I need a salt/sand spreader

[Casco1]

I have a bad driveway, steep and with a curve. It needs to be sanded after it's cleaned up. I'd rather not do it by hand so I've been thinking of a spreader that I can mount in a receiver I welded to my FEL bucket and wire to my electrical system. I don't want junk but $1000 seems a little steep. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with these.

 

[KCFlame]

Tractor Supply Company - XB Mini-Spreader

Friend uses a seeder/spreader from TSC - has salt/sand/and stove cinders combined. He keeps it in a pit/box in his shead so it stays dry. Works great

I think they have an electric one for an atv as well.

 

[themichelob]

Casco1--
From the looks of your drive, I think you'll need something with a decent capacity. I've used a cone spreader similar to the one pictured from TSC, but it is a King Kutter or Cosmo (all made in Italy) and has a 500#+ capacity and operates off my 3PH. Been very reliable for the past four winters, easy to use and was less money than the one pictured--I think just under $300 on sale. I put a sand and ice melt mixture in mine and the throw pattern is adjustable. Just something for you to consider....
Regards, Mike

 

[Hammy]

I agree with the michelob. I just bought the KK/Cosmo 3ph/pto driven cone spreader and paid about $400 for it. I had a load of sand delivered prior to the snow fall. I used it for the first time the other day and it worked great. I did have to bounce the 3ph up and down a bit to keep the sand flowing. I think a coarser/bigger sand would work a little better then what was delivered but it was all I could get at the time.

Its been a learning process. They do hold a lot of material. One thing to consider, is using chains. My tractor has 4WD but I put my tooth bar on and backed down my driveway while the sand was being spread. This gave me some traction as I went down because I don't have chains yet but I wish did.

Good luck,

Craig

 

[daTeacha]

Your driveway looks like mine, except mine's in the woods with 2 curves. I just run the toothbar over it when things get slick to rough up the surface, then follow up with the back blade a bit off the ground to spread out the debris.

 

[jpm]

i use a 4n1 bucket.you can clean the drive with it and you do not have to hand load the spreader.i go through about 10/14 yds per winter

 

[AMR]

I have a spreader that I bought from CCM, I think a 500#. I wash that thing more than my socks and it still gets rusty, and that is just from lyme and fertilizer. I was thinking about using it for a sand/salt mixture, are these things rotting off the back of your tractor?

 

[Rara Avis]

If you have a receiver attachment, this is the way to go...
Baby Sandspreader

 

[Casco1]

If you have a receiver attachment, this is the way to go...
Baby Sandspreader

I looked at the website, I was impressed, I wonder what it sells for.

 

[Rara Avis]

I looked at the website, I was impressed, I wonder what it sells for.

Here's a cheaper solution...

DR® Power Equipment -

 

[daveinnh]

I have a Kubota L4310 w/ a rear grader blade to plow snow. Also have a 1/2 Chevy pickup w/ reciever.

Do the PTO spreaders offer width control? i.e. I'd like to apply sand only to a 8-10' width.

Alternative is to get a salt / sand spreader for the pickup. But I'd still like to spread fertilizer over the pasture areas. Can they do that?

 

[themichelob]

daveinnh-
The distance the material is thrown is determined mostly by the RPM and to a lesser extent by the size of the material being spread. I have my spreader set to throw all left--so I go down the right side of my road at about 1300 RPM and back up--also staying to the right--at the same speed covering my 12 foot road perfectly. Hope I'm clear on that....
Regards, Mike

 

[jpm]

if the drive is so iced that it has to be sanded,and the sander is on the truck that needs sand to go up or down the drive,what give the truck the traction to sand the drive?

 

[mchasal]

if the drive is so iced that it has to be sanded,and the sander is on the truck that needs sand to go up or down the drive,what give the truck the traction to sand the drive?

Reverse

 

[Casco1]

Here's a cheaper solution...

DRｮ Power Equipment -

I've looked at similar models, the problem is they do salt and not sand. My well is at the bottom of the driveway so I'd rather do sand. It seems like only the more expensive models do sand. I really don't know why that is.

 

[mchasal]

I've looked at similar models, the problem is they do salt and not sand. My well is at the bottom of the driveway so I'd rather do sand. It seems like only the more expensive models do sand. I really don't know why that is.

I believe it's because sand can pack, cake up or even freeze. In order to reliably deal with that, it has to be more than your basic grass-seed type spreader.

 

[VistanTN]

See if your local quarry/rock dealer handles "manufactured sand." It's used for concrete block and the like and is basically washed 1/4" minus. Because of the assorted particle size it doesn't clump as readily as sand and offers better traction. It will spread with the cone 3PH spreaders as long as they have the stirrer link in the bottom.

 

[PA hayseed]

heres my 2 cent

i was at an equipment auction monday, hundreds of tractors and equipment there. All of the sand/salt/fertilizer - spreaders were rusty. Some were rusted clear through, while others had brand new paint all around them except for at the base of the cone. Even the plastic ones rusted wherever there was metal. The only one that was there that didn't appear to have rust was a stainless steel one. It had one rusty metal gauge, other than that no rust.

Don't know if it helps or not, but it is what I witnessed first hand a couple of days ago.

I'd buy one at auction this summer if I were you. I throw some rock salt in my fel and feather it out in the problem areas. Then make sure I get all the salt out afterwards. Not as efficient as a spreader I assure you.

 

[Hammy]

Here are a couple of photos of part of my driveway after I sanded it using a cone seed spreader. It works for me and my driveway is steep, long, and icy.

Craig

 

[David Cockey]

Any have experience a Herd sand spreader. Claims to spread even wet sand. Herd Seeder - Seeders, Spreaders and Feeders
Pricing is at Herd Seeder - Seeders, Spreaders and Feeders (To get to this page from the home page you have to click on Shop and bring up the page, not just click on the pop-up box. Then click on Sand Spreaders.)