Kuhn or KRM spreader?

[fermerboy]

Looling for a new to me fertilliser spreader.

I have an Amazone which has been trouble free, but only does up to 18m without new discs and is on small side anyway.

I see a Kuhn Axis 30.1 and a KRM M2 locally both at similar money, both look as though they would do me ok, but I have no experience of either.
Neighbour has two KRMs and they spread some amount of stuff and never seem to stripe. Kuhn stuff in general seems well made.
Just looking for a simple machine, not fussed on all the gadgetry.

Any opinions good or bad?
Tia

 

[2wheels]

Looling for a new to me fertilliser spreader.

I have an Amazone which has been trouble free, but only does up to 18m without new discs and is on small side anyway.

I see a Kuhn Axis 30.1 and a KRM M2 locally both at similar money, both look as though they would do me ok, but I have no experience of either.
Neighbour has two KRMs and they spread some amount of stuff and never seem to stripe. Kuhn stuff in general seems well made.
Just looking for a simple machine, not fussed on all the gadgetry.

Any opinions good or bad?
Tia

you are happy with your amazone so just get a bigger newer one.

 

[lloyd]

Looling for a new to me fertilliser spreader.

I have an Amazone which has been trouble free, but only does up to 18m without new discs and is on small side anyway.

I see a Kuhn Axis 30.1 and a KRM M2 locally both at similar money, both look as though they would do me ok, but I have no experience of either.
Neighbour has two KRMs and they spread some amount of stuff and never seem to stripe. Kuhn stuff in general seems well made.
Just looking for a simple machine, not fussed on all the gadgetry.

Any opinions good or bad?
Tia

Got a 30.1 here and pretty fool proof.
Mine spreads to 24m accurately with no dramas.

 

[JLLM]

My contractor has a Kuhn, every time i ring him it seems to be broken.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

KRM you need to change vanes for different types of fert, easy enough job but a set of vanes aint cheap

 

[Zebbedee]

Krm is a good reliable tool and will be simpler than Kuhn and I would hazard a guess at cheaper to run than Kuhn for vanes

 

[fermerboy]

you are happy with your amazone so just get a bigger newer one.

Nothing wrong with the Amazone at all, I get on fine with it. No reason to change other than these are for sale and worth a consideration.
If I find an Amazone at the right money and condition I'd go for it.

 

[fermerboy]

My contractor has a Kuhn, every time i ring him it seems to be broken.

Too much electric trickery perhaps?

 

[Chae1]

Too much electric trickery perhaps?

My kuhn axis is 13 years old now. Been a few niggly problems, but nothing that can't be fixed quickly.

Personally I'd advise against a quantron unless its had both actuators upgraded.

If buying from a dealer I'd get both agitator bearings changed before purchase too.

Also get vxr vanes, the standard ones are soft, didn't last me a season and were pitted.

I'd definitely buy another kuhn. Hasn't really let me down with regards to striping.

Good backup from ravenhill too.

Sell you mine for 3.5k. 4 bag, new style actuators, new buttons on control pad last year, s4 24m discs, vxr vanes.

 

[JLLM]

Too much electric trickery perhaps?

It's supposed to be all singing all dancing with variable rate and stuff, agitators is a word i hear mentioned a lot, it also seems to be very rusty underneath at only 3 years old.

 

[Happy]

Got a 30.1 here and pretty fool proof.
Mine spreads to 24m accurately with no dramas.

Same here. Had it 10 years. Other than a few sets of spreader vanes only other expense been a couple of agitator bearings.
Had an amazone before that, wouldn’t switch back. Kuhn simpler to set, less prone to striping and better paintwork.

 

[neilo]

I bought a Kuhn 30.1W last Spring, a tidy machine at what seemed a reasonable price. It’s a joy to use and very reliable..... now I’ve replaced the two actuators and the agitator bearing that was running backwards (breaking the plastic arms if anything other than Nitram went through it)!

Nice machine, and a bit like Trigger’s broom, but price is now up to what a dealer would have charged.

 

[stevedave]

We now run a Vicon but have run both KRM and Kuhn in the past. Of the two I would say the Kuhn is the better. There was more than one set of vanes needed to do 24m on the KRM whereas the Kuhn only needed 1 set. Both were simple to set, paint work was better on the KRM but not much in it. The KRM also had a habit of shattering the firt behind it on 24m. The main reason we changed to Kuhn was we lost our KRM dealer. We then went to Vicon after the Kuhn dealer was not the best we have dealt with.