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SC NE | Went to look at a 780 manure spreader today, wasn't in too bad of shape except for the floor. Both edges had the poly skin peeled away and had a pretty good slit down the middle. Floor around the outside seemed fairly solid yet but the middle seemed pretty soft and sponge. How much of a job would it be to replace it and about how much would it cost? Also thought about what is causing the tears, is it something in the manure that gets under the slide or perhaps rusty metal under the slide. Any reason why John Deere just didn't use a solid piece of poly? |
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| I have replaced these sides and floors with material that we sell at West Point Design. The reason that they used this type of board was strength and that was what was available at the time. give me a call and I can help we are installing a floor and sides in a 780 Deere on Monday the 9 of march so I will know how much it will take. TIA 402-380-2200 Scott
Edited by betterspreader 3/7/2015 19:19
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| John Deere sold the engineering to a company called Pik Rite and they continue to build those style spreaders. I know of a couple of spreaders locally that have had parts ordered from them for repairs. |
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swMN | the one I bought has the sheets flipped over |
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Eastern Iowa | A small rock just the right size can do it. I replaced both sides and the sled floor and rear floor on mine and had a rock get under the sled's wiper and wreck it. Water got into the crack and separated the poly from the plywood when it froze. I was sick over it.
I bolted the edges of the crack with large, flat head bolts and coated them with spray on bed liner to keep the water out. So far so good. |
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Eastern Iowa | There's no room in the design for the amount of expansion that would occur with a full poly floor, according to a Pik-Rite engineer. The original floor for these were a fiberglass coated plywood. That was actually better than the plastic, IMO. |
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