Marshall rear discharge

[Hilly]

I just seen a big second
Hand bunning forsale for 69k! Wow

 

[scottishsnake]

You gotta weigh up how often you will use the thing vs hiring it or using a contractor.

The bigger spreaders, such as the above, can soon move some muck in a day and the tractor and man on it is costing you the same whether it is hauling 12 tonne or 9 tonne really.

The big ones shift some sh!t in a day, no doubt. I've plenty power, so I've been hiring my neighbours one in recent years, not interested in paying for someone else's staff, tractor and profit margin when I can easily do it myself..... But hiring does tie you to times and dates, and in busy spreading times you can struggle to get the hire one on a day that I'm also not up to anything else..... The final straw that got me looking at my own machine was when the slurry door fell off the hired one, not really my fault but still felt terrible.... Financially hiring is a no brainer for me, 1500 tons a year...but the independence and increased flexibility of my own slightly smaller one.... And not having to phone your pal to tell him to come and fix his machine you've wrecked, and fast , because you've more sh!t to spread..... Priceless

 

[ollie989898]

The big ones shift some sh!t in a day, no doubt. I've plenty power, so I've been hiring my neighbours one in recent years, not interested in paying for someone else's staff, tractor and profit margin when I can easily do it myself..... But hiring does tie you to times and dates, and in busy spreading times you can struggle to get the hire one on a day that I'm also not up to anything else..... The final straw that got me looking at my own machine was when the slurry door fell off the hired one, not really my fault but still felt terrible.... Financially hiring is a no brainer for me, 1500 tons a year...but the independence and increased flexibility of my own slightly smaller one.... And not having to phone your pal to tell him to come and fix his machine you've wrecked, and fast , because you've more sh!t to spread..... Priceless

That is a significant workload and the nutrients you are applying will soon pay for any spreader you like in reduced fertiliser costs. I'd be getting a 24m disc spreader if it was me.

 

[scottishsnake]

Thats a large machine! How much does it hold? Even ours with dense strawy shed muck can use all of a T7.210 when your pulling it plus the PTO on and bed running.

You need a valtra then, that's about the size of the one I usually hire, N174 only ever struggles on a fair brae.... Damn thing is almost comically gutsy, couldn't believe the difference from the previous tractor when I first got it, it looks like a Massey 135 on a ten ton trailer as well

 

[scottishsnake]

Agrihire. Built like the proverbial, Does what it says on the tin, no messing, operator orientated. Nuff said

Just checked them out, had never heard of them, on paper that's a real good spreader.... Maybe a bit far away though for me, North Scotland

 

[scottishsnake]

That is a significant workload and the nutrients you are applying will soon pay for any spreader you like in reduced fertiliser costs. I'd be getting a 24m disc spreader if it was me.

Yer not wrong there, the right amount of dung in the right place at the right time is a big money saver, I analyse my land and my dung, have been doing it for ten years, and people really don't take enough account of what a light dunging can put into the ground. The proof is in the pudding for me with the latest round of analysis of the soil and the crops achieved. Yes, I'd love the 24m disc setup, so I could stay on the tramlines and make min till work better... But my dung is from pig huts and full of stones very often, and I don't really care about dead cyclists and other battered passing traffic, but I'm told stones absolutely destroy the discs... And they're expensive

 

[Jim75]

Just checked them out, had never heard of them, on paper that's a real good spreader.... Maybe a bit far away though for me, North Scotland

So are we, don’t rule them out.

 

[Jim75]

Thats a large machine! How much does it hold? Even ours with dense strawy shed muck can use all of a T7.210 when your pulling it plus the PTO on and bed running.

18t quite comfortably on a claas 650

 

[scottishsnake]

So are we, don’t rule them out.

I'm gonna give them a shout in the morning, see what's what

 

[Lewis]

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This looks a tidy machine, though posibly on the small side for the op..... add a few greedy boards and up the capacity a little.

K-two have a good reputation and are what our nearest hire firm uses. probably has 15+ machines out on hire

 

[Sam Partridge]

Anyone in South/East Devon or west Somerset use a hire company for muck spreaders?

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Anyone in South/East Devon or west Somerset use a hire company for muck spreaders?

James Pryce Tractors hire out Ktwo spreaders. Not quite sure if that fits your location though.