CTyler
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Will these spreaders sling road/pea gravel or so you need to stick with sand?
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We have a local company that takes the pea gravel from the mine--They grade it in several sizes from sand to 1/8 diameter all the way to 2-3 inches in diameter--I dont see why some of the smaller grades would not feed just fine--sorta like pelleted lime, I would think?---Ken Sweet
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Bob_Skurka
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I had a tow behind rotary spreader and hated it. I threw it out to the trash but someone "salvaged" it before the disposal company arrived. The ground wheels engage the rotation shaft and if the ground wheels don't have enough tractions they do not work well. I got mine for winter salting but found it to be pretty much useless because of slick spots on the drive way. For fertilizing it seemed to do well when it was loaded down with 100 pounds or more of something because the weight of the material in the hopper helps keep the wheels spinning but as the material is thrown out of the hopper it lightens up and you lose traction, especially on bumpy or lose ground.
I am considering another one, but I'd only buy a PTO driven unit like the ones at Sweets or CCM. There is another brand that I've seen that is 3 times the price that looks to be more flexible in what it will spread, but I'm not sure I have the use for something that has the capabilities, I think the brand was HURD.
I am considering another one, but I'd only buy a PTO driven unit like the ones at Sweets or CCM. There is another brand that I've seen that is 3 times the price that looks to be more flexible in what it will spread, but I'm not sure I have the use for something that has the capabilities, I think the brand was HURD.
How big was it? I would think if the unit was heavy enough empty that would take care of the traction problem.
The two advantages I would see are being easier to adjust the coverage of the material since its driven by the wheels instead of PTO, and being easier to hook up (no PTO shaft).
For example, it seems to me if you shift from say B2 to B3 without changing RPMs all the sudden your coverage is much less. There are three variables there vs just the one on a wheeled version. Not sure how much that matters in practice but I imagine it could be annoying. It would probably be worse on a hydro because it's variable and harder to reproduce an exact speed.
The two advantages I would see are being easier to adjust the coverage of the material since its driven by the wheels instead of PTO, and being easier to hook up (no PTO shaft).
For example, it seems to me if you shift from say B2 to B3 without changing RPMs all the sudden your coverage is much less. There are three variables there vs just the one on a wheeled version. Not sure how much that matters in practice but I imagine it could be annoying. It would probably be worse on a hydro because it's variable and harder to reproduce an exact speed.
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<font color="blue"> The ground wheels engage the rotation shaft and if the ground wheels don't have enough tractions they do not work well </font>
Bob--It has a lot to do with the diameter and width of the tires on the ground drive units (bigger is better)---We sell 25 three point models tub and Herd seeders to every pull type version--They are definitly a speciality item and that is the catagory we put them in on our website --Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co *New and Used Equipment*
Bob--It has a lot to do with the diameter and width of the tires on the ground drive units (bigger is better)---We sell 25 three point models tub and Herd seeders to every pull type version--They are definitly a speciality item and that is the catagory we put them in on our website --Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co *New and Used Equipment*
