Lime through a muck spreader?

[sodbuster]

Been thinking for a while of buying a lime spreader for lime and fibro phos but got thinking today would an all singing all dancing muck spreader do the job. Currently doing about 300t a year of lime and fibro phos and about 3000t if muck. Would it work?

 

[Mad For Muck]

Yes it can be done, we have done it with an all singing all dancing Bunning with no problems

 

[CPF]

Yes you can but you will get Uneven spread pattern from the big chains it's not constant flow likes good to the naked eye but until you do a sheet test put a big sheet on the floor and drive over it like a tray test we used to put it through our muck spreader when the product was to wet to go through the lime spreaders you will not beat a belt lime spreader constant flow all the time , for fibro phos l would say probably not never put it through a muck spreader In my eye does not look professional operation With a muck spreader That's just my .

 

[Will 1594]

Yes you can but you will get Uneven spread pattern from the big chains it's not constant flow likes good to the naked eye but until you do a sheet test put a big sheet on the floor and drive over it like a tray test we used to put it through our muck spreader when the product was to wet to go through the lime spreaders you will not beat a belt lime spreader constant flow all the time , for fibro phos l would say probably not never put it through a muck spreader In my eye does not look professional operation With a muck spreader That's just my .

Try a weigh cell spreader , you will be amazed at how accurate they are , bunnings , speak to robert or your local dealer ,@sodbuster Try one .

 

[Grass And Grain]

I think a slurry door would help as a means of regulating the flow.

 

[Hilti]

Only way you’d get fibrophos though it is mixed with the lime to give you a decent rate - few cwt ain’t going to work

 

[CPF]

Try a weigh cell spreader , you will be amazed at how accurate they are , bunnings , speak to robert or your local dealer ,@sodbuster Try one .

Been there done it got the T-shirt

 

[saly123]

What about a spreader like the Marshall where you don’t have floor chains etc...

 

[Will 1594]

Been there done it got the T-shirt

And? what happened

 

[CPF]

Too big a gap between the bed chains So when the product hits the spinner deck you get a pulseing affect The product goes out Like wave you can hold it back with you slurry door Lime is a very heavy products It just made the spreaders drive hard .I put it through Bunnings and Rolland spreaders two of the best on the market at the time Things may change but not to my knowledge ,Lime is like a fertiliser (just saying that to make things easier )it need to be in the correct place you wouldn’t put fertiliser through your muckspreading would you?

 

[milkloss]

I was wondering the same. When we reseed grass it usually involves a plastering of muck.....
a proper 10t per acre. I'm thinking layer of muck, layer of lime, layer of muck on top and off we trot. Field will be disced a second time after so will get spread about, then tines through it to level it some more.....

 

[seedman stains]

Over here they are promoting limeing products ,to be used as bedding before straw then as the shed is mucked out it is mixed up and spread with a normal muck spreader.( Ive done this this year leaves the muck a lot drier)Only if you have livestock but another option.

 

[ih1455xl]

Not lime but have spread a fair bit ou gypsum with rear discharge spreaders just set the door hight and floor speed slow and good forward speed pretty accurate spread pattern

 

[7610 super q]

It's been a while since someone suggested using a Vicon Varispreader, with small child inside waggling a shovel back and forth to stop bridging......
Standards on this forum are definitely slipping.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Wouldn't bother unless it was for a tiny amount , just get liming contractor in. Do the job right instead of bodging.

 

[Boohoo]

It's been a while since someone suggested using a Vicon Varispreader, with small child inside waggling a shovel back and forth to stop bridging......
Standards on this forum are definitely slipping.

It's less than 3 months since I mentioned it!

Liming Grassland ?

Wouldn't touch burnt lime if you paid me. Just buy the stuff nearest to home to keep the haulage cheap. Get it, tip it and spread it. There is no discussion to be had, it really is that simple. If only it was that simple! I need 14 tons spread over 11 acres of grass that is currently...

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Although I didn't factor in the need for a small child or a shovel...

 

[Cab-over Pete]

In this situation just wonder to yourself “why hasn’t anybody thought of this before?”

There’s usually a good reason why.

 

[Simon Chiles]

In this situation just wonder to yourself “why hasn’t anybody thought of this before?”

There’s usually a good reason why.

It’s obvious, you just can’t get small kids these days to put in 14 hr days shovelling lime in the Vicon. Now we’ve all got GPS they want to press a few buttons so it drives itself. The main problem is that they’re probably better at pushing the buttons that you and if you’re not careful it’ll be you with the shovel.