Middlesex County, Ontario | The bottom of the beater doesn't pass underneath anything. The bottom of the beater is a circular plate and sits about 3/4" above the bottom drain pan.
I don't think there's a better manure spreader in that size range. We've had several over the last 25 years, only trading to go larger and vertical. We only spread once or twice a year and I do a deep clean and oil coat after, they really don't age and we get a premium trade in value.
The only repairs we've ever done is tires. Literally no repairs ever, just grease and tires.
Ours uses a single SCV and has a sequence valve and flow control valve knob on the drawbar. It ensures that the tailgate opens/closes when it should, and it allows the retract to occur at full flow while the extend happens at metered flow. You just set your SCV to constant and max flow and make sure your PTO is running when it should. Its simple to understand and use as intended.
My only gripe with the spreader is the flow control knob. I like to adjust the flow from the cab, with a little fine tuning you can run out at headlands. If I set the flow control knob on the drawbar wide open then I can adjust flow from the cab, but then my SCV flow is set slow and my retract is slow. What I've been meaning to do is Tee two SCVs together. I'll have SCV1 set to low flow constant, and SCV2 set to max flow constant. I'll use SCV1 for spreading and fine adjustments, and I'll use SCV2 to prime/retract.
If I had a more modern tractor with programmable functions then I would set these 3 functions.
- full flow ~7 seconds to open tailgate and push ~3' to get manure moving to beaters
- very low flow constant while spreading. Make small adjustments sometimes to work with field length.
- full flow reverse for ~35 seconds to retract pusher and close tailgate.
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