Single-operator spreader gets job done, gets going

Built around a tandem-axle box section trailer, the unit comprises a 900L priming/holding tank initially primed via a vacuum pump driven by a small Honda engine.

The main pumping unit, a Bauer SX2000, has 150mm inlet and twin 125mm delivery outlets, and offers a typical output of 120-130m³/hour depending on material consistency and terrain. This unit is driven by a reconditioned John Deere engine typically sourced from a combine breaker in the UK.

At the front of the unit cradles carry the twin spool of delivery pipe, each with a capacity of 1000m of 100-125mm pipe or 600m of 150mm. Connection is then onwards to a tractor linkage mounted dribble bar assembly in the paddock. 

For one man operation an optional remote-control system for the pumping station is offered.

Once the field work is completed, a 170m³ compressor system takes care of blowing out the lines, before the move to the next job.

Spread far and wide

• Tramspread machinery was founded 30 years ago in Stowmarket, Suffolk by Terry Baker. It has three divisions:
• Sales – pumps, slurry tankers, irrigators
• Storage – above ground tanks, and bag tanks from Denmark and Holland
• Contracting – four umbilical teams spreading 250,000m3 over 5000ha in UK in 7 months.

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