A section of chain link fencing will make an excellent spreader for compost, manure, etc.

Attach sections of two by four to the front and back of the section of chain for weight and stability. Their should be two pieces of two by four at the front side and another pair at the back. Drill holes in the pieces and run carriage bolts through one piece and then the fence and then the second piece sandwiching the fence between the wood.

Attach a section of chain to the wood at the front of the drag on both ends of the two by four using the carriage bolts and some large washers to prevent pull through.

Put the chain over your trailer hitch and drag away.

Is that clear as mud now? I know exactly how it should look but am having a really hard time describing it.

Good Luck!

Aubrey

Or of course you can use the old standard, which is a coil spring mattress.

Strip off the fabric, attach chain, drag.

I made one that I use constantly. Mine is a little larger than the one described above. I used two landscape timbers and two sections of chain-lnk fence, each 4' high and 8' long.

After much trial and error (and falling apart during use), I found it works best to wrap lay down the two timbers about 6' apart. Lay the two sections of fence side by side between the timbers. Then wrap the fance completely around the timbers, so that each one is totally encased in the fence. This keeps the fence from working loose as you drag it. I drilled a hole about 4" from each end of the "front" timber and strung a chain through each hole to the back timber, where I attached the chain to the back timber with a carriage bolt on each side. The two pieces of chain come out of the front timber into a loop that goes over the ball hitch of the tractor.

If you don't put the chain all the way through to the back timbers, you end up stretching the chain link fence into smithereens and losing the fence and back timber. If you only use a 2x4, you don't have enough weight to actually "drag". I tried this and added some concrete blocks for weight, but they just rolled off. The timbers give you enough weight to do some good.

Hope this helps.