Spreader Best 3pt spreader for throwing salt/cinder

[Builder]

All I've found is Befco & Vicon. At $2,500-$3,500 they are very proud of them, too.

Anyone find a reasonable priced alternative for throwing salt commercially from a farm tractor? Can't do homeowner grade, not crazy about Herd. Would want a plastic hopper & ~500lb capacity. Hydraulic chute closer would be great to stop flow from cab.

 

[Builder]

One more shot at it. Looked at a Landpride today. There isn't even an accessible handle if you have a cab tractor.

Anyone come across one with a chute that can be contolled with one of your remotes & a open/close cylinder?

 

[D7E]

One more shot at it. Looked at a Landpride today. There isn't even an accessible handle if you have a cab tractor.

Anyone come across one with a chute that can be contolled with one of your remotes & a open/close cylinder?

On bigger spreaders it's rare to see a manual shut off . Vicon, Amazone,KRM,Kuhn,Rauch, are a few we've had with hyd shut off so probably available on small ones as an option . This list of extras for vicon show hyd shut off is optional at $600 ?????

http://www.acidist.com/vicon/Specs/spreader.pdf

 

[Builder]

Yes, even the small Vicon is ~ $3,000

 

[Baranx4]

found this http://www.wikco.com/rstsprdr.html the entire unit is run hydraulic.

Personally for me I would consider using a regular 3 point poly spreader that wasn't top dollar, something you'd buy at tractor supply or some place similiar since your putting salt in it, and see if you could rig up a electric actuator for volume control.

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What's with your location listing?

 

[D7E]

We've tried spreading sand/salt/lime and calcified seaweed with all kinds of spreaders and to be honest fertilizer spreaders will all bridge and are not as good as a spreader with a moving floor. The vicon is a popular spreader because it won't rust but it's hugeley famous for being inacurate as an ag fert spreader and commonly known as the "STRIPER"...!

 

[dirt ditch]

Forget power take off, to get the fine control your looking for will take an all hydraulic salt/sand spreader. Even the big truck spreaders are ran by hydraulics but still have manual gates.
A quick google search for 3pt hydraulic salt spreader brought up HYDROMANN Sand & Salt Spreaders. All hydraulic with agitators. Their proud of them to.

Catalog:Industrial:Salt & Sand Spreaders - Eastern Farm Machinery

 

[Builder]

Forget power take off, to get the fine control your looking for will take an all hydraulic salt/sand spreader. Even the big truck spreaders are ran by hydraulics but still have manual gates.

That's because they're horizontal. My old Air Flows stopped "leaking" once they were shut off because the hopper ran the length of the truck bed. A 3 pt cone spreader is loaded vertically and will continue to dribble salt after the PTO is turned off.

A quick google search for 3pt hydraulic salt spreader brought up HYDROMANN Sand & Salt Spreaders. All hydraulic with agitators. Their proud of them to.

Catalog:Industrial:Salt & Sand Spreaders - Eastern Farm Machinery

Neat concept, but crazy expensive. I guess this is a $4,000 accessory.
:confused2:

 

[Builder]

found this Spreaders the entire unit is run hydraulic.

That is pretty neat. Has hydraulic adjustment for flow.

Personally for me I would consider using a regular 3 point poly spreader that wasn't top dollar, something you'd buy at tractor supply or some place similiar since your putting salt in it, and see if you could rig up a electric actuator for volume control.

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I was just looking at "Snow Ex" spreaders. They make a 3pt mount that is 100% electric. Has cab controls for flow rate, etc. Also comes with a vibrating hopper to keep material flowing.

Just seems stupid to not utilize your PTO and rear remotes.....

 

[RadarTech]

found this Spreaders the entire unit is run hydraulic.

Personally for me I would consider using a regular 3 point poly spreader that wasn't top dollar, something you'd buy at tractor supply or some place similiar since your putting salt in it, and see if you could rig up a electric actuator for volume control.

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What's with your location listing?

ok--- this thing looks cool...

I am thinking up uses for it... maybe a cheap electric top link?
or?

thanks Baranx4,

J

 

[Builder]

Too expensive for me. I can't believe no one makes a PTO driven cone spreader with a hydraulic adjustment for spreading width and a hydraulic open/close for a reasonable price??? $3,500+ seems like a lot. If a spreader without the hydraulics is $1,000, where does the extra $2,500 come from for 2 hydraulic rams & some actuators?

 

[Baranx4]

Too expensive for me. I can't believe no one makes a PTO driven cone spreader with a hydraulic adjustment for spreading width and a hydraulic open/close for a reasonable price??? $3,500+ seems like a lot. If a spreader without the hydraulics is $1,000, where does the extra $2,500 come from for 2 hydraulic rams & some actuators?

Supply and demand. When I picked up my '08 diesel chevy it didn't have digital information center on it.(long story short I had finalized the deal on another diesel while another cutomer wanted the same truck I looked at but never put a deposit on it or came back the following day as promised. On the day I was supposed to pick it up I got a call from the dealer explaining the issues. I ended up getting a truck with more options but didn't have the DIC on it from the factory as listed in the window sticker) I even got the dealer to throw in running boards and a bed liner.

The DIC dash panel was there on my truck when I picked it up. Turns out it was already all wired for it from the factory and all they did was swap in the dash panel with the appropriate guages. Someone had left the old panel in the truck or I otherwise wouldn't have known.

So long story short, the DIC info package was something like a 500 dollar option but all you needed to do was purchase the panel since it was all wired for it.
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I picked up a tiller this fall and it's sold under 3 different brands with the most expensive brand being almost twice as much.

 

[Builder]

Respect your opinion, but not quite 100% in agreement.

Maybe I should buy a nice poly hopper spreader and install my own hydraulic actuators? Couldn't be that hard to replace the on off manual handle with a hydraulic ram.

The variable spread rate might be difficult, though.

 

[Baranx4]

Maybe I should buy a nice poly hopper spreader and install my own hydraulic actuators? Couldn't be that hard to replace the on off manual handle with a hydraulic ram.

The variable spread rate might be difficult, though.

I posted a hydraulic actuator on the thread yesterday, seems like the easiest way. Not sure if you ever purchased rocksalt in bulk. I would be careful using a poly spreader, while it's going to last, I've never seen one with an internal agitator and rock salt can become hard as a cinder block when it gets frozen. You might want to get a metal unit and rhino line it or replace the cone with a poly when it rusts out in a few years. I recall seeing agrisupply.com selling the replacement cones. When I purchased mine I saw a replacment listing with the papers they send you.

If your purchasing your rocksalt by the bag or pallet then poly would be fine but when getting it by the ton in bulk......

 

[waterglider]

Anyone know of a national retailer that sells rock salt by the pallet? Can't find anything local here in Spokane, WA believe it or not....

 

[leonz]

Anyone know of a national retailer that sells rock salt by the pallet? Can't find anything local here in Spokane, WA believe it or not....

Dont waste your money, If you have the time call Morton Salt in Calfornia

and ask where you can buy a pallet of solar salt for water softeners, or buy

one from them directly at their depots if you have the time to travel to

Salt Lake City, Utah or Newark, California or Long Beach, California.


The Phone numbers are below

Morton Salt

Grantsville, Utah 435-884-5400


Morton Salt

7380 Morton Avenue

Newark, California

1-510-796-6943


Morton Salt

1050 Pier avenue

Long Beach, Calfornia

1-562-437-0071


leonz

 

[leonz]

It takes a lot of work to make a standard pendulum spreader or a large spin cast spreader unfortunately-but once you buy one they will outlast your tractor in Vicons case.


You can buy a small top fill spreader drop spreader from Pronovost- Hardy that mounts on a skid loader mount and it is operated with a hydraulic motor.

It would be easy to buy a quick attach hitch from one of the site sponsors and mount the hardy spreader on it.


The Pronovost Hardy salt and sand drop spreader is a basic drop spreader that shuts off completely, has a spring mounted tarping system and has a manually adjusted delivery gate.

 

[Builder]

I just bought an Agrex spin type (not pendulum) for a little over $1,000. Has agitator, poly hopper and cab controlled on/off for the opening.