Spinner seeder
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Topic: Spinner seeder
Posted By: Mikez
Subject: Spinner seeder
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2019 at 11:10pm
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Hi I was thinking of getting a spinner. Was woundering what brand you all like. Thanks |
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 1:02am
| TSC has them the cheapest, they are built good. can't remember the brand right now, the Land Pride units are good ones too. the thing to check on them is the adjustment door, how is it made to make adjustments? and how long would it take to rust up. don't get the ones that the spinners and flanges are poly, they are not accurate. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 4:51am
County line?
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shameless dude wrote:Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 6:27am
| I still have my Daddy's Old Hurd. It is very, very rusty but still works. One of these days I should restore it in his memory. Being the settings chart is a plastic sticker it could almost pass for new. Dad bought this spreader new in 72. Being I sold Dads Cultipacker I need Retire this Hurd spreader. |
Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 6:50am
| For large grass seed or fertilizer the cheap ones work ok. For small seed like alfalfa or clover or timothy Herd is my choice. They cost more but are well built and accurate. Keep in mind the cheaper ones are a SPREADER and the good ones are a SPREADER/SEEDER. |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 9:38am
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Name escapes me but have had one of the red Italian jobs for about 5 years now. Most run 5-600.00 but plenty out there used for 3-400.00. I use mine for over seeding pastures after running an old no-till fixed at 20" spacing. Helps to run something over the seed after broadcasting to get a better seed contact and I run a 8' Brillion mulcher tucker. Grease it at the gear box after rinsing with water and blow it out with air hose and let it air dry. I spray any rotating parts with a couple cans of cheap spray vegetable oil for storage.
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Posted By: exSW
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:45am
| Herd. I figured out how to make mine fasthitch so I imagine snapcoupler couldn't be that hard. |
Posted By: sparky
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:31pm
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Italian brand may be a Carroni ?? (spell) ------------- It's the color tractor my grandpa had! |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 9:43am
| Yup, Carroni is it. They must have shipped a boat load (literally) over about 6-7 years ago as those things are everywhere it seems. Many of the farm and ranch box stores seem to carry that brand. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 9:50am
| last time I seeded alfalfa, I used one of them lawn spreaders that hold about 1 and a 1/2 bags of seed and pulled it behind my 6 wheeler, did about 6 acres and it worked great! spread it just before a rain and you don't hafta harrow it in. did the same with clover seed. them spreaders are about $125. a 2 wheel unit. |
Posted By: VAfarmboy
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2019 at 7:21pm
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We have an old John Deere C 381. I don't think they have made them in decades but if you can find one it is a much better spreader than anything from Tractor Supply.
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Posted By: BillinAlberta
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2019 at 9:24am
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I have a red "Italian" spinner.When spreading the small seeds I mix fertilizer with the seed for volume then calibrate accordingly.Works fine for cheaper clover and grass seed. Expensive perennial forages get seeded with a melroe 204.
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Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:03am
| Thanks guys. Our local tsc has tarter brand spinner. Like tarter gate company |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2019 at 12:13am
| Talked to a small town farm an garden shop. They have land pride and said there made in US. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2019 at 1:48am
| DIYDAVE...yeah, that's the name...thanks |