rear discharge muck spreader compared with terregator

[henman]

I live in a a wet part of uk ,thinking of buying a terregator or similar because of its low ground pressure ability are they good on soft ground compared normale machinery

 

[Steevo]

They are heavy.
And expensive to fix when they go wrong.

That said I had a contractor spreading poultry litter with one and it was a brilliant job at 2t/ac.

 

[henman]

was it light on the ground, good on soil structure

 

[Chae1]

@puntabrava will know

 

[puntabrava]

Depends on how many wheels, 5 wheeler not, 4 wheeler not really as will be so heavy before you put anything in it.

 

[Steevo]

was it light on the ground, good on soil structure

I wouldn't say it's lighter than anything else. Can make some pretty impressive ruts for sure.

Ideal in summer, but if you wouldn't drive a tractor on a field I wouldn't take a terragator on it. Yes they have wide wheels, but they are very heavy.

Also, you can't crab steer as @Cab-over Pete found because it would affect the spread pattern.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

For muck spreading I don’t think the crab would worry the speed pattern too much, as long as it’s not too potent like fresh-out-the-shed poultry muck.

A four wheeler on crab would travel well, as would a three wheeler, but they still have their limitations, especially on really wet ground.

When lime and fert spreading the speed helps as much as anything.

 

[Chae1]

For muck spreading I don’t think the crab would worry the speed pattern too much, as long as it’s not too potent like fresh-out-the-shed poultry muck.

A four wheeler on crab would travel well, as would a three wheeler, but they still have their limitations, especially on really wet ground.

When lime and fert spreading the speed helps as much as anything.

Be another project for you! Fit a dungspreader on Xerion.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

All delusions of spending money have been lobbed out of the window for the foreseeable future!

 

[daveydiesel1]

Or a unimog streched

 

[dusty]

Have you got one lined up for buying @henman we have a couple we would possibly be looking to sell

 

[Foxcover]

The same with anything big on fat tyres, like beet harvesters etc, they look like they travel well because they don’t leave ruts as bad as a trailed harvester/spreader but they do the damage deeper down.
I used a 40t Holmer spreader which sits on 4 1050 wide tyres to spread a bit of litter on some land that had been lightly disced, it looked like it travelled well hardly leaving a mark, I then went back a week later with a trio and every time I passed over a wheeling the tractor nearly stalled.
Weight is weight.