Dual Spreader

[Chips]

Looking at getting a cheap one of these to spread our tipped FYM , all the straw goes through a bedder and is tipped for 2-8mths . I had a Dowdeswell in the past which was fine on slop but rubbish on anything solid as if too rotten the auger would bung up and obviously too fresh it would bridge even with the anti bridge ram .
However I borrowed a neighbours west and this seemed to handle all sorts no bother at all and make as good a spread pattern as the rear discharge I normally hire but was far less power hungry and easier to pull on our steep banks . Hiring is cheap enough it's just the handiness of being able to spread the odd pile as and when I want ,not waiting for the hire machine and having to wash it off everytime that I like about having my own machine .
So is West best for this with it wobble board or would a Shelbourne handle our type of muck well enough as they seem better built with less to go wrong than the West with all it's internal moving parts , paint seems pretty poor on the West and it's a bit annoying spreading to the left . Don't fancy a cheap rear discharge as too much to go wrong with the bed chains where as a dual spreader is just mainly bearings to replace which I can manage .
Thoughts please

 

[alan6430]

Sounds like you've already made up you mind. Get yourself a shelbourne

 

[james ds]

Get a K2, and have finished with it. Will spread whatever you put into it.

 

[multi power]

As far as dual spreaders go west is the best I ever used

 

[Chips]

Sounds like you've already made up you mind. Get yourself a shelbourne

Well not really as the west I borrowed did a good job , I'm just worried that they may be more prone to break downs than the shelbourne and the other things I've pointed out ,but I have no experience of actually using a Shelbourne so was just wondering if they can handle my type of muck well enough or are they prone to bridging and bunging up of the auger like my old Dowdeswell did as it doesn't have the wobble board like the West . But then they don't ram all the muck against the front wall like the Dowdeswell did which I think causes the auger to bung up as they spread from the middle

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

We have had west spreaders for years and get on alright with them just watch buying second hand most have seen better days.

 

[multi power]

If you get a stone in a West it's not too bad, stone in a shelborne is not too good

 

[Chips]

If you get a stone in a West it's not too bad, stone in a shelborne is not too good

Yes I like the idea of the stone trap door , on the other hand on my old dowdeswell usually if you just fully opened the door it would just spit it out over the top where as with the west spreading underneath the rotor you can't just spit it out

 

[multi power]

Yes I like the idea of the stone trap door , on the other hand on my old dowdeswell usually if you just fully opened the door it would just spit it out over the top where as with the west spreading underneath the rotor you can't just spit it out

When a used a shelborne if it got a stone it was a fork the muck out job

 

[Beefman75]

I have a West 1300 we've had from new (2003). Been brilliant and still going well. Paint seems fine for its age, but I wash it of after each use. Gregsons in Staffordshire usually have a few used ones in.

 

[valtraman]

We run a shelbourne and has been very good, does get the odd stone or concrete lump in it but if I hear it hitting the rotor just open the door fully and it will spit it out. Think the shelbourne makes a better spread than a west. Also the rotor is more in the middle than the front like the west so pulling muck from front and back .

 

[sidjon]

We've had 1600 west's since the late 80's, they are worst ever time we change it , were it won't leak for several years, now they seem to leak from new and paint was pealing off the latest one within months, but I can't find anything else which will do the job better, but did like the look of the khun spreader and if it was a bit bigger I think I would have one.

 

[Lewis]

pretty sure Clive Andrews still has a couple of big shelbournes. Could hire one and see how it compares to the west?

 

[Horn&corn]

We've used a Shelbourne yellow machine and a Richard western sds in the same field and we felt rich western did a better job and spread pattern

 

[domcliveandrew]

We run shellbourne, west and Richard west. If it was my money I would get a shellbourne.

The west are a dated machine now I think and the Richard western is just poor, I know it's an older machine but there's cracks everywhere and th sides are bowing.

I would still pick a Ktwo rear discharge over them all for what you're doing there simple machines and nothing to worry about with the bed chains!

 

[CrevisbigX]

The Contractor in the 90s who I was working for had West any problems with them we used the 360 and turned them over to empty them with no issues would not of done that with a Shelborne SKH or Dowdeswell at the time.

 

[Chips]

The Contractor in the 90s who I was working for had West any problems with them we used the 360 and turned them over to empty them with no issues would not of done that with a Shelborne SKH or Dowdeswell at the time.

By that do you mean the others don't block or that the others are not strong enough to tip over with a 360

 

[joe soapy]

went from rota spreader to side spreader, yes a lot better, then got rear discharge and its a huge leap forward.
You would have to be a complete vandal to break the 16mm bed chains

 

[CrevisbigX]

By that do you mean the others don't block or that the others are not strong enough to tip over with a 360

Don't look stronger enough to flip over

 

[jondear]

Get a K2, and have finished with it. Will spread whatever you put into it.

Best rear discharge I've used.