Kuhn or Amazone fert spreader

Which spreader

  • Amazone

    Votes: 20 37.7%
  • Kuhn

    Votes: 33 62.3%

  • Total voters
    53

LH10

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
We ran ZAM for years after a wagtail very little trouble and good pattern... two years ago went to a zav profis tronic. Very accurate even with grass seed and no striping so far. 4200l model can get plenty in, parts wise not a clue not needed any yet :whistle:

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tr250

Member
Location
Northants
We ran ZAM for years after a wagtail very little trouble and good pattern... two years ago went to a zav profis tronic. Very accurate even with grass seed and no striping so far. 4200l model can get plenty in, parts wise not a clue not needed any yet :whistle:View attachment 933507
Exactly the same as us wagtail and 2 ZAMs we are looking at a zav also but 3200l. My gripe with zam is it’s difficult to get into the headland tramline without leaving a little undressed bit
 
My Amazon was shite it was a simple zam but the plastic adjusters fell to bits every year and was always having problems with it the stupid taps on and off in every gateway got abit tedious aswelll was also Horrible to wash for some reason


Love my new (used) Kuhn it’s a lot better made and can calibrate it with a phone app no complaints
 

tr250

Member
Location
Northants
If you want all singing all dancing my Amazone TS is very good.
If you want less tech then Kuhn are probably better, although I did need new actuators after 5 years.
Does that machine have 5 actuators? I’m looking at za-v 3200 so a lot more basic machine. I want one to do it’s own calibration through a weigh cell but don’t want variable rate or section control
 

snarling bee

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
My TS has 4 actuators I believe. 2 for rate and 2 for drop on point. I would seriously look at section control as well, saves a serious amount of overlap and therefore money.
 

Welshlad91

Member
Mixed Farmer
Kuhn switched to motors instead of actuators, looks a lot better job. They say they’re quicker and give less bother which makes sense
 

MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
Had a ZAM, did alright but became very rusty and vanes seemed to wear. Went Kuhn weigh cell with drop point all connected to gps. Had 1 actuator failure but replaced foc, get on very well indeed with it, overlaps on pickets seem non existent. 4 bags of Urea fit nicely too which is a bonus
 

Tilly's Boss

Member
Location
York
Exactly the same as us wagtail and 2 ZAMs we are looking at a zav also but 3200l. My gripe with zam is it’s difficult to get into the headland tramline without leaving a little undressed bit
We find it the same problem
Exactly the same as us wagtail and 2 ZAMs we are looking at a zav also but 3200l. My gripe with zam is it’s difficult to get into the headland tramline without leaving a little undressed bit
We find the same problem on a za v machine at 24 m, settings on app say 3 m over headland tramline before switch off, anyone solved the problem?
 

curly

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
somerset
We have had Amazons for years & had no mechanical problems at all but had same problem with shutting off at headlands so to help I do the 1st dressing by starting at the normal finish of the field & go the opposite way to normal. The remaining dressings are done the normal way round. This evens things up a bit & I don't get the paler patches at the end of the tramlines after a week or 2 that I used to get when it was all done the same way.
 
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redsloe

Member
Location
Cornwall
We have had Amazons for years & had no mechanical problems at all but had same problem with shutting off at headlands so to help I do the 1st dressing by starting at the normal finish of the field & go the opposite way to normal. The remaining dressings are done the normal way round. This evens things up a bit & I don't get the paler patches at the end of the tramlines after a week or 2 that I used to get when it was all done the same way.
Same here. I've heard other makes do it too, and why wouldn't it. All makes throw it way back.
 

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