Fert spreader options

Limofarmer

Using big bag fert this year and have this spreader . Where would I source an extension for around the top , or considering changing for a 1 ton twin disc spreader . Any opinions on best option/make of spreader appreciated . My own spreader is 10 years old and good as new always washed and oiled after each use so should get a good trade in value .

Mooooo

Limofarmer wrote: »

Using big bag fert this year and have this spreader . Where would I source an extension for around the top , or considering changing for a 1 ton twin disc spreader . Any opinions on best option/make of spreader appreciated . My own spreader is 10 years old and good as new always washed and oiled after each use so should get a good trade in value .

Have a rauch twin disk here will hold 1.5 tonne just about, prob 13 years now. Going grand the adjusters on the side can stick a bit but it's covering two farms prob close on 80 tonne a year spread with it. Think it was about 7k new. If you mind it as well.as your own looks now you'd get many years out of it

jimmy G M

http://www.abbeymachinery.com/product/abbey-fertiliser-applicator/

These guys based in Nenagh Co. Tipp manufacture spreaders and might have an extension to suit yours?

If you are not spreading big amounts per year there's should be no need to spend €7k on a spreader esp as there's prob another 10 years left in your own?

Who2

Have a 1 ton raunch here that I bought secondhand and can't fault it. You should get a good enough turn on your own so shouldn't set you too far out of the way on price. You'll miss the small bags all the same ( the empty ones that is)

Limofarmer

Thanks for replies . I'm considering a nice tidy second hand spreader . What's advantages of a twin disc over wag tail and are there any makes one should stay away from ?

Who2

Limofarmer wrote: »

Thanks for replies . I'm considering a nice tidy second hand spreader . What's advantages of a twin disc over wag tail and are there any makes one should stay away from ?

The spreading width and being able to close off one side along the ditch or headland if needs be, but you can't spread grass seed with it is the major disadvantage with it.

Green farmer

+1 on the hopper extension. I'm sure the abbey lads could source one. I'd prefer to spend €2-€300 on one of those then thousands on a new spreader, especially if you know your own machine inside out.

queueeye

Who2 wrote: »

The spreading width and being able to close off one side along the ditch or headland if needs be, but you can't spread grass seed with it is the major disadvantage with it.

Have sown grass seed with disc spreader many times. No issues with it.

Sam Kade

Limofarmer wrote: »

Using big bag fert this year and have this spreader . Where would I source an extension for around the top , or considering changing for a 1 ton twin disc spreader . Any opinions on best option/make of spreader appreciated . My own spreader is 10 years old and good as new always washed and oiled after each use so should get a good trade in value .

Surely that spreader would take a half tonne bag if not you could always cut the bag higher up and put a partial bag into it. It's still a very fresh spreader why waste money on a new one?

Limofarmer

Sam Kade wrote: »

Surely that spreader would take a half tonne bag if not you could always cut the bag higher up and put a partial bag into it. It's still a very fresh spreader why waste money on a new one?

It holds 8 no 50 kg bags and it's full at that depending on product being used . Land is fragmented so abit of road work so can't over fill . Often brought 8 in it and left 2 more up on top unopened and when level drops a bit open them into spreader . Have a loader tractor this year so no lifting 50 kg bags any more . Going to ring around on Monday and price up an extension if it can be got .

satstheway

Limofarmer wrote: »

It holds 8 no 50 kg bags and it's full at that depending on product being used . Land is fragmented so abit of road work so can't over fill . Often brought 8 in it and left 2 more up on top unopened and when level drops a bit open them into spreader . Have a loader tractor this year so no lifting 50 kg bags any more . Going to ring around on Monday and price up an extension if it can be got .

If u have a local boat builder or fiberglass man he can take a mould of your hopper and make a extension to fit exactly. But I would check if they are commercially available first.

Sam Kade

Limofarmer wrote: »

It holds 8 no 50 kg bags and it's full at that depending on product being used . Land is fragmented so abit of road work so can't over fill . Often brought 8 in it and left 2 more up on top unopened and when level drops a bit open them into spreader . Have a loader tractor this year so no lifting 50 kg bags any more . Going to ring around on Monday and price up an extension if it can be got .

Would you be anywhere near Cork? There's a man in Mallow doing fiberglass moulding.

Limofarmer

Sam Kade wrote: »

Would you be anywhere near Cork? There's a man in Mallow doing fiberglass moulding.

Thanks but I'm in Sligo

satstheway

Limofarmer wrote: »

Thanks but I'm in Sligo

Closer to me then in donegal but there will be someone at it in sligo 2.

IH784man

I've seen one before they look the exact same spreader as yours but has a fibreglass extension so they can be got

Green farmer

Most of them hoppers are standard off the shelf, ie several different manufacturers buy them the same hopper company and just put their own badge on them. To me it looks very similar shape to the hoopers flemmings use on their 400kg machine.

Limofarmer

Spreader update .
No extension available for this make and could get no other make to fit it . To costly to get one fiberglassed up . Found a replacement hopper for it that upgraded it to the next size up .
20 mins fitted it up and it now holds half tonnebag.
Thanks for all the replies

Muckit

Great stuff. Were you able to trade your own hopper? Do you ever spread urea?

Limofarmer

Muckit wrote: »

Great stuff. Were you able to trade your own hopper? Do you ever spread urea?

No i kept the original hopper .
And yes to the urea .

Mf310

Looking at spreaders lads ... are wagtails as accurate as a twin disc spreader?

Tail painter

queueeye wrote: »

Have sown grass seed with disc spreader many times. No issues with it.

Me too. 9m spread width on an Amazone ZAM

satstheway

Mf310 wrote: »

Looking at spreaders lads ... are wagtails as accurate as a twin disc spreader?

Probably alot more accurate

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mf310 wrote: »

Looking at spreaders lads ... are wagtails as accurate as a twin disc spreader?

satstheway wrote: »

Probably alot more accurate

Look for the C.V. (coefficient of variation) when you are looking at the spreader. If they won't give it to you, walk away.

Last time I checked, the Bogballe had the lowest CV and that's a twin disc. The twin disc do overlaps of the outside of the last run so you get a more accurate coverage. The wagtail does 11m width max iirc and no overlap so if you are 1m inside, you get huge double spread and if 1m outside, you get a wide stretch with no fertiliser. The twin disc doesn't have that problem but the wagtail is a much simpler spreader to use and wash after use.

Wildsurfer

Does anyone else find with twin discs you always end up with a little bit left in one side when the other side is empty so you have to get out and throw it across to empty out spreader completely.