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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kinze features the Harvest Commander 850 (850 bu.) and 1050 (1,050 bu.) models. Harvest Commanders have a low-profile design with no joints or ledges in the grain tank. All the side and rear sloping joints are formed on the outside resulting in unrestricted grain flow. The design also creates a drip edge which helps prevent […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Balzer builds Field Floater IV carts with capacities of 1,325 bu. and 1,550 bu., plus the huge 2,000-bu. unit with scale ready running gear. The 1325 and 1550 models come in both walking tandem axle and independent tridem (triple) axle. The tridem is standard on the 2000. The Auto-Trail Steerable Axle System steers two on […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute GEA Farm Technologies of Quebec produce 12 steerable models of liquid manure spreaders from the EL48-4D-3200 at 3,850 U.S. gallons up to the EL48-8D-7900 with its 9,500 U.S. gallon capacity. According to GEA Technologies, these spreaders offer excellent maneuverability in all types of terrain. Their exclusive hydraulic power steering and quality suspension provides greater resistance […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hagedorn believes producers need spreaders with extra spread width for fewer passes over the field, as well as axle and tire designs that reduce soil compaction, and more processing of manure for easy incorporation and better nutrient uptake. Hadgedorn also believes they’ve answered those needs with its Extravert models, the 5290 (290 to 421 heaped […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute For those who have liquid manure, the Ontario company Nuhn produces manure spreaders with capacities from 8,000 gallons to 15,000 U.S. gallons in the Nuhn Quad Train, a design that Nuhn says re-defines large-capacity spreading. Even though to the untrained eye the Quad Train looks like a “double spreader,” it’s designed as a single. According […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute H&S produces several types of manure spreaders, but among their most popular in Canada is the H&S Top Shot side-discharge manure spreader. This Top Shot series offers three different models, the 2,000-gallon 5120, the 2,600-gallon 5126, and the 5134 with a capacity of 3,400 gallons. According to H&S, the right side Top Shot discharge expeller […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute New Holland has added two new spreaders to its box spreader lineup, the 521 cu. ft. M2080 and the 628 cu. ft. M2090, which according to New Holland give the operator precise control and a uniform spread. The M2080 and M2090 hitch is part of the heavy-duty channel- iron frame than extends under the box […] Read more