quad fertiliser spreader

TimMac

Alright lads

Want to buy a spreader for my 300cc 4wd suzuki king quad am looking at a 60 kg mounted or a sealey 60 kg tow behind can't decide the land is quite hilly and soft, will a tow behind be a waste of time?
Can anyone offer any advice/past experience with either it would be greatly appreciated?

Pacoa

Hi. I have a 5 bag gamberini. Used to have a 300cc honda now have a 425cc acrtic cat. I could only spread 3 bags with the honda can do 5 now with the new quad. I'd stay away from gamberini cause it fires a lot of fertiliser forward onto the quad so i'll be changing next year i'd say.
Walco or agri spread are the brands i'll be looking at, maybe the quadx one too. As for the mounted spreader i'd say 60kg would drive you insane back and fort filling it and it would be more unstable than a trailed one. Hope that helps.

F.D

pacoa, How accurate and what distance can they throw fertilizer
think they would be handy to have especially with paddocks, i was thinking of a 110 kg mounted one that could spread grass seed, and slug pellets aswell, but you have me thinking about the trailed one now
Another problem i would have is my utility viechle i use does not have a speedo so i would need to get some sort of one fitted

Pacoa

My one throws good and wide, about the same as a tractor spreader. If you have a utility vehicle you could take bags in the back of it so the mounted one would be ok you'd just be filling it fairly often. What can your one tow?

F.D

Pacoa wrote: »

My one throws good and wide, about the same as a tractor spreader. If you have a utility vehicle you could take bags in the back of it so the mounted one would be ok you'd just be filling it fairly often. What can your one tow?

Think it can only tow around 350KGS But can carry 500kgs
So its light duty but that suits the land never leaves a mark anywhere

but over all you could bring a nice few bags in the back and in the spreader

satstheway

Had a couple and seen a lot. Gamberini is probably the daddy, It will never over balance before the quad, Has a strong chassis and a very robust gearbox just keep it greased, And a good paint finish, Give it a run of waxoil when new and oil it each winter and it will do for yrs. Some of these spreaders are pure du** . The blue chassis one with the plastic yellow hopper is also quite good it holds half a ton but is more unstable and not great on rough ground can't think of the name.
be carefull about galvanized types as fertiliser corrodes the coating better to stick with a 2pac , enamel or powder coating. Just my view. Yes the gamberini does throw a bit forward but still the best. At least 12m cast as well.

Pacoa

I guess the gamberini is very stable alright and i've modifided my one with an extra guard to stop the fertilizer going forward. I used to hate getting clipped round the ear with grains of fertilizer not to mention one going down the back of the neck

satstheway

I also have plastic guard fitted. Cut award in under eyelid burns. Had to hook off in middle of field and rode to nearest water source which happened to be a concrete drinker and washed my eye out. Dirty water versus unbelievably sore eye. I went for the water:(

9935452

TimMac wrote: »

Alright lads

Want to buy a spreader for my 300cc 4wd suzuki king quad am looking at a 60 kg mounted or a sealey 60 kg tow behind can't decide the land is quite hilly and soft, will a tow behind be a waste of time?
Can anyone offer any advice/past experience with either it would be greatly appreciated?

I have a 70kg CDax mounted spreader. I find it very good.
it fires fertilizer about 40 feet to the left, so you can spread into the very wet spots.
Refilling bag after bag can be a pain but you carry one on the front as well. possibly tow a small trailer behind it and take it off at the gate.
What we have found with it is, it leaves very few marks in very wet fields, for example in one field where a MF 135 on duals went to the ears, the quad traveled away . but to be fair in some spots all 4 wheels were spinning.
To be honest we couldn't really see a quad pulling a half ton on a trailed spreader behind it in very wet conditions. once the small wheels start to go down its stuck.

The one other thing against the mounted spreader is it is a lot of weight on the back of the quad. most quads have no differential on the back meaning the axel is locked, put a lot of weight over the back axel and all it really wants to do is drive straight ahead, plus it is a lot of weight to hang off the bale rack

quadboy

9935452 wrote: »

I have a 70kg CDax mounted spreader. I find it very good.
it fires fertilizer about 40 feet to the left, so you can spread into the very wet spots.
Refilling bag after bag can be a pain but you carry one on the front as well. possibly tow a small trailer behind it and take it off at the gate.
What we have found with it is, it leaves very few marks in very wet fields, for example in one field where a MF 135 on duals went to the ears, the quad traveled away . but to be fair in some spots all 4 wheels were spinning.
To be honest we couldn't really see a quad pulling a half ton on a trailed spreader behind it in very wet conditions. once the small wheels start to go down its stuck.

The one other thing against the mounted spreader is it is a lot of weight on the back of the quad. most quads have no differential on the back meaning the axel is locked, put a lot of weight over the back axel and all it really wants to do is drive straight ahead, plus it is a lot of weight to hang off the bale rack

Get those wide flotation tyres, their a great job on spreaders

9935452

quadboy wrote: »

Get those wide flotation tyres, their a great job on spreaders

If the quad alone is spinning all 4 wheels, it wont be able to pull a spreader as well

quadboy

9935452 wrote: »

If the quad alone is spinning all 4 wheels, it wont be able to pull a spreader as well

Oh right must have skipped over that part, id love a quad spreader, just barely got away with spreading fert the last day with a 2 wheel drive tractor

loveta

Have a quad sower since 02 it was a bogey with a honda engine on it with my old wag tail mounted on the bogey.At the time i was told to stay away from the single ax ones as they will bounce the bike and loose traction and leave it unstable, with the engine drive it leaves an even spread esp on hills if you end up going slower, Had a honda 300 back then and could sow 300kgs no sweat now i have a honda 500 and sow the 500kg bags easy i actually use sow apox 30 ton a year with it and all the hay seed for reseeding