Fabricated lawn fertilizer spreader

[D KRAGER]

So I've got one of those cheap pull behind agri-fab fertilizer spreaders for the yard seed and fertilizer. The plastic gear box shot craps and started slipping. Was gonna throw it away, but had an idea to get rid of the gearbox and use a 12v motor instead.

I just threw away a shureflow pump (motor good, pump bad), so I dug it out of the trash. Welded a longer rod to the spinner shaft so that I could mount the motor on top. Took me about an hour, and works better than before.

There is no need for the little agitator either, because the shaft isn't aligned perfect (not planned, lol), so it vibrates to shake down the fertilizer and grass seed.

I coupled the motor to the shaft with some 3/8" air line and some hose clamps.

 

[ESpiker80]

pretty slick, like it. if it hadn't been perfect with the slight vibration you could have welded a little agitator to it.

 

[D KRAGER]

Just spread some fertilizer with it. It almost turns too fast, it spreads all on one side. Not a big deal, just have to lay off lands or spread in circles. It will throw it close to 20' LOL!! Wouldn't be good if you had a small yard.

Might mount in on the 3 point hitch of the tractor and turn is sideways, so that it spreads out the rear.

 

[rjohnson]

That's a good idea. I was thinking it would be cool to put a servo on my to control the drop rate-hook it up to a digital control on my Cub Cadet-it would be way more work/money than it's worth, but it would be cool.

 

[arkangel06]

Pretty sweet idea you have there!

 

[Bruce4310TX]

Maybe a cheap dimmer switch to slow down the motor. ?

 

[nate379]

Yup or I bet a heater speed switch from a car would work well too.

 

[D KRAGER]

Maybe a cheap dimmer switch to slow down the motor. ?

I was thinking about something like that. I'm sure I'll come up with something.