Filling fertiliser spreader with one tractor.

[glasshouse]

How long does it take to strap that up?

 

[Moors Lad]

(speechless!)

 

[JackoTS90]

How long does it take to strap that up?

6 and a half minutes by the time I pick the ton up, hook the strops on the bag, lift it up and tie it off the the posts. It’s no loader tractor but when I don’t have two tractors, it works well enough. Might be 3-4 minutes by the time you pick up a bag and cut it with a loader? Probably less?

 

[chickens and wheat]

cant a hydraulic auger be used, sit bag on a gridded auger box, cut bag fert falls into box, up auger into spinner.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

He was talking industrial forklift

Was a bloody good idea, too.

I had a Mother's Look at it, and it can't be done on our Toyota because the back frame won't let them slide out without undoing 12 bolts - but it was still worth a look.

Gives me the utter sh1!s; perched up on the edge of a loading-bank with the forklift at full height, mast right out to get the fert going near the centre of the bin.... accident waiting to happen.

I think I might just refuse to do it, and see what gets changed.

 

[box]

Yep, definitely needs some improvement.

It's hard to improve on perfection.

 

[Scots_Knight]

I'm all for a bit of make do and mend but I think that's an accident waiting to happen I'm afraid.

I'd hate for your status to be changed to, Never forgotten

Mind you looking on the bright side the new thread on;

How do I get a full bag of fert out of my fert spreader whilst attached to my loader tractor ??
Should run for a few pages

Hope the digger arrive soon

 

[JackoTS90]

I'm all for a bit of make do and mend but I think that's an accident waiting to happen I'm afraid.

I'd hate for your status to be changed to, Never forgotten

Mind you looking on the bright side the new thread on;

How do I get a full bag of fert out of my fert spreader whilst attached to my loader tractor ??
Should run for a few pages

Hope the digger arrive soon

Yup digger should be here by jan-feb. fingers crossed. I know it’s not ideal but money does t grow on trees either.