how does a single spinner work with lime, does it apply evenly
toying with making a small scale lime spreader, but only single spinner, keep it simple and cheap. haven't seen a simple double spinner set up yet
toying with making a small scale lime spreader, but only single spinner, keep it simple and cheap. haven't seen a simple double spinner set up yet
I saw that and was following it while he was making it, it was an impressive bit of work.@lough a little light reading for you here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/home-made-lime-spreader.165550/
I wanted to do it without oil as well. I think you are from the Dungannon area, if you go into Alexander Mills there was a lime spreader there two months ago, and it has that setup on it. The cover is off the belts and it would give you a good idea how it works if its still there.knew there was a belt set up but couldn't get any ideas how. trying too do it without oil as all tractors here are different oil flows.
It looks to me the roller is solid and there's a plate below it that's the full width of the hopper, to control the flow rate you adjust the handle on the side to move the plateDoes anyone know how this works, is there a grove in the roller and it fills up and as it turns around it drops the salt in a line
https://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmma...s80-salt-gritter-spreader/23917082?campaign=6
Would something like this work
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Trailed Vicon 1 ton fertiliser spreader
Isn’t there a special tall agitator for the hopper for limeNo, it doesn't work, the lime won't flow by itself, you need someone to stand on to push the lime down
Isn’t there a special tall agitator for the hopper for lime
I just drove on and only filled the back of the spreader. Shoveled it back at the end of the day. When spreading low rates I used lift the pawl on the ratchet to stop it piling it up at the back of the spreader. At high rates eg beet compound it sometimes was necessary to stop spreading to give it time to auger it back .One of my 1st memories was shovelling fert to the rear of the trailed Vicon when the auger had bust,I must have been 7 or 8 year old.
Used get landed with the job of spreading basic slag with a mounted Vicon, put in a cwt. bag, sprinkle a pint of water, cwt.of slag, pint of water and so on until the spreader was full, helped to keep down the dust but you'd still come home looking like a chimney sweep not to mention how much was inside you.The agitator used to be used for spreading Basic slag . You learned not to put too much in the hopper. The other thing with damper products was stuff would stick to the inside of the spout and Vicon had a rubber sleeve to go inside the spout. Enough hardship in the world without putting clammy stuff in a Vicon.
The cousin bought this spreader a few years to increase output spreading fertiliser. Last year both of us had quite a bit of lime to go out so we decided to try a load and see. It worked out very well spreading at rates of 2/3 tons /acre.
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Is that an older Amazone ZB spreader Peter?
The cousin bought this spreader a few years to increase output spreading fertiliser. Last year both of us had quite a bit of lime to go out so we decided to try a load and see. It worked out very well spreading at rates of 2/3 tons /acre.
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