Looking at possibly changing our Fert Spinner. Currently have a KRM M2 Basic spec but have never got on that well with doing the headland with it.....always seem to come up light. What make do people seem to get on best with? Local dealer has a very nice Amazone ZA-M 1501, with weigh cells and control box. Anyone ever used one?
Changing Fert Spinner
- Thread starter rdr123
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Ah right, always a bit like it. What model is your spinner then?And how many acres are you doing with it?
Ormond
Member
Not sure model....think it's a 1201 with extentions to hold 2700...had it new about 5/6 years ago....spreading 600 acres including a bit for the neighbour. Were mainly dairy as well as barley for ourselves so putting it on all summer. Probably spreading 120t + a year. Do all mine at 20M. ...24m for neighbour. Auto rate is brilliant....few years ago before heading to fly and see the girlfriend had fert to put on.....you could push on the forward speed ...a lot!
- Location
- Cirencester
Went from Amazone ZAM to a Kuhn weigh cell auto rate etc and love it. Would have another.
- Location
- Shropshire
Got an amazone zats prof is with weighcells spreading 24m. It’s very accurate. We had a Zam previously and this is a real step up. Both in application and build quality.
The discs are different to zam which makes a big difference
Oh, and section control has made a big difference too.
The discs are different to zam which makes a big difference
Oh, and section control has made a big difference too.
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- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Got a weighing vicon here, but the Amazone will be the next best spreader. Vane setting is critical, actuators are repairable unlike many.
- Location
- West Midlands
Swapped our ZAM this time for a Kuhn 40.2 EMC, it is an awesome spreader. But, ZAM was a good spreader. Prefer Kuhn though.
- Location
- Cirencester
Yes, same as mine 40.2 M-EMC W on 24m
Will Blackburn
Member
- Location
- Cheshire
Vicon Geo here, we have a lot of small paddocks with cuttings, it’s brilliant. With a pylon 12 metres from the hedge you can go between and it cuts down the boundary side.?
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
Describe how you are doing the headlands?
DeeGee
Member
- Location
- North East Wales
Which basic spinner do people think has the simplest and the most effective boundary cut off system?
I dislike spreaders that have to run at a critical pitch angle to the tractor to maintain spread pattern.
This is very difficult to achieve with tractors on soft tyres, as the spreader rises and the angle alters as it unloads.
Was a major problem with the old Amazone ZAU I had and a tractor on Michelins.
It would be a main consideration of I were buying, that spreader runs horizontally, which you can fairly easily maintain.
This is very difficult to achieve with tractors on soft tyres, as the spreader rises and the angle alters as it unloads.
Was a major problem with the old Amazone ZAU I had and a tractor on Michelins.
It would be a main consideration of I were buying, that spreader runs horizontally, which you can fairly easily maintain.
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Put it in headland mode, reverses the discs on the KRM. Cut PTO spees by half like it says to do. Only doing grass or ploughed ground so drive so you can see it landing at the foot of the hedge. If i just do this then the headlands are light so to sort the job out I put it back into normal spreading, move a tractors width out and go around again.
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
We have KRM also, reason I asked is the fella that set ours up said if you go by the book it will be light at the hedge, reason being they kinda want nothing going over the edge of the bout width.
I was told to run the pto at 450 instead of 400 to counteract this, only on 2nd season with it but so far seems fine, run it a bit higher than supposed to also, doing a roadside field there will be some on the road but that keeps the council in work cutting the verges.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
There's Vicon, and then there's everything else.
- Location
- South wales
Having used both a top spec vicon and Kuhn I’d have to disagree
bravheart
Member
- Location
- scottish borders
Centreliner is definitely the simplest tilts the whole machine and very visual, easy level again when spreading the field can't really set it wrong.
Used to be lely then teagle, not sure who sells them now
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