonomic. Tragic, because it used to the the Porsche of manure forks.
Ouch. For that money, I’ll buy one of these:
http://www.equiteemfg.com/flexn-fork-premium-quality-manure-fork-mini-tine-upgrade-available/
Have read nothing but good things about those…
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I have one that I am not that crazy about. My SO likes it so he uses it when we clean the pasture areas as it is more durable and with the replaceable tines, if it gets caught in the grass and broken, we can fix it. I thought it was heavy and unbalanced for me and the spacing was wrong for most of the cleaning I do, which is stalls with pelleted bedding and picking up manure in the pea gravel paddocks. Nice idea, but not really a fan.[/QUOTE]
Mr P likes the one we have. I’m less of a fan.
Picked it up and tried it at the farm store. I agree with others that it was not very balanced and it was expensive. I pay $20 for a wooden handled plastic fork at the same store. Ive only had to replace one for by mistake slamming it in a stall door and breaking twines. My fault, but bought a new head for $12. Plus black seems classic looking to me.
I have one and I really like it- but I use pellet bedding and dislike basket forks. The built up edges are just deep enough for me. 
Ouch is right - that thing should sing “Happy Trails” for that kind of money.
I will stick with my deep bucketed manure fork from TSC. I have one horse who graciously leaves me 5 to 7 piles of manure, over the night. If those piles don’t weigh 15 - 20 pounds apiece (even Mr. WTW is awestruck), I’ll give up the pumpkin pie I’m eating:)
Meaning, I need something that gets the entire pile or close to it, in one fell scoop. I have Walking Horses, that new fangled thing would never survive life in a Draft Horse barn.
lol, draft horse owner here, I much prefer my basket fine tine fork, yes I break at least one a year, but have one that is a pig in horse clothes so the fine tines work the best.
I’ve got the Shake’n Fork, noted by Simkie, above.
Really effortless stall cleaning.
In addition, Joe Berto (from Equi-Tee) offers the best customer service. My first Shake’n Fork was damaged by three horses during a nighttime raid on the barn aisle, and Mr. Berto repaired it.
I am so tickled with the product that I bought a second Shake’n Fork with the smaller tines. I can quickly sift through four stalls, and there is nothing left but beautiful shavings when I’m done. (I also have the Flex’n Fork (non-motorized) for cleaning the runs.)
Can’t recommend these forks highly enough. And if you have any elbow discomfort, you will notice a huge improvement in symptoms.
I have one, don’t like it and no longer use it, the wave thingee for me makes it harder; I do however, like that you can replace individual tines when they break. That is my one big grumble with manure forks, I’m forever breaking a tines.
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I’ve got the Shake’n Fork, noted by Simkie, above.
(I also have the Flex’n Fork (non-motorized) for cleaning the runs.)
Can’t recommend these forks highly enough. And if you have any elbow discomfort, you will notice a huge improvement in symptoms.
http://www.equiteemfg.com/shaken-fork-manure-forks/[/QUOTE]
I agree with twelvegates. My normal fork is a Flex’n Fork, about the same price, but mine is two years old now, and I like to try new things so I bought a wave fork. I was very disapointed. I don’t think the person who developed this has actually cleaned any stalls. Ergonomically it is terrible, the handle angle is all wrong. The handlepole is too skinny. The flat sides don’t let the manure tip out when you try to dump it unless it is turned all the way over. Because of the “wave” the tines will not slide under the pile. The basket is too short to hold the load, and too rigid, constantly caching on everything. Worst of all my tines broke after just two days and they expect me to buy “replacement” tines. Good Grief…
The “Dream” fork wasn’t… better… I’m scrapping it and buying a seconf Flex’n fork.
I have one, bought it after the last future fork died chipping frozen manure piles up during the arctic blast. I killed one just about every winter so decided to get the dream fork. It took a while to get used to it, but I wasn’t going to quit using it when I spent so much $ on it! Now that I am used to it, anything else feels weird.
