Re: Hopper Spreader(are you even listening?)
GET RID OF THAT HOPPER-SPREADER, WHILE YOU'RE STILL IN ONE PIECE!!
You must've been extremely lucky, or you would already realize how DANGEROUS they are /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif !
A ROLLER-spreader is MUCH safer!
Those "hoppers" are just like a rodeo-bull, ...here's what happens;
The thing hops. If you aren't sitting just-right, you're thrown off-balance. You stomp the "go"-pedal as you try to brace yourself with your foot. You grab the steering wheel to hang-on, turning the front-wheels sideways. When the thing "lands", the tractor tries to take-off fast to the side, but your momentum is still movin' forward. Hello! ...ROLLOVER! /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Beside the danger, and the laughing neighbors ("HA ha ha!, look! ..there goes 'Hopalong' again!"), ..can you say "INEFFICIENT"?
When at the top of a hop, whatever you're spreading is thrown out to a greater distance - when on the ground again, ...to a lesser one. Look behind you. Big circle/little circle/big circle/little circle, etc. Yeesh! ...what kind of pattern is that?
And the HOLES! My gosh, ..the HOLES! Everytime all-that-weight hits the ground and takes-off on a new "hop", ...4 deep HOLES. You KNOW any "real" farm-field should have nice smooth "furrows".
I guess we can't expect you to have any shame about the furrow-thing, though, if you're content to be seen with your head bobbing up-and-down like one of those dashboard hula-dancers. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
Anyway, your luck isn't gonna hold forever. Think about it SOME MORE!
This whole hopper-spreader thing is a BAD IDEA!!
(HEY!, ..I'm jes TRYIN' a hep ya. PAY ATTENTION!) /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif