Cosmo spreader handle trouble

Jb1989

Lads have a tonne Cosmo wagtail fertiliser spreader
Used it last week perfect
Went to use it today and trouble
Wag tail is moveing perfect
But it is also shakeing the on off handle????
Something must be stuck??
Have the handle tied open to stop shakeing
Emptying it as we speak
Any idea of trouble???
Thank u

Attie

JB Have a look at this answer on another farm forum it might he;p you.
Attie.

http://farmingforum.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?10895-Vibration-in-ATV-fertiliser-spreader

Jb1989

Attie wrote: »

JB Have a look at this answer on another farm forum it might he;p you.
Attie.

http://farmingforum.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?10895-Vibration-in-ATV-fertiliser-spreader

Thanks attie
I read up on it but it still pointing at the common bearing/bushing problem,
Interesting reading all the same
Thanks

patsy_mccabe

I was looking at a Cosmo V500 Fertiliser Spreader recently. Manual shut/off and will take a big 500 Kg bag.
Liked the simple design of it, but noticed where the PTO shaft goes onto the spreader drive shaft, there is only a simple cross hole with a bolt going through. No spline or machined inferface. Has this caused any problems for those of you that have one?
Was quoted €1650 new, BTW.

patsy_mccabe

Here it is;

Willfarman

Jesus that’s very keen patsy. There’d be no sense bothering with a second hand one at that.
I think my abbey has the same setup on the pto and gives no problem.

patsy_mccabe

Ya that's what I was thinking too. Saw a few second hand for circa €900 and all had a good bit of rust. Our old Vicon is beyond repair. Must have it over 40 years and I don't think it was bought new.

ford 5600

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I was looking at a Cosmo V500 Fertiliser Spreader recently. Manual shut/off and will take a big 500 Kg bag.
Liked the simple design of it, but noticed where the PTO shaft goes onto the spreader drive shaft, there is only a simple cross hole with a bolt going through. No spline or machined inferface. Has this caused any problems for those of you that have one?
Was quoted €1650 new, BTW.

I wouldn’t think much of a bolt through it. It will get loose eventually. A roll pin is what should be through that.

Keen price. How much extra for hyd shut off ? And or the extension , so that you don’t loose fertilizer slopping over when spreading rough ground . Some spreaders are only the bare size they are quoted to hold.

patsy_mccabe

ford 5600 wrote: »

I wouldn’t think much of a bolt through it. It will get loose eventually. A roll pin is what should be through that.

Keen price. How much extra for hyd shut off ? And or the extension , so that you don’t loose fertilizer slopping over when spreading rough ground . Some spreaders are only the bare size they are quoted to hold.

I'd agree with all that. I've worked on the design of drive shafts on industrial machines and nearly always used a slotted keyed design with proper toleranes on both bore and shaft. I think the rolled pin would be better alright.
Didnt get a price on the extras.

Hill Bill

Patsy, any idea of the spreading width on that spreader? Or wagtails in general?
Have only ever had disks here & need to upgrade also.

patsy_mccabe

See pic. Spreading chart on hopper says 8 to 12 metres for 20.10.10 which is similar to 18.6.12 I take it. Manual does say it can be adjusted to spread to 12 to 15 metres.

Robson99

Anyone use the different sspread widths on these spreaders. IE change the setting with the special key?

Dakota Dan

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ya that's what I was thinking too. Saw a few second hand for circa €900 and all had a good bit of rust. Our old Vicon is beyond repair. Must have it over 40 years and I don't think it was bought new.

A vicon beyond repair? I've a 1976 steel hopper vicon that's still going strong.

patsy_mccabe

Robson99 wrote: »

Anyone use the different sspread widths on these spreaders. IE change the setting with the special key?

Well I bought the Cosmo as above. On hindsight, I think the bolt I mentioned above is a shear bolt, so I left it as is.

As for adjusting the spreading width, I opened up the mechanism to have a look. These are some photos of it.
Basically, there are 3 settings, low, medium and high. I left mine at high, the way I got it.
To change it, you take off the top black plastic part and rotate the plastic part underneath. The top plastic always goes on the same way. It's the arrow on the second plastic that you rotate. This will effectively rotate the metal part, with bearing underneath. This controls the swing angle of the wagtail spout.