Vicon Spreader

gerryirl

Hi

I bought a vicon speader a wagtail thats holds 10 bags. This is coming from a 5 bag spinner. Now I could spread with my eyes closed with the spinner but I don't have a clue what width to drive, what speed and what rate to open the holes at with the vicon
I spread bits the other day with it for pasture and I'm still none the wiser. I will be spreading for sileage ground in the next 4 weeks and I will need to get that right. I usually put out 2.5 to 3 bags per acre. What why would I work this. I know vicon have an app, I downloaded that but it makes no sense
Any help would be great
Thanks

6480

gerryirl wrote: »

Hi

I bought a vicon speader a wagtail thats holds 10 bags. This is coming from a 5 bag spinner. Now I could spread with my eyes closed with the spinner but I don't have a clue what width to drive, what speed and what rate to open the holes at with the vicon
I spread bits the other day with it for pasture and I'm still none the wiser. I will be spreading for sileage ground in the next 4 weeks and I will need to get that right. I usually put out 2.5 to 3 bags per acre. What why would I work this. I know vicon have an app, I downloaded that but it makes no sense
Any help would be great
Thanks

Can you tell us the model of the spreader
I have a 1153 model and it!spread s at 12 metres , I try and have the end of the overlap spreading into the middle of my previous wheel track ,

gerryirl

I dont actually know what model it is. I'll have to see if its on it somewhere. What speed and what setting do you have yours at

Sami23

6480 wrote: »

I try and have the end of the overlap spreading into the middle of my previous wheel track ,

How do you manage to put it on heavy enough on the headland by lapping that way. Surely from 1st wheel track to wall/fence will only get half what the rest of the field gets ???

JohnBoy

it depends on what you're spreading.

I used a wagtail for the first time last year.

1/3 of an acre is 112M long at 12m wide so mark that out and put in one bag to test for three bags to the acre.

I found 44 on the setting was just right for three bags of cut sward to the acre.

gerryirl

JohnBoy wrote: »

it depends on what you're spreading.

I used a wagtail for the first time last year.

1/3 of an acre is 112M long at 12m wide so mark that out and put in one bag to test for three bags to the acre.

I found 44 on the setting was just right for three bags of cut sward to the acre.

what speed were you driving at..thanks for the help

JohnBoy

ooohh, dunno. high second at 1800rpm on a ford 4600, but dont know what speed that translates to

gerryirl

An update on this. I found using the setting 28 or 30 driving at around 7.5 to 8 km per hour about 3-4 yeards apart worked very well for 3 bags to the acre. I am guessing I could have opened it up a bit more a drove a small bit wider but it worked ok for me. Took alot of guessing to begin with. I tried it out on pasture ground first so worked on from there. Its trial and error really.. See how it grows now..lol