Am I an IDIOT or a GENIUS?! LETS FIND OUT!

I have wanted to try this for years!!
This weeks excitement is getting my hands on a front mounted fertilizer spreader! I get it hooked on and see if this setup is viable or not!
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[@johnmonahan5180]

Oak Park resarch in Carlow made a trailed fertiliser spreader with three Vicon Hoppers over a belt feeding into a spreading unit at the back . The Idea was N ,P ,K in each hopper and you could increase or decrease the different fertilisers as required on different fields . This was over 50 years ago .

[@barrymcdonnell8592]

I only found this channell recently, great videos ive no doubt you will go far if you keep it up 👍

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Welcome aboard!

[@williambowman7589]

Brilliant idea

[@Ai-lm9pb]

Often thought of this but couldn't make it work with headland vanes.

[@danmurphy6541]

Great vid ta..a bit of fun..

[@BarryWoods-uj4mz]

I’ve had 2 fertiliser sowers on my tractor for a few years now for both spreading different fertilisers and increasing capacity instead of using a front weight. Fitted a hydraulic motor to my old spinner for the front.and bought a fresh 2.5 ton spinner for the back. Works really well.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

This is what I wanted to read!! 😅

[@johnnykiely4905]

They making liquid copper sulfate ATM alot stronger but allso dearer I usually mix parasitic acid in it with copper and salt any good tips to bath with

[@stephenkelly2067]

Think instead off those size tractors in fert sower would u not be better with a 100hp and set 800s alot less hashing land with crazy tonnage off tractors

[@Revver2011]

If you already own a 100hp tractor, then you would be better off using that. If you don't, then you use what you have.

[@VelEire_]

Compaction wise atv spreader on 4 wheels and running low pressures one bag at a time is probably 2nd best to the drone with the hopper ontop but they’re painfully slow to use

[@FarmTheoryNI]

We used to do exactly that! 120hp tractor spreading 1t a time at 14m.... It was a nightmare... spent so much time spreading fert. More weight on less area sticking to the same tracks is my compromise to get extra speed spreading.

[@Richh_2024]

We are looking to go 2 spreaders so we can do polysulphate and urea same time , saves a pass and a season like this year a trailed is a non starter

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, thanks for sharing

[@neillcraig9182]

8rx on the sower be the next stage to cut compaction👌

[@hughcarrigan7824]

A big well known farming outfit in Tipperary had a fleet on tractors with front and rear spreaders a few years back. But i havent seen the front spreaders for a few years now!

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Good see.ya video happy.easter ya family.

[@charlesyeo8252]

I have a front seeder and the best thing I did was putting a camera on the front, I used a magnet of a old flashing light to mount the camera and you can put the camera in the tank when spreading. And you have no lights so no sowing in the dark !

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Good advice! I must get one setup!

[@roberthiggins6401]

Spreaders look cool.

[@mickdunne4306]

How do you find the air-conditioning in the 8s any issues of it shutting itself back to 40km on the road when travelling at 50 km

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I had to get the Aircon fixed and even now on a hot day it really struggles!!!

[@padraigking5185]

Good stuff

[@claetuswoodroofe1854]

I often thought about it but I would be concerned about the fert dust going through the radiators and not being able to get it clean enough afterwards

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I will report back if that's an issue!

[@andrewgeddis9301]

Buy formalin blend from central chemical supply's it has formalin and copper mixed together in liquid from comes in 25 letters 205 letters and 1000 letters and it is so much cheaper

[@user-ee3hx2rk7l]

Great video, lots of food for thought .....

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Glad you think so!

[@eoghanhayes7699]

Block feedings definitely a quick way to silage sample, one bad grab and by god they’ll show you

[@PennardFarm]

Have you tried using Zinc Sulphate instead of Copper, half the price and work's just as well

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I havnt! Must give it a Google.

[@mmmbrrr3232]

​@@FarmTheoryNI also are you not worried about to much copper on your fields.

[@DannyRice01]

I look forward to the economic breakdown on this one Andrew you could buy a lot of compound fert for the cost of a new Amazone!

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It will be happening and be as honest and detailed as everything else!

[@DannyRice01]

@@FarmTheoryNI Business as usual! Just be very careful leaving a field onto the main road because if you hit anything or a car comes too close that will throw off the financial calculations!!

[@BabtaiRTK]

The two fertilizer spreader idea has been done in lithuania this spring , the front of engine sucks in all the fertilizer dust comming from the front mounted spreader , So your engine bay will rust away pretty quickly

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I may buy a cover from the air intake, a few people have mentioned that!

[@TheGrimReaper1]

Don’t put the fert spinner on the front of the Fergie, put it on the front of any other tractor you care to name but not on that nice Fergie. It would be a travesty. It’s bad enough you have the spinner on the Massey Ferguson at all.

[@user-xw6rq2ir5p]

Please can you get a feeder wagon one day then you can mix everything in the grass silage clamp together with other ingredients and then the cows won't be able to reject anything ever again and no more waste

[@svenpiek724]

I may have missed something, but why put the newer spreader on the front when you have a front pto?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

The front PTO is 1000rpm, the new spreader is hydraulic drive.

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Best luck spreador

[@PeteThecurious100]

Our farm uses Zink for foot troughs, how does that compare with your area?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Copper sulphate is common here

[@PeteThecurious100]

@@FarmTheoryNI Cheers. We used to use formalin but that was too tough on the animals and found zink was as effective without the pain.- For sheep, used strategically 3-4 times a year via trough mainly for scauld.

[@ciaranconeely8579]

👍👍👍.

[@gerryryan2142]

Brilliant

[@jamescarmody1710]

What’s the idea of the up right silo for grass

[@FarmTheoryNI]

The big blue one? It was used for barley in the 90's

[@jamescarmody1710]

@@FarmTheoryNI ya the big blue one. Oh right would it work for grass no?

[@DM-eq1fq]

Are you not concerned about weight of the tyre tracks with two spreaders on?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Potentially yes, I will only ever have a small amount in the front. 40% the weight of urea in the back.

[@bobuncle8704]

Will you travel on the road with that? If so, will you need headlights? As well, I saw a fron tool box that not only came with lights, but left and right foreword cameras to help with seeing the roadway to enter safely.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

There is a front light kit with it! I could also mount cameras if needed.

[@JamesOBrien2253]

Protected urea better value than can

[@FarmTheoryNI]

You can get big losses from protected urea under certain conditions also. CAN is better if the price is similar.

[@gerrymulligan2602]

That some shed.loader some job hard belive cows still in

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Hopefully out tomorrow!

[@roberthiggins6401]

Everything k is bloody expensive and you get screwed on price deliberately. Are you able to sell and distribute raw?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I don't understand the question! 😅 K is definitely expensive!

[@roberthiggins6401]

@FarmTheoryNI K should be today and raw milk at the end. I should have spell checked the spell checker.

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Inflation what.puting price everything up.

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Would not.look into fends tractor say some job that case.look.good

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Price is important. 😅

[@Nick_9422]

Just here for the thumbnail

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Glad you joined us. 👍

[@jimgannon1917]

Bad case of Tom pemberton. Shiny machine flue..

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I have it bad for sure. 🤣

[@bryantaggart8007]

P to on front of tractor goes in opposite to back so that's why you need a hydraulic drive one

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Yep, also it's 1000rpm not 540

[@ronanlucid9588]

Not a stuoid idea, if the economics eorks its great

[@stephenkelly2067]

Mop is 415

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I was robbed! I paid £435!!!

[@geoffreymoore2204]

U not try the tow an fert spreader

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Is that liquid? Then you have the hassle of mixing but I do think it's a good idea.

[@geoffreymoore2204]

@@FarmTheoryNI it mixes with a built in jet stirrer in sprayer tank ,will mix as quick as u empty a ton bag in

[@BlubbPower]

how hard is it to learn the right term? its a spreader. it does not sow. it spreads. you are actually misleading and misinforming people that doe not know this. it makes it sound like you don't know anything about what you are doing and that makes the video bad. try to get this right. if you keep getting this wrong after you yourself pointed out it was wrong it makes it hard to take other things seriously and that's a shame since you make otherwise good content. nothing mean. just constructive criticism.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I will use sow forever more now. 🤣 It's a 30 year habit, hardly the end of the world. 😆

[@BlubbPower]

@@FarmTheoryNI of course not🤣 it just irritates the hell out off me. Especially since you seem too use it alot more AFTER you pointed out its wrong🙈

[@jascollinscork]

Well holy god LONG time no see!!! I saw your spreader setup on farmhand’s Insta AND thought it be you ahrite 😂😂 BTW what your at makes sense AND seen it before spreading on Tillage 👌🏻

[@FarmTheoryNI]

You clearly don't have tiktok. 😏😅 It worked out really nicely!

[@jascollinscork]

@FarmTheoryNI 😂 Actually I do have a TikTok lad AND Following you but not my fault your not coming up in my feed though 😐

[@andrewgeddis9301]

Buy formalin blend from central chemical supply's it has formalin and copper mixed together in liquid from comes in 25 letters 205 letters and 1000 letters and it is so much cheaper