Home-Built Lime Spreader
"I made a pull-type lime spreader out of a salvaged lime truck which I bought for $285. I cut the frame off just behind the cab of the truck. I then added another truck axle just ahead of the original truck drive axle to balance the load and to give more flotation. I also had to put a new conveyor bottom in the box," says Homer Goering, Moundridge, Kan.
"I made the hitch and added axle from parts I had laying around the farm, so the total cost was minimal - not counting the approximately 120 hours I spent on the project. The spreader holds 6 or 7 tons of lime and it takes at least an 80 hp. tractor to pull it. It has worked satisfactorily for me for the last couple years, liming about 1,000 acres."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Homer D. Goering, Rt. 2, Box 177, Moundridge, Kan. 67107 (ph 316 345-2880).
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Home-Built Lime Spreader FERTILIZER APPLICATION Fertilizer Application (58f) 19-6-11 "I made a pull-type lime spreader out of a salvaged lime truck which I bought for $285. I cut the frame off just behind the cab of the truck. I then added another truck axle just ahead of the original truck drive axle to balance the load and to give more flotation. I also had to put a new conveyor bottom in the box," says Homer Goering, Moundridge, Kan.
"I made the hitch and added axle from parts I had laying around the farm, so the total cost was minimal - not counting the approximately 120 hours I spent on the project. The spreader holds 6 or 7 tons of lime and it takes at least an 80 hp. tractor to pull it. It has worked satisfactorily for me for the last couple years, liming about 1,000 acres."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Homer D. Goering, Rt. 2, Box 177, Moundridge, Kan. 67107 (ph 316 345-2880).
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