Making manure pick up easier

[ABDR4]

I have 3 ponies and a very large run in and dry lot where they live. Also have Ehlers Danlos syndrome and everything associated with that, though my nervous system & immune system are worse off than my joints. We have an old Haulzall electric cart for manure pickup and it makes things SO much easier. Except its dead and having to do manure pickup by hand kicked my butt so hard that I can’t function if I sit up…so my entire day has been nuked.

We’ve had to replace the cart’s batteries and the chargers don’t seem to be working. I’m thinking worst case scenario is we need to get a new cart. Which one is the issue, since it’ll need to handle snow & ice too. The current cart has dually front tires and handles winter terrain well. Its 6 cu ft but I don’t really need it all.

Anyone have any suggestions for similar electric carts?

[Bluey]

@ABDR4

I have 3 ponies and a very large run in and dry lot where they live. Also have Ehlers Danlos syndrome and everything associated with that, though my nervous system & immune system are worse off than my joints. We have an old Haulzall electric cart for manure pickup and it makes things SO much easier. Except its dead and having to do manure pickup by hand kicked my butt so hard that I can’t function if I sit up…so my entire day has been nuked.

We’ve had to replace the cart’s batteries and the chargers don’t seem to be working. I’m thinking worst case scenario is we need to get a new cart. Which one is the issue, since it’ll need to handle snow & ice too. The current cart has dually front tires and handles winter terrain well. Its 6 cu ft but I don’t really need it all.

Anyone have any suggestions for similar electric carts?

Do you have some kind of mower?
If your lots are large enough, could you ride those in there pulling a cart?

If you do, you could add a little wagon and use that set-up, at least for now.
Many of those small trailers pulled with mowers or small four-wheelers out there.
They even make chains for their wheels for ice.

Ever consider a pasture vacuum or sweeper, the kind with the wide mouth in front?
There are all kinds of those out there, like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH7st_IhF9c

[Equibrit]

Most of them seem to be unavailable at the moment. Probably because they are all made in China.
These are made in USA; https://www.overlandcarts.com/

[Bluey]

@Equibrit

Most of them seem to be unavailable at the moment. Probably because they are all made in China.
These are made in USA; https://www.overlandcarts.com/

That one looks really neat, has two different kinds of tops, one to dump, one to haul.