Jim Boyd
Senior Member
Well we used our front end loader to fill our old trough style lime spreader and pulled it with TechFire's (Keith) new side by side.
We started with repairs to a stripped drive wheel on the spreader and by about 930, the work was on!
We busted an axle on the disc mid morning and, believe it or not - had a spare axle. We had to use some old bearings as spacers - but we managed to cobble it back together and keep working.
Keith knows the actual count - I think we filled the spreader 17 times and we left very little lime on the ground where the original pile was.
We had the spreader rough calculated at about 1200 lbs per load and the math works out to 1176 lbs, so we were about spot on.
We limed every thing we wanted except one section of a 2.7 acre field - we were very satisfied with the way the day went.
We finished about 30 mins after dark and that also included clearing three large pine blow downs that laid across one of the buggy roads.
By our calculations, we put down about 2.2 tons per acre - which should be about right - as these are brand new cut in plots in fairly sandy soil that is predominately pine.
The soil tests in September will tell the tale - as we prepare to plant our naked oats and crimson clover.
Best of luck, folks!
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We started with repairs to a stripped drive wheel on the spreader and by about 930, the work was on!
We busted an axle on the disc mid morning and, believe it or not - had a spare axle. We had to use some old bearings as spacers - but we managed to cobble it back together and keep working.
Keith knows the actual count - I think we filled the spreader 17 times and we left very little lime on the ground where the original pile was.
We had the spreader rough calculated at about 1200 lbs per load and the math works out to 1176 lbs, so we were about spot on.
We limed every thing we wanted except one section of a 2.7 acre field - we were very satisfied with the way the day went.
We finished about 30 mins after dark and that also included clearing three large pine blow downs that laid across one of the buggy roads.
By our calculations, we put down about 2.2 tons per acre - which should be about right - as these are brand new cut in plots in fairly sandy soil that is predominately pine.
The soil tests in September will tell the tale - as we prepare to plant our naked oats and crimson clover.
Best of luck, folks!
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