Got this SP set up for plowing, got the power angle for the plow and put a salt spreader on today. The spreader came from Tractor Supply for 150.00. I had to do some quick fabrication to get it mounted on the back rack, the hardware that came with it was not going to work with the composite rack and extender. I got it mounted temporarily with stuff I had laying around to see if it was going to work out. Now I need to design a QD type mount so it can be removed quickly. I’m happy to say it worked great today, I dumped 50lbs of Ice Melt in the hopper and did my driveway. It throws the Ice Melt a good 10 ft on each side which is a little too much for my driveway, but never the less it worked good.
The product is a Buyers ATV Spreader, it definitely needs some mods to fine tune it. There are a couple things to fabricate/modify to make it work better. First there is no shroud to keep the material from slinging 360 degrees, I had to put a piece of plywood on the back bumper to stop it from making a mess. I’m going to cut up a 5 gal bucket and see if i can make a shroud with that. Next there is a lever that adjusts the amount of material that drops, you need to reach back and throw the lever that is mounted on the hopper mount. Kind of tough to do while keeping the wheeler moving to be efficient with the Ice Melt. I might try to rig up a cable and lever that is a little closer, maybe mount it on the rack extender. And last, it would be nice to be able to adjust the speed of the motor to make it throw a little shorter distance. Some type of weatherproof inline 3 position switch would do the trick i think.
The product is a Buyers ATV Spreader, it definitely needs some mods to fine tune it. There are a couple things to fabricate/modify to make it work better. First there is no shroud to keep the material from slinging 360 degrees, I had to put a piece of plywood on the back bumper to stop it from making a mess. I’m going to cut up a 5 gal bucket and see if i can make a shroud with that. Next there is a lever that adjusts the amount of material that drops, you need to reach back and throw the lever that is mounted on the hopper mount. Kind of tough to do while keeping the wheeler moving to be efficient with the Ice Melt. I might try to rig up a cable and lever that is a little closer, maybe mount it on the rack extender. And last, it would be nice to be able to adjust the speed of the motor to make it throw a little shorter distance. Some type of weatherproof inline 3 position switch would do the trick i think.
If anyone knows of a decent switch to control the speed of the electric motor, please shoot me a link! By the way, the on/off switch plugs into the 12v Cig Lighter on the pod with an inline switch for on/off.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, just wanted to let people know my thoughts on the spreader, after some mods, I think it will be awesome!
