Which Fert Spreader?

[David.]

It has come to something when a new fert spinner costs the same as a perfectly usable tractor.

 

[KB6930]

It has come to something when a new fert spinner costs the same as a perfectly usable tractor.

It's been that way for a while but at least they last a good few years

The more worrying thing is the cost of the product you're throwing about with them

 

[Phil P]

It's been that way for a while but at least they last a good few years

The more worrying thing is the cost of the product you're throwing about with them

I totally agree, I’m sure most arable farmers will use the same value of fert each year as it will cost to buy a top of the range full speck spreader!
It makes sense to put that sort of moneys worth of fert in the right place at the right amount every time.

Ps, I’d never go back to a spreader that didn’t have weigh cells now, it makes life so much easier and spreading so accurate it’s just unbelievable! When we first got the spreader we’d put an extra 150kg in the hopper just in case we ran short in a field, now we can literally spread to within 5-10kg in every time.

 

[juke]

I totally agree, I’m sure most arable farmers will use the same value of fert each year as it will cost to buy a top of the range full speck spreader!
It makes sense to put that sort of moneys worth of fert in the right place at the right amount every time.

Ps, I’d never go back to a spreader that didn’t have weigh cells now, it makes life so much easier and spreading so accurate it’s just unbelievable! When we first got the spreader we’d put an extra 150kg in the hopper just in case we ran short in a field, now we can literally spread to within 5-10kg in every time.

The next stage is a geo spreader , once you've had one of these machines you won't look at anything else...

 

[KB6930]

I totally agree, I’m sure most arable farmers will use the same value of fert each year as it will cost to buy a top of the range full speck spreader!
It makes sense to put that sort of moneys worth of fert in the right place at the right amount every time.

Ps, I’d never go back to a spreader that didn’t have weigh cells now, it makes life so much easier and spreading so accurate it’s just unbelievable! When we first got the spreader we’d put an extra 150kg in the hopper just in case we ran short in a field, now we can literally spread to within 5-10kg in every time.

Weighing machine's take the guess work out of it but you're right once you've gone to the full geo machine if you're tramlines are consistently a good width it's amazing how accurate they are for putting the right amount on .

 

[Phil P]

The next stage is a geo spreader , once you've had one of these machines you won't look at anything else...

Mine is a geo spread, section control weigh cells, gps, big tellus iso screen. see post #3
We also spread everything variable rate, including N

 

[juke]

Mine is a geo spread, section control weigh cells, gps, big tellus iso screen. see post #3
We also spread everything variable rate, including N

I normally only get a little excited over no till drills but since we got our geo spreader that does the same thing to me

 

[Phil P]

I normally only get a little excited over no till drills but since we got our geo spreader that does the same thing to me

I know, fert spreading usd to be the job no one looked forward to or wanted to do! Since getting the geo-spread me and the old man argue over who gets to do it . It really is a pleasure to use

 

[Finn farmer]

I know, fert spreading usd to be the job no one looked forward to or wanted to do! Since getting the geo-spread me and the old man argue over who gets to do it . It really is a pleasure to use

Same goes for rolling. If you've a small roller you'll never really want to do it, but add width, seeder and a front board and you'll have to fight who will get to do it.

 

[benny6910]

Just been and picked this up today, hopefully it’ll be as good as everyone says.

 

[Rma7810]

What do you think between Kuhn axis 50.2hemc and amazone Za ts hydro profi ?
Both weigher and gps switch . Been using 40.1 Kuhn over 10 years and really happy with it , never striped . Just looking to upgrade . Does it come down to dealer?

 

[Jerry]

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Just been and picked this up today, hopefully it’ll be as good as everyone says.

How many bags will that hold??

 

[juke]

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Just been and picked this up today, hopefully it’ll be as good as everyone says.

Are you running that on the tractors own guidance and section control ? Or is the geodome being fitted later ?

 

[juke]

What do you think between Kuhn axis 50.2hemc and amazone Za ts hydro profi ?
Both weigher and gps switch . Been using 40.1 Kuhn over 10 years and really happy with it , never striped . Just looking to upgrade . Does it come down to dealer?

Do you have a kv/ or vicon dealer locally ?

 

[benny6910]

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How many bags will that hold??[/QUOTE
It’s a 3900l hopper it’s a little smaller than the sulky I’ve traded in but should get 5 bags in

 

[benny6910]

Are you running that on the tractors own guidance and section control ? Or is the geodome being fitted later ?[/
It’s cheaper to unlock the section control on the tractor than it was to get a geospread, down side is it won’t have as many sections but I think it can do 7 so I thought I’d try it and see.

 

[Rma7810]

No kv or vicon locally , so just looked at these two

 

[KB6930]

What do you think between Kuhn axis 50.2hemc and amazone Za ts hydro profi ?
Both weigher and gps switch . Been using 40.1 Kuhn over 10 years and really happy with it , never striped . Just looking to upgrade . Does it come down to dealer?

I know someone with an amazone Za t's with the system that watches the spread pattern out the back and is very happy with it and he's not getting the stripping problem on hills he used to get with his previous amazone

I used to have old model axera hemc Kuhn and I really liked it but the replacement 40/50.2 only had 2 vanes each disc so put us off and moved to kv but the hydraulic drive and emc was very good on the Kuhn

 

[juke]

No kv or vicon locally , so just looked at these two

that's unfortunate id probably stick with what you know in that case

 

[KB6930]

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Just been and picked this up today, hopefully it’ll be as good as everyone says.

I can't think you'll be disappointed with that I've not tried to run my kv through anything other than the tellus screen but I know someone who came to see mine before they bought 1 are running it through JD screen etc