Fert spinners for dummies

[Wigeon]

I know nothing about them having been all liquid fert forever. However, I'm now looking at a bit pile of urea bags. I do have a spreader, but it's very old, and partially doesn't work (won't register a speed reading so can't use the box).

Anyway, a new one is probably out of the question, but what do I look for?

Ideally put 3 tonnes in it, and spread at 36m.

How vital are weigh cells?

Seen a tidy looking kuhn axis 40.1 not far away, but no idea if they are any good.

Any help much appreciated!

 

[Fish]

Urea to 36m errrrr difficult .

 

[Wigeon]

Urea to 36m errrrr difficult .

Yup- I'm thinking one up the tramline and one between for urea. 36m for everything else.

 

[KB6930]

Find an amazone za ts I'd be pretty confident in doing 36m

 

[Boysground]

I’ve no experience of 36m and haven’t dread urea for a long time. I think all the mainline makes are good. My KRM is just about to start its 10th year. As far as weigh cells are concerned I think that of all the technology you can buy they are probably the one that gives the quickest return on investment. Spreading 36m means a lot to do definitely go with weigh cells

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[An Gof]

Prilled urea or granular urea?

 

[Woody j]

KRM and u will need granulated urea

 

[BuskhillFarm]

Why don’t you just melt the urea and keep at liquid especially at 36m

 

[Wigeon]

Why don’t you just melt the urea and keep at liquid especially at 36m

Neither the infrastructure nor the time I fear.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

you won't spread urea 36m

 

[KB6930]

you won't spread urea 36m

Can I ask why ?

 

[clbarclay]

Like most technology, you don't need any of it but there isn't much you would like to be without once you have it.

 

[Wigeon]

I must say I do like the idea of not having to take a disc off and weigh etc every time you change product.

 

[clbarclay]

I never had the ability to static calibrate my previous spreader. Just set by the book and keep tweaking the setting when putting more in, guessing what area I had actually covered.

It's basically the same thing happening now, but the computer is far far better at doing it accurately.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

Can I ask why ?

I'm not a ballistics expert by any means, but urea is quite light, no matter what discs or disc speed you have it just won't travel that far. The product I use will go 18m at a push, Yara Bela or Extran travels 25m or so with the same machine.

I will stand corrected of course if anyone uses a urea product that will go further.

 

[KB6930]

No idea what product it will be but there's a big contract farming outfit round here that run at 36m and spread bulk urea and yes I've seen a few messes but I've also seen them spreading on some very windy days

 

[clbarclay]

Get a windy enough day and it could blow a lot further than 36m.