Did You Know?
THERE'S MORE TO A SPREADER THAN MEETS THE EYE
––– LOTS MORE
Spreadability
Dial-a-matic regulator ensures exact spread rate. Accuway® Spread Pattern
Equalizer assures exact placement of the spread pattern - Bull's Eye - dead to
the center of the spreader. All products - All spreading conditions. Skewing is
eliminated.
Durability
Series 290 spreaders will survive use and abuse. Welded steel construction is
double braced, finished in baked on powder coated enamel. Generous use of
highest quality stainless steel. Guaranteed metal gears.
Reliability
You can count on.
Accuway® spread control system is so innovative, it's patented.
So successful it's used on all Spyker 288 Super spreaders.
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Dial settings are approximate only. Spreading at one half rate in cross directions is usually recommended.
Manufacturer
and Product
Manufacturer’s
Bag Rate
Bag
Sq. Ft.
Weight
Coverage
Micro-Dial Settings
Full Rate
Half rate
Once over
Twice over
Spread
Width
(In feet
based on
brisk walking)
Bent Grass or Red Top
0.5#
1,000
1.25
4
1#
1,000
2.0
4
2#
1,000
2.5
4
Park, Merion, Delta, or Kentucky Bluegrass
0.5#
1,000
2.5
4
1#
1,000
3.0
4
2#
1,000
3.5
4
Hulled Bermuda
2#
1,000
2.75
2.25
6
3#
1,000
3.0
2.5
6
4#
1,000
3.25
2.75
6
Mixtures including coarse seeds
2#
1,000
6.0
6
4#
1,000
7.0
6
6#
1,000
7.0
6
Rye Grasses or Tall Fescue
2#
1,000
6.0
6
4#
1,000
7.0
6
6#
1,000
7.75
6
Dichondra
4 oz.
1,000
1.9
8
8 oz.
1,000
2.1
8
12 oz.
1,000
2.5
8
Pensacola Bahia
4#
1,000
4.5
3.75
7
5#
1,000
4.75
4.0
7
6#
1,000
5.0
4.25
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Grass Seed Spreading Chart
Read Before Using
NOTE:
With the rotary agitator installed, the rate gate closed (not spreading) and with
material in the hopper, the spreader will push harder than normal. (This is because the
agitator is stirring the material and it has no place to go.)
RECOMMENDATION:
When not spreading and the spreader is being pushed
some distance, tip the spreader so only the idle wheel is on the ground.
Cleaning the Spreader is Part of the Spreading Job.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE - CLEAN AND OIL THE SPREADER
• Method #1
-
Wipe spreader thoroughly with an oily cloth. Oil all bearings and
bearing areas.
• Method #2
-
Wash, rinse, and dry the spreader. Note: Drying takes time.
(Moisture trapped in bearing areas is slow to go.) Immediately after drying -
oil all bearings and moving parts. Make certain all operations are thorough.
Note: Good “Dry Cleaning” is preferable to poor “Wet Cleaning”.
•
It is virtually impossible to have rust and corrosion on a clean, dry, oiled surface.
•
Again - just before using - oil all bearings and moving parts.
•
In storage, ideally the spreader should be hung by the handle. In any case, do not
pile weight on the spreader, as excess weight over a period of time can distort
the tires.
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Broadcast spreading is
as old as early man. In
the early days of agricul-
ture, field seeding was
accomplished with hand
cast broadcasting. The
hand cast method of
seeding was a limited
factor in growing field
crops that were hand
seeded.
Mechanized casting
came into being in
1868 when Samuel
Speicher invented the
Hand Crank "Cyclone"
Seeder.
The seed sower was a
breakthrough in field
seeding. It was hailed
as a major advance-
ment in agricultural
implements.
Paul Speicher put the
hand crank seeder on
wheels in 1955.
This development ush-
ered in a new era in
spreading and spread-
ing products. New prod-
ucts and product forms
adapted to broadcast
spreading were devel-
oped.
In 1988 a new
dimension was added to
broadcast spreading -
SPREAD PATTERN
CONTROL - a dead
center spread pattern
equalizer.
Spyker's Accuway
®
spread pattern equalizer
solves a complicated
problem with a
fundamental patented
solution.
Broadcast Spreading
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