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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 3975912" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>£2/acre is ridiculously cheap, but if the fields are a minimum of 20 acres at 2 cwts/acre and less than 2 miles to travel and the fertiliser is convenient with a loader ready for instant filling, and a minimum of 100 acres at a time, then its OK for the contractor.</p><p></p><p>It certainly makes the average farmer's purchase of a fertiliser spreader quite redundant. No way could a farmer justify even a basic spreader if he can get it spread at that price.</p><p></p><p>That's me saying this with an all-singing-and-dancing spreader having spread £5000-worth of stuff yesterday with more to do today. If I knew someone would spread it on the days I wanted it spread and was due to buy a new spreader, I would consider the contractor option if there was a good one available. </p><p>The nearest to me that is skilled at it is on here occasionally. The same one that does most of the work near [USER=473]@Forage Trader[/USER]. He's too far away from me for that job though and, anyway, I've got the kit myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 3975912, member: 718"] £2/acre is ridiculously cheap, but if the fields are a minimum of 20 acres at 2 cwts/acre and less than 2 miles to travel and the fertiliser is convenient with a loader ready for instant filling, and a minimum of 100 acres at a time, then its OK for the contractor. It certainly makes the average farmer's purchase of a fertiliser spreader quite redundant. No way could a farmer justify even a basic spreader if he can get it spread at that price. That's me saying this with an all-singing-and-dancing spreader having spread £5000-worth of stuff yesterday with more to do today. If I knew someone would spread it on the days I wanted it spread and was due to buy a new spreader, I would consider the contractor option if there was a good one available. The nearest to me that is skilled at it is on here occasionally. The same one that does most of the work near [USER=473]@Forage Trader[/USER]. He's too far away from me for that job though and, anyway, I've got the kit myself. [/QUOTE]
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