LouNY
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2015
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- Location
- Greenwich, NY
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- Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
how did they put out fertilizer on old tractors without a speedo?
Most fertilizer spreaders are / were ground driven. If we apply fertilizer using the supplied spreader cart form the fertilizer plant the apron chain is gear driven from the wheels and a chart is consulted for the tons per acre. The pro only drives the spinner on those carts.
The older grain drills and planters are also ground driven with various sprockets and chain configurations for the pounds or tons per acre.
I am going to assume that the original poster is planning to apply fertilizer using a 3 point broadcast spinner spreader.
That being all the simple math suggestions are correct to get his speed.
You will find quite the variance in flow rate between different fertilizers in those spreaders, as well as differing flow rated depending on how full the spreader is,
then add in the difficultly in maintaining the proper spacing and overlap to manage the non uniform spread characteristics of that type of spreader.
He will be having fun.
Good Luck