Richard western muck spreader

[JPM]

Recently bought a secondhand muck spreader, chains are pretty worn and the chain is the same size as Storth scraper chain. Thinking of using it as it'll be a fair bit cheaper I presume. Anyone done that before?

 

[norse]

Yes rebuilt a spreader last year but find your local Kramp dealer,depending on how well they treat you it may work out cheaper!
http://www.kramp.com/shop-gb/en/357015/819916/60085/Floor+Chain+14x50

 

[JPM]

Yes rebuilt a spreader last year but find your local Kramp dealer,depending on how well they treat you it may work out cheaper!
http://www.kramp.com/shop-gb/en/357015/819916/60085/Floor+Chain+14x50

Yeah got quoted £19.50 a meter for scraper chain. Is that similar to what u paid?

 

[norse]

I was all but ready to order from storth when I discovered that Kramp listed it,I think the list price was less than £15 when our local supplier looked on the kramp website,I saw it over his shoulder and asked if that was what it cost him,he replied that the price was rrp.and he gave me some discount,I think I paid nearer £12 but can't remember exactly.

 

[norse]

I also built the sprockets up with the mig welder and reprofiled them with the grinder,I had a mate cut the flat bar up with his lopper and the slats were from the framework of a commercial greenhouse that a neighbour had dismantled and then several hours with building it all up,this is the third spreader I have rebuilt like this over the years,it is a big saving over the manufacturer,when I called Richard western about new chains they said they would have to make them up anyway.

 

[JPM]

Looks a tidy job! My sprockets are in good nick so hopefully just the chain will sort it out. I bought a set of flingers from spaldings but they are just straight with a point on them, I can imagine the cranked ones you have will make a better job? Did u put the new chains back into the spreader individually or did u attach bars first and feed it through?
Thanks

 

[JPM]

There's a fair bit of slop in one of the beaters but I think it must be the rubber segments in the drive coupler.

 

[norse]

We built the chain and slats up and bunched the chain up in the bottom of the spreader and then pulled it around the front idlers with the telehandler,you have to go gently as you can drop the slats off if you pull unevenly,we used two lengths of rope so that the chain had to go evenly.
The slop in the beater could be the spline in the bottom of the beater but that depends on the age of the spreader,you can buy a new hub to fit the bottom of the beater, you just need to cut the bottom of the beater and weld the new hub in place.

 

[JPM]

Thanks for the info! It's a 2002 10 tonne model.

 

[norse]

It is the same as the one that I did last year,it will have the one piece gearbox so therefore will not have rubbers it will be a direct fit six spline like a pto shaft,it will need a hub unless there is backlash in the gearbox.
My chain came from the local garden machinery man as they are Kramp agents!

 

[JPM]

Think the gearbox is ok, least I hope so anyway. I've got a gd few thousand tonne to spread so I'll maybe get the beater out first as it'll not be a nice job once it's covered in muck! [emoji1] I've bought the scraper chain in the end up, as they had it in stock. Will try kramp when I do my next one though!

 

[norse]

It is likely to be the spline,never done one myself but a local contractor/hire man has several and sometimes has replaced the hub.

 

[JPM]

Got the new chains and lugs welded up 2day and back in the spreader tightened up ready to go. Got a quote back from Richard western dealer for chain and lug plates to weld on £2000! And also a 78 day delivery wait! [emoji23]

 

[Carl.seggons]

I'm struggling to get the rotor off the gearbox any suggestion before cutting the boss off