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Might be worth mentioning that half of that will be water content.
by WorkerBee28474 1y ago
Might be worth mentioning that half of that will be water content.
- delecti 1y agoDoes that matter? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or glib, does it help in any way that it's half water? It's probably not an accurate comparison, but I don't find any consolation in the fact that a lot of the bulk/weight of cleaning my cat's litter box is water. I don't know if it meaningfully changes anything about the task for a cow though.
- toddmatthews 1y agoits actually 70-90% water. it matters because water is very heavy, and whats left over will be dramatically less after it dries out. its a large amount of waste, but its not 150lbs of solids
- Isamu 1y agoYeah cow manure is VERY wet. Compare to horse manure which is relatively dry, easy to shovel.
- delecti 1y agoThe context was shoveling a barn, and you can't leave it until it dries out, can you? I don't know how often you have to clean a barn, or how long it takes for the manure to dry, but my naive assumption would be that it takes too long to dry for how often you need to shovel.
- WorkerBee28474 1y agoYou assumption is correct. It is scraped out while still wet. Tangentially, that can be a job for robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4t0qIISTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz4t0qIISTs
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