Need advice on a manure spreader

[shaz]

Looks like I'm going to get alot of chicken litter dumped over here and I'll be able to get it in the future as well so I need a spreader.

Problem: The reason to spread it myself is due to topography. I have some tight places and some really scary hills so weight is an issue. I plan to use a 50hp 4wd tractor. Spreader needs a fairly low profile as well.

Been looking at Pequea. Are they worth looking at?

 

[footballjdtractor]

john deere 450 is a real nice well made spreader. sometimes you can find them used at auctions cheap.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Looks like I'm going to get alot of chicken litter dumped over here and I'll be able to get it in the future as well so I need a spreader.

Problem: The reason to spread it myself is due to topography. I have some tight places and some really scary hills so weight is an issue. I plan to use a 50hp 4wd tractor. Spreader needs a fairly low profile as well.

Been looking at Pequea. Are they worth looking at?

I have been told a reg manure spreader doesn't work well at all on spreading litter
everyone around here has a reg litter spreader which is more like a lime spreader with heavier chains and straighter sides
the ones I was looking at were running in the $15k range

 

[turklilley]

Pequea makes a litter/lime spreader. I don't know the price. Used litter spreaders around here a pretty well rusted up.
A box spreader will work if you use a pan. Run the beaters fast, and the drag slow.

 

[hayray]

I have a client that runs a Pequea with a small John Deere tractor on some pretty good hills. The Pequea seems like a heavy duty machine.

 

[shaz]

I have a client that runs a Pequea with a small John Deere tractor on some pretty good hills. The Pequea seems like a heavy duty machine.

Is he spreading manure or litter?

 

[hayray]

He is spreading manure.