abbey fetilizer spreader

irish_bob

anyone in here familiar with abbey fertilizer spreaders and how to set them
i recently got an abbey wagtail 700 kg fertilizer spreader out on trial , the dealer told me its the exact same as a vicon apart from the hopper and frame which are abbey , this did not bother me as anyone could make a hopper or frame , the gearbox and settings are most important
however when i began to use it , i could not make head nor tail of the settings , i read the manual but the instructions did not play out in practice , i wanted to spread a bag of CAN per acre and the booklet stated that i needed to set the spreader at 4 , i did this but half an hour into a 3 acre paddock , the spreader was still half full , i left the spreader back and since i know the dealer he was ok with it , he insisted the abbey spreader was to a vicon what a skoda is to a volkswagon and therefore the setting should be fine , anway im wondering should i go for a genuine vicon , they are at least a grand dearer but perhaps worth it , im not at all fussy about the badge especially when it comes to a spreader but i do believe in buying quality

snowman707

irish_bob wrote: »

anyone in here familiar with abbey fertilizer spreaders and how to set them
i recently got an abbey wagtail 700 kg fertilizer spreader out on trial , the dealer told me its the exact same as a vicon apart from the hopper and frame which are abbey , this did not bother me as anyone could make a hopper or frame , the gearbox and settings are most important
however when i began to use it , i could not make head nor tail of the settings , i read the manual but the instructions did not play out in practice , i wanted to spread a bag of CAN per acre and the booklet stated that i needed to set the spreader at 4 , i did this but half an hour into a 3 acre paddock , the spreader was still half full , i left the spreader back and since i know the dealer he was ok with it , he insisted the abbey spreader was to a vicon what a skoda is to a volkswagon and therefore the setting should be fine , anway im wondering should i go for a genuine vicon , they are at least a grand dearer but perhaps worth it , im not at all fussy about the badge especially when it comes to a spreader but i do believe in buying quality

Put in 150 kgs for 3 acres & set it up surely after you 1 or 2 rounds done you will know the rate of application & if you need to increase or decrease.

different size granules will require different setting

trial & effort & a little common sense is all thats needed whether its abbey, vicon or else.

irish_bob

snowman707 wrote: »

Put in 150 kgs for 3 acres & set it up surely after you 1 or 2 rounds done you will know the rate of application & if you need to increase or decrease.

different size granules will require different setting

trial & effort & a little common sense is all thats needed whether its abbey, vicon or else.

forgive my ignorance , ive only recently lost my job , im back full time on my brothers farm now ( always helped out ) and its my job to spread the fetilizer

i was wondering whether an abbey is a decent enough spreader , as i said i was told its to a vicon what a skoda is to a volkswagon , the same apart from the hopper and chassis , anyone had any experience with them

snowman707

irish_bob wrote: »

forgive my ignorance , ive only recently lost my job , im back full time on my brothers farm now ( always helped out ) and its my job to spread the fetilizer

i was wondering whether an abbey is a decent enough spreader , as i said i was told its to a vicon what a skoda is to a volkswagon , the same apart from the hopper and chassis , anyone had any experience with them

can't be of help to you on this one, we have an amazone twin disc,

previous to this i had a cosmo & the frame on this one cracked however we repaired it & it was working fine when we sold it, I believe the later cosmo were stronger & a different design.

Geezer1000

The Abbey is similar to the old model Vicon spreaders but not the same as the new ones. Personally i would go for the Vicon (Im a dealer for both so im not biased). Having said that ive never had any complaints about the Abbey machines.

irish_bob

Geezer1000 wrote: »

The Abbey is similar to the old model Vicon spreaders but not the same as the new ones. Personally i would go for the Vicon (Im a dealer for both so im not biased). Having said that ive never had any complaints about the Abbey machines.

a little bird told me VICON were having some problems with the new models and that many believe the old ones ( same as the ABBEY) were better

Geezer1000

irish_bob wrote: »

a little bird told me VICON were having some problems with the new models and that many believe the old ones ( same as the ABBEY) were better

As usual people always believe the lad in the pub as opposed to the people who actually know.

The vicon machines, in my experience are not giving trouble.

irish_bob

Geezer1000 wrote: »

As usual people always believe the lad in the pub as opposed to the people who actually know.

The vicon machines, in my experience are not giving trouble.

my policy is usually to trust impartial observers , machinery dealers are rarely impartial , rarely

thanks for the tip though

F.D

Hi I'm in the same boat with a Cavallo wagtail spreader i inherited, i cannot find the manual any where and can't seem to get it spreading the correct amount, if any one has one of these all advice would be grateful
The model is a PXT 1290 year 2003
The gauge has increments of 0- 10 what these stand for i dont know, and i cannot see where the spread width is adjusted either maybe its a fixed width

Geezer1000

irish_bob wrote: »

my policy is usually to trust impartial observers , machinery dealers are rarely impartial , rarely

thanks for the tip though

He he true enough but im not tryin to sell you anything.

Geezer1000

F.D wrote: »

Hi I'm in the same boat with a Cavallo wagtail spreader i inherited, i cannot find the manual any where and can't seem to get it spreading the correct amount, if any one has one of these all advice would be grateful
The model is a PXT 1290 year 2003
The gauge has increments of 0- 10 what these stand for i dont know, and i cannot see where the spread width is adjusted either maybe its a fixed width

I think tractamotors in cavan are the distributors: http://www.locallink.ie/view.php?i=65090

F.D

Thanks Geezer 1000, i actually got an email from cavallo themselves this morning with a operators manual attached, i emailed them a few days ago and got no response so i thought i was going to get no answer, so hope fully i get the answers i need from it