Spreader *Pics* Finally got the new spreader and rear dual remotes

[Robert_in_NY]

Wish my Vicon had hydraulic open/close. The handle method is fine on an open tractor like I used to use, but on a cabbed tractor you have to turn off the pto, hop out of the cab, pull the lever to open the holes, jump into the cab while the fertilizer/chemical/salt is pouring out into the wigwagger (made worse by the tractor vibration), turn on the pto, and then take off after you get a big blast of "stuff" where you start off. Cheap/no biggie with salt on a driveway but nasty with chemicals or fertilizer in a field. You'd think a guy could pull the lever with the rear window open but you can't close the window with the spreader raised to operating height. Befco mileage may vary- I haven't seen their Vicon clones yet.

You can buy the hydraulic kit to replace the handle on the Vicon spreaders. I don't know what it cost but like most things Vicon it is probably a few dollars.

 

[GinNB]

I can imagine the cost. The handle application adjustment on mine butts up on plastic. Using that for hydraulic adjustment would require a very gentle touch.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Go to http://kverneland.papirfly.no/newsread/ReadImage.aspx?quality=10&docid=1922

It is the brochure for the Vicon spreaders (thanks to the Vicon website), the cover photo shows the Vicon spreader spreading but it has a hydraulic cylinder on that spreader (it is Vicon red above the metering rod), if you look down to the first page (second if you count the cover page), that is a side picture of the same spreader and shows the cylinder a little better. It should have a relief system built in somewhere (maybe that is the bulge on the cylinder) but it hooks directly to the adjustment rod.

 

[GinNB]

I wonder how new that hydraulic remote opener is? I was at a farm show a few years ago (3-5) at a Vicon display and none of them had it. None of the fellows mentioned it as an option, either, and I mentioned my trouble with starting off in a cabbed tractor, too.

 

[robbieo11]

silver creek a hiddie hoe neighbor i live near batavia ny i little blow through called Oakfield ny

 

[Robert_in_NY]

silver creek a hiddie hoe neighbor i live near batavia ny i little blow through called Oakfield ny

I use to go to Alabama once every couple of weeks and made it to Oakfield a few times. I always loved it up there (well, till winter set in).

If you are interested, we are having a TBN gathering of WNY members up in Batavia this spring. You can learn more about it here http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/northeast/51074-western-new-york-chapter.html

It is always great to meet more locals

 

[DaddyRabbit]

Batavia, thats where my wife is from. Is it something in the water that makes all of the women in that area have a nasty disposition or do they?

silver creek a hiddie hoe neighbor i live near batavia ny i little blow through called Oakfield ny

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Batavia, thats where my wife is from. Is it something in the water that makes all of the women in that area have a nasty disposition or do they?

No, not all the women have nasty dispostions. We cull the bad ones out and send them to North Carolina

Feel like bringing her up for a family reunion? Drop her off and come to lunch with us

 

[DaddyRabbit]

The sad thing is I believe this to be 100% true and accurate from what I've seen out of the "illegal immigrants" I've met thus far from that area. Sounds like a plan to me and thanks for the invite. It'll have to be at a time when a snowmobile isn't needed though .

No, not all the women have nasty dispostions. We cull the bad ones out and send them to North Carolina

Feel like bringing her up for a family reunion? Drop her off and come to lunch with us

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I think we are planning for the end of March so the snow should be gone by then. If you are interested just keep an eye on the thread I posted for robbieo11