new toy

[Soundguy]

I picke dthis up this weekend, and almost forgot to talk about it.

I had been wanting to get a seeder / spreader to do some planting, but most of the units I saw were huge.. and I wanted to get something that my New holland and my smaller yanmar could use. I found a spreader at tractor supply. 3pt mount, and it uses a flexible pto shaft.. rather ingenious ( hope it lasts ).

Nice setup... light enough to pick up and mount by yourself, especially if the wife slides the lock pins in for you.
My wife used to be anti tractor.. but I try to include her with it, to get her used to it.
She won't actuallyuse it yet, but if we are driving around and she sees an impliment I don't have, she points at it and says
'do we need one of those ?'

If I finish discing the pasture this weekend, i may seed it too. If so, I;ll post about the spreader. I believe it holds about 1.5 bushels of seed.

Anyone have any experience with these, and know any do's/don'ts?

Chris

Chris

 

[crb478]

Not sure which spreader you have, but I picked one up from Agri Supply that has a 350lb hopper that is about right for small tractors. It works great and is not as big as the larger units. It is a good fit on my 1720D.

 

[wklopf]

I've had one of these similar to what you describe for about 12 years. It doesn't get very heavy use. The flexible shaft has given me no problems. I give it a shot of grease about every other time I use it. One thing you have to look out for is to make sure you wash it out thoroughly after using it to spread fertilizer.

 

[Soundguy]

Thanks for the info. I didn't look close at the time, but do these normally have grease fittings? Or is it just a grease it where it moves/joins thing?

As for fertilizer.. It looks like the manufacturer expected corrosive materials to be in the hopper... there must be 1/16th inch of the 'cat' yellow ruberized paint on this thing.

Chris