Spreader CCM Fertilizer Spreaders

kully · May 9, 2005

henro to answer your question , I did a lot of research on spreaders , vicon is the best , but you will pay for them . herd is alot cheaper and offers spreading rates like for clover, example 1 pound per acre and they claim it is one of the most accurate spreaders on the market. I looked at the eurospan ,worksaver ,beefco , ect. they do not drop down to 1 pound per acre, hope this helps kully

Andrea · May 12, 2005

I know very well the CCM spreaders. Advantages :

1) stainless sttel spreading disc and galvanised steel vanes
2) reversible lift arm pins to adapt it to all hitches
3) gear boxes with 17 teeth gears and not 13 like the others
4) 40' spreading and the possibility to spread 180° or 90° left or 90° right
5) spare parts service made by tsc, asc, wheatbelt stores and many many dealers
6) thicker steel hopper
7) Eurocardan premium quality PTO
8) good looking

Junkman · May 12, 2005

( After every use, clean the whole unit completely with a garden hose, then let it sit out in the sun to dry. A leaf blower also helps the drying process. After it's dry, give all metal parts a liberal coat of WD-40. )

3 years ago I purchased a Sirex cone spreader that was manufactured in Italy. I cleaned it well after every use with water, used compressed air to dry it, sprayed it with a penetrating oil before storage, and it still rusted where the bottom plate met the hopper. The unit is powder coated, and the fertilizer attacked the metal under the powder coating because the powder coating cracked and blistered. The rotating spinner is rusted badly under the powder coating also. In my opinion, the plastic hopper and stainless steel components is the only way to go. I purchased the Sirex thinking it was a quality product, but learned the hard way that what looks to be quality might only be poor quality dressed up with red powder coating. Are any that we have discussed in this thread made with plastic hoppers and stainless steel components? If not, how available are replacement parts that usually rust? If either CCI or Sweets has what I am looking for, I am interested. The Sirex was purchased locally... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

nomad · May 12, 2005

Andrea, since you know CCM spreaders well, maybe, you can also tell us that they are Cosmo spreaders actually or not?

PineRidge · May 13, 2005

Junk did you kill this thread? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

OkieG · May 14, 2005

Mark/CCI,
If I'd waited a little longer (or come to TBN sooner) maybe I could have hooked up with one of the plastic Cosmo units. The TSC steel Cosmo I have appears to use a lot of stainless, except for the red painted cone hopper and frame.

Junkman,
Steel is just not a great material for fertilizer spreaders. I was lulled by the stainless moving parts of the Cosmo, but now the floor of the hopper is exposed (rusting) steel. I used WD-40 as Bowhunter suggested, but it's just a matter of time in my mind. I tried to be careful with my previous steel spreader, but it is now more work than it's worth to try and repair.

Anyway, I've been intrigued by the possible uses of sprayed bedliner material. Six years ago I had the steps/footrests on my little tractor treated by Line-X. They are holding up very well. I am seriously thinking of having the floor of the hopper sprayed, and the inside of the hopper up to just above where the agitator wheel contacts the hopper wall. I believe a stainless washer can be used as a spacer to keep the agitator part that spins just above the floor of the hopper from contact. Maybe that will cure the corrosion problem.

OkieG

Junkman · May 15, 2005

( Junk did you kill this thread? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif )

No question about it....... I have killed another thread. Guess that I am just a serial thread killer!!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif It appears that I have killed so many threads by just posting to them that if there is an internet ****, I am doomed to spend the rest of my life there......... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

OkieG · May 18, 2005

I personally have a metal cone spreader purchased in 1990. 

Mark,
How is your spreader holding up? Is it like the one you have pictured in your initial post on this thread?

My new Cosmo looks just like the one you show. The paint on the bottom of the hopper was completely scraped off with the first use. Even with a good rinse, the exposed steel began rusting right away. Nothing keeps the agitator from scraping on the floor of the hopper. It seems like either rust or scraping will contribute to a short life for the floor of the hopper. Have you done anything special to preserve the floor on your unit?

OkieG

nomad · May 18, 2005

What spreader is that spreader in the first post of this thread? Looks like *this* (attached) was made by the same manufacturer? *This* is a spreader with a welded hopper?

OkieG · May 18, 2005

Nomad,
I can't speak for Mark, but what I think is this:

Cosmo is an Italian manfacturer that markets spreaders under it's own name and few others. I beleive the spreader pictured in the first post of this thread is the LandPride version of the Cosmo. The yellow/black spreader pictured in Ken Sweet's post appears to be exactly like the one Mark has pictured, except for color. I believe Ken's is a First Choice brand. Both look like my Cosmo, from Tractor Supply Co.

The picture in your post obviously shows a funnel shaped hopper, but the frame is different than the others pictured here, so perhaps is not made by Cosmo.

The hopper on my spreader is one piece, not welded.

OkieG

sweettractors · May 18, 2005

The gearbox we have on ours is not a stamped covering type over the drive gears. Ours are enclosed in cast aluminum housings. Pictured below is another brand we sell with the metal hopper. They are from the Daros factory in Italy.--Ken Sweet

Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *New 4-5 and 6 ft Ferguson Yardmaker seeder/aerators in stock today*

Robert_in_NY · May 18, 2005

Agree, Vicon is the best for this style spreader. Around here all you will find in the vineyards are Vicon and they get a lot of use every year. All depends how much someone plans to use one and if they can justify the Vicon's price over these cheaper alternatives

I have a cheap alternative like pictured above and regret it. Like Junkman, I cleaned it and oiled it and it still rusted up on me. I use it 3-4 times a year and each spring I fight with it to free it up so I can use it. One of these days it is going to be replaced by a Vicon as soon as I get mad enough at it.

sweettractors · May 18, 2005

One of these days it is going to be replaced by a Vicon as soon as I get mad enough at it.


When you get ready for a New Vicon? Give us a call we will make you a good price--Ken Sweet

Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Over 40 Used Cultipackers in Stock Today (3 to 14 ft)*

Junkman · May 19, 2005

is the Vicon a stainless steel hopper? My gripe isn't with the gear mechanism, but with the steel in the hopper bottom and the steel in the open/close mechanism that rusts so badly that it won't open or close any more. I can continue to use it, but I just can't control the amount of material that comes out and it is pouring out the bottom as I fill from the top. That in itself renders it useless.

Robert_in_NY · May 19, 2005

Vicon uses a Poly hopper with a Stainless steel metering disc. It is a pendulum style spreader and not a disc spreader which does a couple things. One is it gives an even spread of fertilizer and two is that it doesn't throw fertilizer on to the tractor. Here is a pdf for Vicon spreaders Vicon spreaders

Robert_in_NY · May 21, 2005

Well, once again, went to use the cheap Ferossi(sp?) 500 and it was dead. This time the shaft rusted and the retaining ring rusted off so there is nothing to hold the disc up. I borrowed a Vicon and did most of my spreading tonight. Would have done it all if my spreader didn't set me back. I think I am going to weld the washer on that holds the disc and just sell the thing for whatever someone will pay me.

Junkman, if you want some pictures of the Vicon spreader just let me know and I will take some before I return the one I am using. It is much nicer then the cheap spreaders and is easy to clean.

tomnky · May 22, 2005

By all means post some pics, I am sure a lot of folks will be interested, including me! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Junkman · May 22, 2005

sure...... post some pictures, but today, I feel like spraying fuel oil on the ground to kill all the weeds and the few blades of grass that are left. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif guess that the weeds are taking over faster than I can kill them... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

cp1969 · Oct 11, 2005

Bump this one back up, since this is a good time of year for spreading. I am in the market for a good but reasonably priced spreader and found this thread to have a lot of good info. Maybe someone else can benefit, too.

Question: Has anybody had success spreading Ag Lime (not pelletized) through a spreader?

HonourMe · Oct 12, 2005

I tried it once, but I looked like the abominable snowman afterwards and I had the only off white tractor in the state. Pelleted lime is the way to go if you are spreading it yourself. If you have enough area for the truck to come in and spread a few tons, that is the least expensive and fastest way to go. I agree.... good info in this thread.