- Location
- Bedfordshire
So not really a fair comparison to a factory fit SC.
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Liquid fertiliser and sprayer rethink
- Thread starter Smithjamesjohn
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I can only really speak for sulky prices.
Extra to go to Section control over a weigh cell machine. Approx €4000. So base that on 8 years thats only €500 per year extra. (2/3 a ton of fert)
Prices for actuators are approx €400-600 depending on which one. Electronics are much more reliable than they were 20 years ago when they first started being fitted to spreaders
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Just in one field today, straight edge, but first tramline is 4.5m closer to headland tramline then it should be. SC took care of it. Manually, over the season, there would have been £90 fert wasted. That is one side headland on one field in one year.
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Came back into the ag industry 5 years ago after 20 years out. Spreader we have is an Amazone, hydraulic drive with weigh cells and six section auto cut off. Compared to the Lely Centerliner I used 25 years ago there is no comparison !! tell the spreader the appplied amount you want, give it a clue as to a calibration factor for the fert and it sorts itself out , can drive at 8 k over ploughing or 16 k over smooth grass it don't care!!!
Spreader is 12 years old now and will be replaced this coming season, no prob with electrics but hopper getting thin
Spreader is 12 years old now and will be replaced this coming season, no prob with electrics but hopper getting thin
I wouldn't be without mine now . But I'm spreading in at least 150 fields that's just the ones I've mapped a boundary on ranging from 2 hec to 25 hec my worst by far is a 52 acre one with 21 corners and most of it you're coming to the headland at an angle before section control I needed an extra hectare of fert or had to shut the rate back to do the field .
It's this one in the Google earth pic
It's this one in the Google earth pic
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Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Came back into the ag industry 5 years ago after 20 years out. Spreader we have is an Amazone, hydraulic drive with weigh cells and six section auto cut off. Compared to the Lely Centerliner I used 25 years ago there is no comparison !! tell the spreader the appplied amount you want, give it a clue as to a calibration factor for the fert and it sorts itself out , can drive at 8 k over ploughing or 16 k over smooth grass it don't care!!!
Spreader is 12 years old now and will be replaced this coming season, no prob with electrics but hopper getting thin
Hopper getting thin…?! Never heard that before.
How many tonnes of gravel have you put through it…?
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
How do you define "wasted"?
Enough to rust it a little ! Bolt holes gone etcHopper getting thin…?! Never heard that before.
How many tonnes of gravel have you put through it…?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Over application.How do you define "wasted"?
It hasn't left the field, but not your chosen optimum.
deleted user 837354
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It's like sprayers, the value of the material being put through them, particularly now, is horrifying and more accurate application is a boon for this alone. Plus a lot easier for the operator which these days is also no small thing, applying in the dark etc and reducing the labour input needed, less to manage.