Moving fert to the field

[Headless chicken]

How are others doing it? I think the best answer is a hiab trailer with a donkey engine. Anyone done this? Would a forestry trailer work?

 

[KB6930]

How far are you going ?

 

[Headless chicken]

How far are you going ?

sorry should’ve said. Furthest is 5 miles each way carrying 4-5 bags at a time applying up to 100kg acre

 

[KB6930]

Are you looking to do this with 1 man or 2 and 2 machine's?

My furthest will be 4 miles and just do it all with the spreader myself as we've not got anything or anyone to do it

 

[Headless chicken]

Are you looking to do this with 1 man or 2 and 2 machine's?

My furthest will be 4 miles and just do it all with the spreader myself as we've not got anything or anyone to do it

My thinking is either one trailer getting dropped off before hand with telehandler or a long draw bar and the fert man taking that up too.
Roads to acces it is so rough it takes us too long is the major issue

 

[An Gof]

5 miles is furthest here and it all gets done in the spreader. Never usually more than 375kg/Ha in one application. If you are fertilising for spuds I can see that taking a load on the trailer would be worthwhile. I can manage 2.4Tonnes in the spreader so at your max spreading rate that’s 24 acres to a fill which isn’t too bad for me. But I guess if you have 200 + acres to do at that distance you will want to trailer it over.

 

[KB6930]

I've seen a few trailer's with a hiab on and wondered about it as well but would need to have a long drawbar under the spreader to make it worthwhile then just pull up alongside and use the spreader tractor hydraulic to run it .

 

[Fendt516profi]

How many acres are you spreading in the area. I thought of taking some on a trailer to some off land but by time I'd loaded trailer taken it over come back hooked spreader on gone over loaded it spread it come back unhitched spreader and gone back for trailer I thought it was easier to load spreader at home and take it and spread it and do a couple of trips

 

[Kevtherev]

Could you get the fertiliser delivered to site or is access bad?
Bag lifter on fert spinner other option

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Run a front hopper allows you to carry it all with you. Running a m35w KRM 3.5t on rear and 1.5t front transfer hopper on front of 140hp claas

 

[Lincsman]

Hi lift trailer... bulk

 

[cvx175]

Run a front hopper allows you to carry it all with you. Running a m35w KRM 3.5t on rear and 1.5t front transfer hopper on front of 140hp claas

Does that not put you overweight? Not many 140hp tractors with a 6t payload

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Does that not put you overweight? Not many 140hp tractors with a 6t payload

not looked into it too carefully but look at most tractors of that size and they will have a similar sized spreader and a ton weightblock on the front so only slightly bigger

 

[Headless chicken]

How many acres are you spreading in the area. I thought of taking some on a trailer to some off land but by time I'd loaded trailer taken it over come back hooked spreader on gone over loaded it spread it come back unhitched spreader and gone back for trailer I thought it was easier to load spreader at home and take it and spread it and do a couple of trips

120 or so acres in that block on a multicut system so every day counts. Probably the best part of a days spreading with messing around and poor roads

Could you get the fertiliser delivered to site or is access bad?
Bag lifter on fert spinner other option

It’s largely just off lying blocks of land so no where to really store it. Looking at an artic trailer conversion and fitting a rail so we wouldn’t have to strap could just pull it up there but then we’ve still got to load it

 

[michael N123]

loader tractor and bale trailer

But gave up doing that spent to much time pissing about loading trailer an trying to get a lift back for the spreader tractor new tractor does 55k so just fill her right up in the yard

 

[Beef farmer]

Just buy a spreader that holds 4.2 ton and a big front weight.
We will move fert for big doses, but multi cut 70 units/acre job just use 50k tractor and big spinner, will carry to the spinner with the handler and bucket tho to speed it up.

 

[vantage]

Trailed spreader, or fit your spreader on the back of a transfer trailer.

 

[davidroberts30]

Get a ex hiab lorry and do your class2 or chop the cab off

 

[Fendt516profi]

Get a ex hiab lorry and do your class2 or chop the cab off

Would there be anyway to register this as a Agri vehicle

 

[Fendt516profi]

I've seen a few trailer's with a hiab on and wondered about it as well but would need to have a long drawbar under the spreader to make it worthwhile then just pull up alongside and use the spreader tractor hydraulic to run it .

Seen this before and probably best option for this to make it one man operation. Mount some hydraulic fittings to side of spreader with some taps pressurise it before you leave tractor then plug pipes in and turn taps on