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Anybody ever try one of these ?
I have a bad foot, so I try to use the tractor whenever I can.
I have an agrifab pull behind spreader, but there are spots that
require a push spreader. When I cut the lawn, my nephew does
the hand mower trimming, but I hate to bother him for every
little thing so I figured I would try this to do the spots that we
would normally use the push spreader on. It’s an Earthway M20
(about $125.00) the hopper holds just short of a 15,000 sq ft bag
of Scotts turfbuilder. They advertise it as an ATV spreader but I
figured it would work just as well on my GT. Turns out it worked
so well I did the whole lawn with it and in less time than the pull
behind spreader. My only regret is I didn’t get the larger one (M30)
because I’ll never use the tow behind spreader again.
I made a vertical bracket (15” piece of 2” angle iron, on top of 10”
piece of 1” pipe, on top of 4” piece of 2” angle iron) then welded 2
pieces of 3/4 “ pipe on top of the 15” piece of angle. (don’t make
fun of my welds) These 2 pipes accept the 2 pieces of 3/4 “ solid rod
that I made to support the spreader. This vertical support bolts right
on top of the tow bar extension that I made as part of my still
uncompleted vac-cart project. I used the 12 volt connector for my
winter cab to power the spreader, it comes with a rocker switch that I
mounted to one of the original tubes that came with the spreader.
I’ll leave the vertical bracket on the tractor but the spreader comes off
by pulling 2 pins and the 12 volt connector.
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread1.jpg>
The spreader in place.
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread2.jpg>
The vertical mounting bracket, the 2 pieces of 3/4 “ solid bars
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread3.jpg>
The tow bar extension supporting everything.
I have a bad foot, so I try to use the tractor whenever I can.
I have an agrifab pull behind spreader, but there are spots that
require a push spreader. When I cut the lawn, my nephew does
the hand mower trimming, but I hate to bother him for every
little thing so I figured I would try this to do the spots that we
would normally use the push spreader on. It’s an Earthway M20
(about $125.00) the hopper holds just short of a 15,000 sq ft bag
of Scotts turfbuilder. They advertise it as an ATV spreader but I
figured it would work just as well on my GT. Turns out it worked
so well I did the whole lawn with it and in less time than the pull
behind spreader. My only regret is I didn’t get the larger one (M30)
because I’ll never use the tow behind spreader again.
I made a vertical bracket (15” piece of 2” angle iron, on top of 10”
piece of 1” pipe, on top of 4” piece of 2” angle iron) then welded 2
pieces of 3/4 “ pipe on top of the 15” piece of angle. (don’t make
fun of my welds) These 2 pipes accept the 2 pieces of 3/4 “ solid rod
that I made to support the spreader. This vertical support bolts right
on top of the tow bar extension that I made as part of my still
uncompleted vac-cart project. I used the 12 volt connector for my
winter cab to power the spreader, it comes with a rocker switch that I
mounted to one of the original tubes that came with the spreader.
I’ll leave the vertical bracket on the tractor but the spreader comes off
by pulling 2 pins and the 12 volt connector.
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread1.jpg>
The spreader in place.
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread2.jpg>
The vertical mounting bracket, the 2 pieces of 3/4 “ solid bars
<img src=http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v155/aegt5000/Spread3.jpg>
The tow bar extension supporting everything.