Dowdeswell Dual Spreader

Benr

Member
Location
North Devon
Has anyone ever used one, I have seen one that looks very tidy and good value. Do they spread well, are they prone to any particular problems. Can you get parts. Thanks
 

danpwll

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
flintshire
were a good spreader with slop but didn't like stray sheep muck , used to bridge as why they put a ram to push it back, we used to run one but changed to a west
 

Benr

Member
Location
North Devon
We would use it for house dung that would be stacked for 5 to 6 months and chicken muck. I am sure it would be fine for the chicken dung, but do you think it would be bridge with the house dung. Currently have a rota Spreader and want to speed things up
 

Damomc

Member
Location
pembrokeshire
We have one, its now sat in the hedge if anybody wants to buy it for spares. It was a great spreader in its day on sloppy stuff , but useless on straw yard muck. We would still use it but the main bearing went on the auger and it caused about £1200 damage to the machine.
 

Ormond

Member
We bought a hutton legg version at a farm sale. Been getting on great with it for the type of muck we're spreading. Agree about the bridging if its too dry.....
 

Jd69

New Member
Hutton legg ltd now have the rights for the dowdswell multispread. They still make them to order, so I would imagine you would go to them for parts.

http://www.dowdeswell.co.uk/new-supplier/multispread-huntonlegg

I've only bought one yesterday, borrowed my cousin's one a few times, got on well with it, had thought of a west but spreads on the wrong side for my fields.
Hi do you still have your dowdeswell multispreader I have just bought one looking for pictures of the adjustable spread flap on the door if possible thanks
 
Got them for you last night.
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Chips

Member
Location
Shropshire
Very well built but poor designed . On slop it couldn't control the flow if watery stuff came unlike the shelbourne ones , okay if thicker stuff . Anything with straw was a fine art to keep spreading , muck had to be rotted for just the right length of time , not long enough and it wouldn't come out due to bridging , rot too long and the muck goes sticky leading to the auger filling up like a sausage and then failing to bring the muck forwards . Finaly gave up after 13 years and sold it for not a lot less than we paid for it due to how well they are built .
Hired a rear discharge for a few years which was great on the flat but uses far too much power on banks and weight all goes to the wrong end so bought a 2nd hand West 2000 . Excelent bit of kit , spreads everything put in it even straight out the shed although it's very slow then . Rot the muck for a few months and it's as fast as a similar size rear discharge , just a shame they couldn't get Dowdeswell to build them for them !
 
Good spreaders on slop not so good on solid muck , the tyres are a problem i think you can only get Russion tyres so we changed the wheels .
Mine is on 16.5 85 24 with tractor grips, great on slopes as they dig in and grip, and not slide like normal muckspreader wheels. Mine was bought for slop, when the pit gets full, the muck from the cubicles is scraped into the midden, a bit of box muck, and waste silage is thrown in, it handles that stuff very well. I kept my old dowdswell rotaspreader for the strawy muck from under the heifers, looks terrible but does the job. Unfortunately one of the tyres went bang the other day, and took the wheel out too. I'm finding it difficult to justify £250 for a wheel and tyre for a machine that's not worth any more
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