Hilly
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Hand bunning forsale for 69k! Wow
Hand bunning forsale for 69k! Wow
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..... PricelessYou 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
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 wellThats 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.
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 ScotlandAgrihire. Built like the proverbial, Does what it says on the tin, no messing, operator orientated. Nuff said
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 expensiveThat 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.
So are we, don’t rule them out.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
18t quite comfortably on a claas 650Thats 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.
I'm gonna give them a shout in the morning, see what's whatSo are we, don’t rule them out.
James Pryce Tractors hire out Ktwo spreaders. Not quite sure if that fits your location though.Anyone in South/East Devon or west Somerset use a hire company for muck spreaders?