Man, do I know how hard it is to find a GOOD used spreader. After I started into the beef business, I discovered the need for a spreader. It was getting kind of deep around here. So I found an old NI pto spreader a neighbor had and bought it. It was OK for a year or so until part of the frame rusted off and one wheel kind of started sagging and dragging. So I borrowed a little IH from a neighbor to finish up with that year. Then I found a big JD that had been on a dairy farm for $500. It had a logging chain setup for the feed apron and lasted for several years with little maintenance. But one day as I was going oout across a field with a load on, I got to wondering why the beater seemed to be missing. It was still there, but kind of skimming the grass tops. The frame had rotted through and allowed the whole back end of the machine to kind of sag past the axles. Didn't do a great job of spreding, either. Then I bought a nice looking tandem NI. It broke the rear table shaft just outside the gearbox after the first year. Seems manure had rusted it nearly through, and it didn't last long. Trying to get the old shaft out of the gear in a ress was more than it could handle and a new gear and shaft was almost twice the cost of what I paid for the spreader. So, it was off to the auctions, where I found a really nice lookin Oliver for $300. Beaters looked good, the boards looked great, tires looked usable and the frame didn't appear to be rusted all over. At last- a creampuff. Loaded it up halfway and tried it out. Not a problem. So, i put a full load on it, started to spread and went about 100' when the feed chain broke. This spreder had been taken care of. But it had also been used. Almost every link was close to paper thin and may have been ok for stall straw, but not for pen packed manure. I finally brole down and bought a new one. I take care of it, and it's lasted about fifteen years now, and is still near new. But look at EVERYTHING on one before you buy one. It may look real nice, but S--- happens, and not many are real good after a few years on the farm.
Remember, these are the toughest machines on the farm- they kick the crap out of themselves--
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