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<blockquote data-quote="Marshall Trailers" data-source="post: 258343" data-attributes="member: 2696"><p>We have been producing our rear-discharge Vesuvius Vantage range for more than ten years now, with spreaders working as far away as Canada, Australia and Papua New Guinea without any problems. We believe the design itself solves a lot of problems with the traditional floor chain spreader set-up; problems we experienced ourselves when we used to produce a floor chain spreader.</p><p></p><p>The obvious advantage of our design is the removal of floor chains, which no matter how strong, will always wear and eventually break. We use a simple four stage chrome ram that has been specifically designed for our spreaders by the company that supplies rams to major tractor and digger manufacturers. The ram is <strong><u>fully speed controllable</u></strong> with a flow control valve that reduces the flow of oil to each stage to keep discharge speed constant; this valve is now in its third generation and is easier to set-up than ever.</p><p></p><p>Maintenance is another area where our spreader excels since the only regular maintenance requirements are greasing the bearings via automatic grease points and checking the oil level in the gearbox.</p><p></p><p>The removal of floor chains also allows us to have a more compact machine with a deeper box and the axle positioned further back to reduce weight transfer when spreading. In addition our spreader comes standard with a slurry door, meaning it has a completely sealed box that can hold and spread slurry, there is no gaps for floor chains.</p><p></p><p>It is also worth pointing out that in the second hand market the value of our spreaders holds up very well since we use no floor chains, which is always a worry on a second hand machine; there is very little to go wrong with a ram.</p><p></p><p>Our unique ram design is not the only reason to consider our spreader, it also has a number of other features that make it an extremely robust and strong design. We use a 160hp gearbox that is protected from shock loads by polyurethane couplings, this allows us to run with a larger 10mm shear bolt. This is only possible because we use such heavy duty components, but allows our spreader to keep going when others would block. Someone mentioned that if the spreader did block there would be no way of pulling the load back to remove the object, with our spreader if it did block then the object must be quite a size and being brutally honest shouldn't be in there in the first place.</p><p></p><p>The other problem someone mentioned was the spreader not spreading compost. This would be quite surprising since the ram on our 9-ton and 12-ton models can push 20-tons and on our larger 14-ton model the ram can push 25-tons. There is also a video of one of our spreaders on our website spreading compost. It sounds like the pressure relief valve might have been set too low on that spreader, which can easily be adjusted. I would imagine if you hired the spreader then the owner might have screwed it down slightly to protect the spreader.</p><p></p><p>I hope this all helps and if anyone would like to discuss it further or would like some advice then please do not hesitate to contact us by private message or on 01224 722777 after the 3rd January.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall Trailers, post: 258343, member: 2696"] We have been producing our rear-discharge Vesuvius Vantage range for more than ten years now, with spreaders working as far away as Canada, Australia and Papua New Guinea without any problems. We believe the design itself solves a lot of problems with the traditional floor chain spreader set-up; problems we experienced ourselves when we used to produce a floor chain spreader. The obvious advantage of our design is the removal of floor chains, which no matter how strong, will always wear and eventually break. We use a simple four stage chrome ram that has been specifically designed for our spreaders by the company that supplies rams to major tractor and digger manufacturers. The ram is [B][U]fully speed controllable[/U][/B] with a flow control valve that reduces the flow of oil to each stage to keep discharge speed constant; this valve is now in its third generation and is easier to set-up than ever. Maintenance is another area where our spreader excels since the only regular maintenance requirements are greasing the bearings via automatic grease points and checking the oil level in the gearbox. The removal of floor chains also allows us to have a more compact machine with a deeper box and the axle positioned further back to reduce weight transfer when spreading. In addition our spreader comes standard with a slurry door, meaning it has a completely sealed box that can hold and spread slurry, there is no gaps for floor chains. It is also worth pointing out that in the second hand market the value of our spreaders holds up very well since we use no floor chains, which is always a worry on a second hand machine; there is very little to go wrong with a ram. Our unique ram design is not the only reason to consider our spreader, it also has a number of other features that make it an extremely robust and strong design. We use a 160hp gearbox that is protected from shock loads by polyurethane couplings, this allows us to run with a larger 10mm shear bolt. This is only possible because we use such heavy duty components, but allows our spreader to keep going when others would block. Someone mentioned that if the spreader did block there would be no way of pulling the load back to remove the object, with our spreader if it did block then the object must be quite a size and being brutally honest shouldn't be in there in the first place. The other problem someone mentioned was the spreader not spreading compost. This would be quite surprising since the ram on our 9-ton and 12-ton models can push 20-tons and on our larger 14-ton model the ram can push 25-tons. There is also a video of one of our spreaders on our website spreading compost. It sounds like the pressure relief valve might have been set too low on that spreader, which can easily be adjusted. I would imagine if you hired the spreader then the owner might have screwed it down slightly to protect the spreader. I hope this all helps and if anyone would like to discuss it further or would like some advice then please do not hesitate to contact us by private message or on 01224 722777 after the 3rd January. [/QUOTE]
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