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Bunker Hill, IL | I saw a tender trailer that caught my attention today at FPS. The Norwood S3 4-compartment 1200 poly tender trailer with stainless conveyor. It can be used to haul dry products and liquid, in any combination with the different compartments. I figure that two of each would be close to a legal load if two compartments full of dry or two of UAN, not both kinds all full at the same time. I am interested in using it to tender my strip-till in the fall, and tender planter with liquid and seed, then also tender my air seeder with seed only. I could also use it to tender sprayer to sidedress, or hot loads. With the planter, I'm not confident I'd be happy with it to fill individual 1.6bu boxes, but I think I could make it work with a telescoping spout.
I was told by another salesman that these can be really top-heavy and would want to think about that hard before buying one.
Does anyone have one? Are you happy with it, or would you go a different route?
I also looked at the Quickveyor hopper bottom tender, but that doesn't seem to check quite as many boxes for what I'm looking to do.
I have two very old gravity seed wagons for drilled seed, and a 2-box corn seed tender that works well for the planter boxes...but...I need liquid AND seed at the planter, and don't want to need two vehicles at a field planting.
I currently have a 5th wheel skid and pull the tender with that on my semi. But, it does not work for my dry fertilizer or bulk seed at all.
I'm trying to avoid a high dollar tender that gets used one week a year and sits around rusting and taking space the rest of the year. If I can use it for multiple things throughout the year, it's a lot more justifiable of a purchase.
My strip-till is a 2-compartment 14-ton, so I need to carry at least 6 or 7 tons of two different products to make things flow. | |
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Norwood S3 Poly Tender
