Fertilizer Spreader Mounts On Challenger Tractor
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"I built it because I wanted to keep big, heavy fertilizer trucks out of my fields. It can carry six tons of fertilizer and weighs about 45,000 lbs. when loaded but exerts only about 6 psi on the ground," says Boris Horodynsky, Churchill, Ontario, who built a 3-pt. mounted fertilizer spreader for his Challenger 75C tractor.
The hydraulically-powered unit spreads fertilizer in a pattern about 50 ft. wide. Horodynsky uses either a forklift or a truck-mounted auger to load the stainless steel hopper. To compensate for the extra weight on back he mounted 2,200 lbs. of weights on front of the tractor, which is equipped with 35-in. wide rubber tracks.
"It'll go through the wettest fields with no problems and without leaving ruts," says Horodynsky. "We had been using big fertilizer trucks which left 3 to 4-ft. deep ruts in our peat soils in a wet spring. I did a ply-wood mockup before I built it because I wanted to make sure I brought the weight as far forward as possible."
Horodynsky says he spent about $12,000 to build the spreader.
Contact: FARMS HOW Followup, Boris Horodynsky, Rt. 1, Churchill, Ontario, Canada L0L 1K0 (ph 705 456-2461; fax 0344).
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Fertilizer Spreader Mounts On Challenger Tractor FERTILIZER APPLICATION Fertilizer Application (58f) 21-2-17 "I built it because I wanted to keep big, heavy fertilizer trucks out of my fields. It can carry six tons of fertilizer and weighs about 45,000 lbs. when loaded but exerts only about 6 psi on the ground," says Boris Horodynsky, Churchill, Ontario, who built a 3-pt. mounted fertilizer spreader for his Challenger 75C tractor.
The hydraulically-powered unit spreads fertilizer in a pattern about 50 ft. wide. Horodynsky uses either a forklift or a truck-mounted auger to load the stainless steel hopper. To compensate for the extra weight on back he mounted 2,200 lbs. of weights on front of the tractor, which is equipped with 35-in. wide rubber tracks.
"It'll go through the wettest fields with no problems and without leaving ruts," says Horodynsky. "We had been using big fertilizer trucks which left 3 to 4-ft. deep ruts in our peat soils in a wet spring. I did a ply-wood mockup before I built it because I wanted to make sure I brought the weight as far forward as possible."
Horodynsky says he spent about $12,000 to build the spreader.
Contact: FARMS HOW Followup, Boris Horodynsky, Rt. 1, Churchill, Ontario, Canada L0L 1K0 (ph 705 456-2461; fax 0344).
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