What is the BEST muck cart?

[vxf111]

With 3 horses and daily picking, I find that a muck cart is a much better tool for my manure cleanup than a wheelbarrow. I use the cart both in the barn to clean stalls and I drag it around the paddock/pasture with me. Having the bucket able to come out and be hand dumped makes a big difference for my setup. So all-in-one is not really what I’m looking for. Nor something as heavy as a big wheelbarrow. And I don’t need THAT much volume anyway.

I currently have this…

http://www.jefferspet.com/products/muck-cart

The size is right. The weight is right. Easy to pull and dump. But the kickstand SUCKS and is such a pain in the ass to deal with. If it’s down, the cart lies so far flat that manure slips out. If you have the kickstand all the way up, it’s front heavy and the bucket will slide off the cart. And sometimes the kickstand seems like it’s in that sweet spot and then gives out. The kickstand is just annoying.

So I was thinking about trying one of these…

http://www.sstack.com/grooming-racks-muck-carts/Dura-Tech-Muck-Bucket-Cart/?utm_source=nextag_com&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=WEB01010PS5&scpid=9&scid=scsho521114
No kickstand, instead has feet

http://www.statelinetack.com/item/muck-bucket-cart/SLT310279/?srccode=GPSLT&gclid=CPCi9qKXz8oCFVIWHwodr3wM7Q&kwid=productads-plaid^97588352268-sku^73709-adType^PLA-device^c-adid^40405968348

No kickstand, looks like it has a single foot?

Feedback? Other suggestions? I would like something durable because it does get daily used and get dragged around outside. Not having seen these in person, it’s a little hard to tell how sturdy they are. Oh, and I stink at assembly so nothing too complicated ideally.

I would be willing to spend more for something really awesome that would last a long time too.

[Simkie]

I came from a barn that used a moving dolly, with a piece of twine loosely tied to flip over the lip of the bucket to secure it. I was dubious at first, but it was really a great system. You can get really sturdy dollies!

I’m talking about something like this:
http://m.homedepot.com/p/Cosco-600-lb-Steel-Hand-Truck-12165PBL1E/205587385

I guess they’re really called “hand trucks”!

[spacytracy]

Following this… I have the one the OP described and I experience the same issues with it. Its sturdy, that’s for sure. But its fumbly and the stupid kickstand gives out sometimes.

[mountainbells]

I’ve used the one with the kickstand for years, then finally bought the Rubbermaid Wheelbarrow, 7.4 c.ft one http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubbermaid-Commercial-Products-7-5-cu-ft-Plastic-Yard-Cart-FG564200BLA/100344354 and keep wondering why I didn’t buy it sooner. I clean 3 pens a day and occasionally haul a 100# bale of hay to where I need it. The new Rubbermaid ones haves a non inflatable/never goes flat tire which so far has been good.

[vineyridge]

This one http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Picker-Ultimate-Muck-Cart/product-reviews/B006CDZ8D8/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=recent has very good reviews.

[stb]

I got my muck bucket caddy at Tractor Supply. I don’t know the brand but it is silver in color and I’m pretty sure it’s the only one they carry. I also have the Little Giant that you linked to but I don’t like that one at all.

[fordtraktor]

Yes, I went through about 4 muck carts and could never get one to last for more than about 6 months of daily hard use, bought a Rubbermaid wheelbarrow. I love that thing! I put my muck bucket in it and wheel it around, then dump the muck bucket into the manure spreader. Also I can put the muck bucket in, the fork beside it, and a bale of hay on top, wheel it all out to my run in sheds, and do both chores at once. Love!

[Bells]

Rubbermaid wheelbarrow - only way to go!

[lorilu]

I have a dumping garden cart from Lowes or HD. Love it, use it for everything.
I bring it to shows to haul my stuff to the barn too.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Carts-3-cu-ft-Plastic-Garden-Dump-Cart-GOR200B/202353037

[vxf111]

[QUOTE=lorilu;8507498]
I have a dumping garden cart from Lowes or HD. Love it, use it for everything.
I bring it to shows to haul my stuff to the barn too.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Carts-3-cu-ft-Plastic-Garden-Dump-Cart-GOR200B/202353037[/QUOTE]

I was just looking at that. How big/heavy is it?

[Miss_Motivation]

For our commercial facility, these are the only things that even sorta hold up:

http://www.ezhaulcart.com/our_products.php

They are big, tough, relatively light to move (way lighter than a Rubbermaid) and you can get them with bike wheels or pneumatic tires that can be repaired at the auto tire store.

Best of all they have replaceable parts. Any part of the frame can be replaced for a lot less than a new cart. And you can even buy a new pan, although the freight is painful.

In order to fit more load in these, my ranch helpers have been known to jump up and down on the load… of course I discourage that but they can still take a 175 man jumping up and down on them. Sometimes that’ll break something (other than the employee!) but really… they are TOUGH.

Highly recommended especially because they are so well-balanced front to back if evenly loaded. The load sorta carries itself compared to a single-wheel wheelbarrow or a molded plastic one.

Only drawback is they can get pretty heavy when fully loaded- and if you are pushing up and down hill, it’s easy to get them too heavy to keep control of. For relatively flat ground, or moving bedding, they are superb. A small woman might simply be tempted to move too much manure weight to handle it easily.

[Bluey]

I have all kinds, the one with the kick foot is the worst to use.
We use those for all kinds of things, not just manure buckets.
This one already mentioned is the best by far for us as far as a strong one:

https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=24a9557f-b394-47b7-b6f4-610913e01b37

I have one and will get a second one shortly.

I have several of these and they were my preferred, because you don’t have to lift the bucket so much to get it out, hard to do when you have it full of, say, gravel, but is not as sturdy as the newer one in the link above:

http://www.statelinetack.com/item/muck-bucket-cart/SLT310279/

If you use manure buckets, I think that first one will stand up best to hard use, but the second one has solid tires, no need to air them up.

[fordtraktor]

I do really like the quality of those utility carts miss motivation links. That looks great. Do you use the Jumbo one or the utility one?

[Action42]

[QUOTE=lorilu;8507498]
I have a dumping garden cart from Lowes or HD. Love it, use it for everything.
I bring it to shows to haul my stuff to the barn too.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gorilla-Carts-3-cu-ft-Plastic-Garden-Dump-Cart-GOR200B/202353037[/QUOTE]

I have this same cart and I love it. Works well for my 3 and easy to use.

[ElbowRockFarm]

http://www.statelinetack.com/item/muck-bucket-cart/SLT310279/

This is also the one we have. It came used with our first farm over 10 years ago. A few pieces have been re-welded over the years and a tire replaced (from melting during a re-welding), but it gets hard use multiple times a day for our four horses. Very easy to get buckets in and out of. Sits perfectly in the stall doors for cleaning. Wheels around the yard to pick up dog poo or weeds.

I might just order a second one!

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=ElbowRockFarm;8508334]
http://www.statelinetack.com/item/muck-bucket-cart/SLT310279/

This is the one we have. It came used with our first farm over 10 years ago. A few pieces have been re-welded over the years and a tire replaced (from melting during a re-welding), but it gets hard use multiple times a day for our four horses. Very easy to get buckets in and out of. Sits perfectly in the stall doors for cleaning. Wheels around the yard to pick up dog poo or weeds.

I might just order a second one![/QUOTE]

I have three of those, some years old and all have held up fine, other than at times needing to retighten a bolt here and there.

I like that I can put also a rubber feed bucket and pile flakes of hay on it to feed out in the pens and it is the lightest ever to pull any place.

Have used it to move rocks, gravel, etc also, so it had hard uses at times.

I do like for overall strength the new type welded frame ones I linked to also.
You can’t ever have enough of those to carry stuff around for you, not only to clean stalls.

[TheJenners]

Why don’t you want a wheelbarrow though?

I use a wheelbarrow for mucking and the Rubbermaid mountainbells posts as a feed cart. I prefer the longer handles because of how far I have to go with the wheelbarrow right now; the Rubbermaid cart I wind up hitting the “jack” with my feet while walking long distances.

[Lord_Helpus]

The Rubbermaid 2 wheeled muck cart.

http://www.wayfair.com/Big-Wheel-Agriculture-Cart-in-Black-5642-BLA-RMC3554.html

I have had “Murray The Muck cart” for 15 years. It has cleaned between 5 - 7 horses a day and is in fine condition. I have never been so impressed with a product as I have this one.

I was reluctant to spend so much, but quality pays off.

[Jarpur]

We have this one, although it didn’t cost near this much when we bought it, but I guess you get what you pay for: http://shop.mullerscarts.com/smart-cart-12-cu-ft-free-shipping-us-48/. We started out with the spoke wheels, which I found very easy to roll across the pasture to the compost pile, but got flats several times over the years from random thorns. Not a frequent occurrence, but often enough to be annoying, so we replaced with the flat free wheels (not quite as easy to roll).

It has held up for 18 years of daily use, with no repairs other than the tire replacement and new steel skid plates ($8 part), the latter after 15 years or so of wear. Only thing is that, as another poster mentioned, it has such a great capacity that I have to be careful not to load it so much that it threatens to get away from me on a hill or when dumping (hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve had a few close calls) as I’m on the small side. If they weren’t so pricey, I’d also purchase the smaller one.

My neighbor who occasionally feeds for me, who has a ranch background so lots of experience, liked this cart so much she bought her own.

I boarded at a barn for several years that had both a Smart Cart and a Rubbermaid – boarders always snagged the Smart Cart first. The Rubbermaid wasn’t bad, compared to an ordinary wheelbarrow, but there was no contest between the two.

[Jarpur]

I just found a muck bucket caddy on the Smart Cart website: http://shop.mullerscarts.com/muck-caddy-free-shipping-us48/