Shaking fert on hills where no tractor can go!

P_Cash

too steep obviously.

do you do it?

and how?. . . is there only one way?. . . hand. !. . :rolleyes:

id nearly invent somthing, i have a good few hills

mickdw

Quad?

Timmaay

P_Cash wrote: »

too steep obviously.

do you do it?

and how?. . . is there only one way?. . . hand. !. . :rolleyes:

id nearly invent somthing, i have a good few hills

Quad? And a chap who is comfortable riding one, who is well able to transfer his weight when needs be!

Muckit

Connemara will know!! But be prepared for hardship!

Are you talking hilly hilly like with heather and rock?

P_Cash

Nope, no quad will go here,

Steep as upper croke park,
Ridges going cross ways as cattle walk that way,

Cheers lads

Genghis Cant

P_Cash wrote: »

Nope, no quad will go here,

Steep as upper croke park,
Ridges going cross ways as cattle walk that way,

Cheers lads

If its that bad the fert will roll down it:D

dharn

Helicopter !:)

P_Cash

lol. . .

i dont know what i want as a reply. .

maybe i was hoping someone was going to say, liquid spray from the bottor or top of the hill. .. and use a triple head lance, . . covering 7 meters at a time . . lol. .

that or a snow blower from the top. . . and fill it with 18/6/12

lol

dharn

I have seen a helicopter spreading lime or fertilizer on forestery near me, owned by coillte, im sure it would be fierce expensive for the ordinary man though, I could not believe they were using a helicopter, it was only a small wood

dzer2

When they did it yrs ago it was with a fiddle small hopper that held 4 stone with a disc on bottom there was a pulley on the bottom of the disc that a rope ran around and there was a bow attached to each end that you would move and the disc rotated and spread the fert. It was lifted up on your back and you walked around the field with it.

Reggie.

dzer2 wrote: »

When they did it yrs ago it was with a fiddle small hopper that held 4 stone with a disc on bottom there was a pulley on the bottom of the disc that a rope ran around and there was a bow attached to each end that you would move and the disc rotated and spread the fert. It was lifted up on your back and you walked around the field with it.

Love to see that contraption

GERMAN ROCKS

if the ground is as high as your talking will fert make it grow any better? would it just be a waste of money?

onyerbikepat

Something like this maybe?
Shoulder Fertiliser Spreader :rolleyes:

http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/shop/fertiliser-spreaders/fertiliser-spreaders/super-shoulder-fertiliser-spreader/

tomwaterford

P_Cash wrote: »

Nope, no quad will go here,

Steep as upper croke park,
Ridges going cross ways as cattle walk that way,

Cheers lads

bucket and by hand (have experience of this...ive bits too steep for my tractor/inaccesable but flat at top)
youll be surprised how much youl get done over course of few hours:cool:

Conmaicne Mara

Muckit wrote: »

Connemara will know!! But be prepared for hardship!

Have you fixed that leak yet instead of being idle and poking fun at me :P

Spread it by hand out of a bucket, or if you want buy a hand spreader from Earthway:

http://www.earthway.com/category/hand-spreaders.ashx

(Be sure to maintain it properly though if you do - they're quite good. Have had one of the last two but can't remember which model exactly).

Muckit

dzer2 wrote: »

When they did it yrs ago it was with a fiddle small hopper that held 4 stone with a disc on bottom there was a pulley on the bottom of the disc that a rope ran around and there was a bow attached to each end that you would move and the disc rotated and spread the fert. It was lifted up on your back and you walked around the field with it.

I heard of them for seed but didn't think they were used also for fertiliser

dharn

How do you avoid filling your wellies with bagmanure

moy83

dharn wrote: »

How do you avoid filling your wellies with bagmanure

Put your trousers or waterproofs outside the wellies

Mad4simmental

dharn wrote: »

How do you avoid filling your wellies with bagmanure

Have them full of manure all reddy for a quick refill.

frazzledhome

dharn wrote: »

How do you avoid filling your wellies with bagmanure

Flip flops

Genghis Cant

Muckit wrote: »

I heard of them for seed but didn't think they were used also for fertiliser

I saw one working. Used to sow corn, I was surprised how well it flung it out!
I dunno how it would work with fertilizer though.

Zoo4m8

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I saw one working. Used to sow corn, I was surprised how well it flung it out!
I dunno how it would work with fertilizer though.

I have one.. Always known as a hayseed fiddle, very handy if you are making a new lawn.. Gets lent out for that now and again if I'm asked nicely..

Never heard of them being used for fert..

Good loser

For efficiency use 10.10.20 if you go to the bother. Do the easiest ground first.

EAFC_rdfl

you can see a fiddle in one of the pictures here. There's also a lad sowing from a sheet, you could give that a try