Ice no longer a problem

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BigDave

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MD
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New Holland TC33D
I live on top of a hill with a roller coaster private road. I generally end up clearing a quarter mile of roadway. Last winter I went without chains on my tractor & had some pretty scary sliding incidents. So, I could put the chains on this winter & solve my tractor's problems, but what about our cars? Eventhough the public roads are cleared & salted making them passable. I had to walk up my icy drive on several occassions the past few winters, including a trip or two the entire length of the road.

This year I opened up the purse strings and bought a Vicon Spreader. It is one of the few spreaders that support of sand/salt spreading. I had it equiped with a short snow spout and a large agitator to deal with wet sand. Another key reason for the Vicon choice was the spread width of 6 to 12 feet with the short snow spout. It has a pendulum design, meaning the spout moves back and forth rather than spinning in a circle. A low speeds it looks like a tractor has a short waggin tail.

Now the bad news, it costs about 3-4 times as much as a standard fertilizer spreader.

Pics are in my gallery.
 

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The good news is that you get what you pay for. Vicons are built to last. If you live near any vineyards you will find any decent farm will run Vicon spreaders in the vineyards. They last forever.
 
 

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