2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
does it need that heavy monster on the front?
Are fert spinners that bad?
- Thread starter Against_the_grain
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- northumberland
Looks a bit sticky, should've waited a week
Not exactly a heavy monster it’s an 8t 230hp tractor the same size as hundreds of U.K. farmers would use on mounted spinners 1/3 of the size..
Just come off a trackLooks a bit sticky, should've waited a week
2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
8 tonne basic + wheel weights etc?
Don’t need to take them off, permanent no till tramlines don’t rut
Doesn't make too much difference on permanent tramlines with a crop growing in them, plus not really worth the effort of hauling them on and off to save a couple of ruts.
In fairness I have 8 tonnes on a 2400kg spinner, albeit on 750 tyres at the moment.
It looks a tidy set up to me.
Yes abit taken aback by someone finding fault with a 724 on a big trailed spreader. I guess some will always find fault!
Doesn’t bother me I’ve got 1500ha of urea/sulphur compound on everything, just some spring crops to go. Will be busy drilling in a few days I imagine. Pleased we have done it.
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Haterz gonna hate etc, but shouldn't the tractor have chrome mirrors and twin CB aerials?
Just kidding, that looks quite a beast, did I read you used to use liquid, why the change? I was thinking of going the other way to semi retire an ageing spreader with no section control or anything, and maybe help justify changing the sprayer.
No there’s a 7530 !
It is wrapped Matt black I couldn’t go full d**kh**d.
agronomic reasons mainly, I wanted urea and much more sulphur which is too expensive in liquid form. So a UAS compound 38-0-0-19 is what we are using now.
Also got a very good deal on spreader and we have a much bigger workload now it’s worked out very well.
- Location
- Le Veurde, Allier, France 03320
With this talk of bag disposal here, out of interest why are you not using bulk?
If going kuhn definitely get the H version no contest I had the previous axera H model .
If I could get a kv disc setup with the H emc bit of a kuhn that would be thee best setup out there. I liked my kuhn but it didn't like my hills unfortunately. Since changing to kv no more stripes unless I've set it wrong
- Location
- North West
Storage and logistics would be our biggest problem going to bulk, at the moment I can put bagged N,P and K (we are on VR P&K) on the low loader get it taken to away ground and get them fields boxed off. Bulk I would have to keep travelling back to the yard. I do spread bulk K for a customer and I can also see the advantages of bulk.
Would go bulk if I could get what I wanted in it, may swap things around and go that way anyway.
Looking at a 12t Richard western split hopper drill filler/fert spreader filler so could work really well, just bucket it in.
2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
not really finding fault. it just looks a big beast but obviously not as heavy as it looks.
ollie989898
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All you people with liquid N what do you use for p&k
With a spare man and tractor you'll be better off with a spreader and making the most of what decent weather windows we get, we have both sprayer and spreader but I can't drive them bothmaybe should put spreader on front links and sprayer on the back
Contractor to spread P and K or use contractor for fibrophos. Job done.
- Location
- S.E
We are bulk urea. Saves between £7 and £10/t. Have a chaser bin to move bulk fert around
min some stubble pre spring barley. Obviously got the odd wet patch but would be waiting until April for them to dry out!