Muck mainly and a little sewage sludge in low p areas all spread with bunning
Fert spreader depreciation, price to swap.
- Thread starter Phil P
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Is it a quicke/alo? Both my muck buckets are buggeredYe, bottom fell out my other one last weekand my grain bucket is a bit big for muck and soil etc
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- North West
No, it’s a actually a JCB bucket. Looks well made and has cone and pin brackets from the factory.
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I’ve just been quoted on swapping my 2017 Kuhn 40.2W EMC for a similar spec KRM. It’s certainly more than I was hoping for, the Kuhn being less than half of the cost of the new one. I will see if the pencil can be sharpened. The Kuhn is a 3200l hopper and I need to find 8k for a 3000l KRM or 9k for the 3300l version. I had hoped for a bit more in pat ex.
If it doesn’t have any extra features, then why would you accept a 50% depreciation on 4 years, on a machine that should do 20 without much bother?
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- North West
It’s definitely a bit wider! Although at least it doesn’t look out of place on the 6215 now 
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I don’t rate my 40.2 as much as my previous 40.1 so looking for a change. Anyway, some pencil sharpening has been happening this morning.
I've gone for the wider hopper this time it's gonna be a pain for on the roadIt’s definitely a bit wider! Although at least it doesn’t look out of place on the 6215 now
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Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Only 6” each side isn’t it?
I can see the great benefit of making a lower hopper for a set volume. Not that it stopped Phil going for the ladder too!
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
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- North West
The 6215 is on 80” anyway so it’s only about 2” stuck out either side so shouldn’t be a problem also we don’t have much single track roads round here.
It was a stock machine so I think it had just had all the boxes ticked on the optionsOnly 6” each side isn’t it?
I can see the great benefit of making a lower hopper for a set volume. Not that it stopped Phil going for the ladder too!
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- North West
2.9m
The demo one I had 4 yrs ago was the wide hopper and it was wide enough to catch hedges with . A couple of gates on a contracting job are 10ft slip gates with very high posts so went for the narrow hopper but he's changed feet onto light bulky stuff so I struggle to get 4 bags into the 2800l hopper so went for a stock 3200l machine this time
Off the trailer and straight to work this morning. Not a lot of difference from the old 1 other than being a but bigger and more sections shut offIt’s definitely a bit wider! Although at least it doesn’t look out of place on the 6215 now
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Snap, putting it through its paces today. All my settings are different from my old spreader so trays out.
I should check it but just on grass and took too long to get going this morning so I'll do it another day !
Mr Charisma
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- stratford on Avon
Our 30.1 which is the basic fixed speed job has covered somewhere near 35 K acres in the 8 years we have had if , I hope that she is going to do at least another 20 K acres before we swop it .
will the new one cost a bit more than the 6.5 ish K that the 30.1 cost us
will the new one cost a bit more than the 6.5 ish K that the 30.1 cost us
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- Easter ross
how many trays are you using, going to do it myself from now on
6 total
2 drive over then 2 each side at 12m do 3 runs and check
Or 5 drive over 1 put 2 at 12m either side drive over and check only need 50m ish to do it this way then check with a full 3 runs if you really want to
Or 6 drive over 2 put 2 at 12m on one side then drive over 2 in the next tramline then check