Lime aggrevation
05-24-2005 | 05:37 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Tunkhannock, PA USA
Lime aggrevation
Is anybody having the same kind of Lime aggrevation as I am.
Trying to get the local lime ag guys out to spread is like pulling teeth.
They always have an excuse or are too busy.
I have looked everywhere for a lime spreader to rent and Nothing except a 4 hose Hydraulic one that is too far to tow anyway.
I need to put like 6-10 tons down on 4 seperate plots. I am about to buy my own and pay for it by renting it out. If i am having this many problems alot of other people have to have the same kind of problems.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH[:@][:@]
Trying to get the local lime ag guys out to spread is like pulling teeth.
They always have an excuse or are too busy.
I have looked everywhere for a lime spreader to rent and Nothing except a 4 hose Hydraulic one that is too far to tow anyway.
I need to put like 6-10 tons down on 4 seperate plots. I am about to buy my own and pay for it by renting it out. If i am having this many problems alot of other people have to have the same kind of problems.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH[:@][:@]
05-24-2005 | 06:25 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Townsend, DE US
RE: Lime aggrevation
Go buy a Gandy drop spreader and do it yourself, this is a busy time of year for farmers and farm supply business had better cater to them. I will tell you , we farm 6000 acres and if want them to spread lime they had better not tell us they cant because they have to spread a couple wildlife plots for someone and the farmer must wait.....They go with the steady customer ,
05-24-2005 | 09:03 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Bay City MI USA
RE: Lime aggrevation
ORIGINAL: RonM
Go buy a Gandy drop spreader and do it yourself, this is a busy time of year for farmers and farm supply business had better cater to them. I will tell you , we farm 6000 acres and if want them to spread lime they had better not tell us they cant because they have to spread a couple wildlife plots for someone and the farmer must wait.....They go with the steady customer ,
Go buy a Gandy drop spreader and do it yourself, this is a busy time of year for farmers and farm supply business had better cater to them. I will tell you , we farm 6000 acres and if want them to spread lime they had better not tell us they cant because they have to spread a couple wildlife plots for someone and the farmer must wait.....They go with the steady customer ,
before they take care of my 4 acre food Plot?
05-26-2005 | 09:24 AM
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Joined: May 2005
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RE: Lime aggrevation
I hunt East Texas and mostly what we plant is firelanes and old logging roads. It is difficult to get large spreaders in these areas. Therefore I built my own that I pull behind my four-wheeler. The entire axle turns and I welded flat bar onto it to resemble a paddle-wheel. The axle dispenses the lime out of the bottom.
05-26-2005 | 08:59 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: South Carolina
RE: Lime aggrevation
Had the same problem.Had them load up the back of the pickup and we tried spreading it with grass seed spreaders.That didn't work so we(2 of us old farts) just spread it by the handful.It was a lot of work,even for just 1 1/2 acres,but we got 'er dun.
05-27-2005 | 06:48 AM
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RE: Lime aggrevation
Someone suggested the leafblower teachnique (and swore by it) to me when I was asking about how to spread lime. Seemed to me that it would just make a hugh lime dust cloud and cause you to breathe lime dust. Thought it would be better to build the spreader.
