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Paddock cleaning equipment is expensive – if you were to go all in and buy everything that you need you would spend tens of thousands of pounds. The question is, is it worth it? The question of keeping clean paddocks is not one for debate – horses cannot survive in a dirty environment. The only thing you need to decide is whether you are going to spend lots of money buying the equipment or whether it makes more sense to rent.
It all depends on how often the equipment is used. If you don’t use a piece of equipment more than a few times a year it doesn’t make any sense to spend hundreds of pounds on it – you can always hire it as needed. Don’t forget that every piece of equipment that you own will cost you money in terms of maintenance. You may end up paying for maintenance what you would every year to rent equipment. In other words, you have assets that are costing you money but which you rarely use.
You may want to invest in the most basic of equipment – a paddock cleaner. As we have already pointed out, a clean paddock is vital. How often your paddock needs cleaning depends on how many horses you have. If you have more than one or two on a small paddock you may need to clean up their pats at least once a week. However, if they are on a large paddock cleaning once or twice a month may be enough. A paddock cleaner is a good investment because you can clean the paddocks yourself – it may cost quite a bit if you have to rent equipment every time you want horse pats picked up.
Alternatively, you can hire a company like ProGround Care to take care of your paddocks at a very reasonable fee. Get in touch with them through https://progroundcare.com/.