David Hall has always known what he wants from a new manure spreader, and his latest Bunning Lowlander Narrow Compact 120 HBD has specific features to increase versatility while being easy to operate and maintain high levels of accuracy.
With a workload including 85k tonnes of solid manures and fertilisers, David Hall is aware of the value to his customers of accurately and timely applications throughout the year, which is why he runs a pair of Bunning Lowlander spreaders.
His latest machine is a Bunning Lowlander Narrow Compact 120 HBD (horizontal beater and disc), specifically designed for increased output when applying heavier products such as lime and gypsum. It joins a Bunning Lowlander 150 HBD spreader and Bredal K105.
David was noticing that the tighter windows following harvest meant he needed an additional spreader to increase the output, especially on heavier products such as lime, which makes up around 40k tonnes of the workload. Shire Farm Services has a wide variety of customers in a 40-mile radius from its base in Worksop. David explains.
“Spreading lime is fine when it’s dry, but as soon as it turned wet it feels like cement, and we couldn’t get it applied in time with our Bredal. It would bridge in the spreader, which meant downtime, and at low volumes it would cause a surge motion, so the even spread was affected.”