I bought one 3 years ago.I've ran several thousand pounds of fertilizer through mine. No ill effects. Like any fertilizer spreader, they need to be kept clean, and bare metal oiled or painted. For the money, it seems to be a good spreader.
(As I sit here, bragging on my spreader, it's PROBABLY exploding into pieces right now /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif)