Lets see em........

[Lawngodfather]

BIG one

[Lawngodfather]

Smaller one

[Lawngodfather]

Other smaller one

[szorno]

Our "Big" truck 86 K30 w/ 11,000 lb suspension

[HerkFE]

Our newest addition!!

[HerkFE]

Let's try this again....

[HerkFE]

More pics when I can.

[phillyplowking1]

f-800

[pro property]

this is my big truck, my little truck and my only truck,,,,,:canada

[szorno]

HerkFE- that is a great rig! What liquid are you running? do you use it as a pre-wetter or can you spray liquid too?? :confused:

[HerkFE]

We are using the Mack rig for various purposes. We do salt pile pre-treating and lot pre-treating for various contractors in addition to our own accounts. This rig is set up to spray liquids directly on the surface or spread treated salt or both if needed. We don't do the pre-wetting of the salt in the spreader, we just pre-treat our salt with Magic in the pile and load normally. We also managed to leave enough space forward of the tank to fit two pallets of bagged material for our customers that want bagged salt.

For salt piles we use Magic liquid. For store front drives we prefer to use Caliber M1000 although Magic is a close second. (See above discussion on colors, etc.) Depends on the account and if they are concerned with the brown liquid that can sometimes get tracked into the buildings. Most don't care about that because the lots are "black and wet". Magic is pretty versatile so unless we know for sure we are going to do a Caliber run, we will have this stocked with Magic at all times! It's a nice set up and I can fill it in about 20 minutes and if I have to I can pump back from the truck into our holding tanks also.

We haven't had much of a calling for Caliber M2000 yet. It can be used to pre-treat salt as well as direct surface application, but it costs a little more so most people just use Magic for everything right now. This will probably change as more people begin to set up their own spray rigs and can use the best liquid for the specific purpose.

If I can answer any more questions, fire away!

Pete :usa

[dynamike]

New snoway skid steer spreader

[hjls3]

man alive!!! i just plow for fun but i love machinery. and that my friends is some cool machinery. thanks for sharing

[NYRookie]

Here is my baby.

[Pelican]

Hey Rookie, we can't see the spreader!!

[NYRookie]

Originally posted by Pelican
Hey Rookie, we can't see the spreader!!

Pelican, it is just an EZ Dumper. My spreader currently consists of my wife driving slow while I shovel. Very few calls for salt or sand from my customers. Next year it is on my list to purchase. I am going to target more full service accounts.:cash

[cat320]

That is how i used to spread the mix untill i got my sander.Lots of fun in a big lot .lol

[digger242j]

My spreader currently consists of my wife driving slow while I shovel.

Just like most other equipment issues, you should've asked for advice here before you set it up that way--now you've gone and gotten it hooked up backwards! :D

[Lawngodfather]

Originally posted by NYRookie
. My spreader currently consists of my wife driving slow while I shovel. I wanna see this, how about some pics in action.

Then it can be: "My spreader consists of my wife taking a pic while I shovel"

[Lawngodfather]

Add another one, this one does not have a plow on it.

[CPSS]

Just like most other equipment issues, you should've asked for advice here before you set it up that way--now you've gone and gotten it hooked up backwards!

Digger, It took me a minute, but ain't that right!

[CPSS]

And here's ours

[gordyo]

2000 F-450:

[cat320]

CPSS ,Gordyo Very nice units I would like one of each for under my Tree out side :D .

Gordyo How does the 450 perform with a full load on it? Looks like it would be to the max with that bigger unit that you put on her .

[gordyo]

Cat320,

It has a set of Timbrens on the rears and it works fine loaded right up with straight salt. It is a wee bit heavy with mix but will handle it. I am not travelling from job to job so it is really not a problem. I just load up in back of Physical Plant and start spreading so I am immediatly decreasing the amount of weight in the vehicle. If I was travelling from job to job, I would agree that this unit would be a bit too much. One load I can do the whole campus were before I would have to come back to reload 3 times.

Jeff

[CPSS]

One load I can do the whole campus were before I would have to come back to reload 3 times.

That was our problem. Before this spreader, we had a 1.7 yd Monroe V box on a W-250 Dodge. It worked great, but some of our customers required more than 1.7 yds each. We would have to fill up a couple of times. Now with 5 yds, we can go out and do several customers with one load. Sure saves a lot of time.

[ih82plow]

Originally posted by digger242j
Just like most other equipment issues, you should've asked for advice here before you set it up that way--now you've gone and gotten it hooked up backwards! :D

WAY TOO FUNNY :D

[michfan]

Here's my baby, with my 600 pound Buyers spreader. Not near as big as some of them I see here, but hey, she's all I got...LOL

[CPSS]

Michfan, don't let the guys make you feel inferior. We started out with a Meyer tailgate spreader similar to your Buyers. Ran it for a couple of years ( and a couple of motors) and thousands of pounds of bagged salt. Now we have a 1.7yd V box and our new 5yd V box. You have to start somewhere.:shades

[John Banks]

Gordyo, what brand spreader is that? Capacity? I'm interested in something like that for next season.

Thanks.

[EJK2352]

1000 gallon pre-treat that I drive.

[Lawngodfather]

Ed is that for a DOT?

Can you tell us more about it?

[EJK2352]

LGF.
What do you need to know??? I have 12 personal plow/salt accounts and work for the DOT as a seasonal employee.

[Lawngodfather]

What do ya use in it etc..... what componates.......

is it for pre or post?

[EJK2352]

We use it to pre-treat. The truck is a 4900 International w/ a DT466 engine and an Allison automatic trans. It has a 1000 gallon poly tank, hydraulic drive centrifigal pump, and a spray boom that shoots a solid stream out each of the eight 1/2" hoses. We pre-treat w/ salt brine that we make ourselves. We apply the salt brine at the rate of 40 gallons per lane mile. Yesterday I pre-treated 98 lane miles of roads and put down 3920 gallons of brine. One of the guys that I work with set up the truck, he grew up on a farm and is really good at fabricating and setting up sprayers. He did a great job on this one, it works flawless and is highly accurate.

[Lawngodfather]

Nice set up you drive Ed.

[EJK2352]

Thanks Mike!!!

[szorno]

We can't compete with Ed, but this is our #2 truck. 94 Dodge 2500 Cummins 5 spd with 200 gal mag chloride spray system. 5 hp briggs engine with hypro pump, and ag-type spray boom. 7.5 Western Pro rides the front.:D

[szorno]

Here is a pic of the business end with the spray boom folded up on both sides.:)

[BWinkel]

Here's our rig

[gordyo]

Originally posted by John Banks
Gordyo, what brand spreader is that? Capacity? I'm interested in something like that for next season.

Thanks.

John,

It's badged Diamond/Meyer but I was told it is made by Swenson. Anyway it is a 3.5 yard with a Briggs Engine.

[Tileman]

My "00 GMC 3500 with VP8000 spreader

[Tileman]

Back of truck and spreader

[Lawngodfather]

Great rigs guys, and michfan your too. I had tailgates up till last winter.

[myoder]

My truck and sander:D

[myoder]

back of sander pic

[Lawngodfather]

How do you like the Airflow? Would you be so kind as a pic of the in cab controller? How has the new briggs been for you also?

[cat320]

Mike that's a nice set up . Do you get much sand acumulation in the bed ?

[Lawn Lad]

This may seem like a really silly question, but for those guys who use V box spreaders in the bed of pick up trucks, how do you wash the salt out from under the spreader? Do you park the front end up hill? Drive it onto blocks? I would think that with a good set of springs, an empty spreader would still not push the rear end of the truck down enough to get the salt/sand and water moving out of the bed of the truck when you hose it out. On our dump truck it's easy. I put the bed up. Just wondering what "tricks of the trade" you guys use to make your life easier, if there are any!?

[gordyo]

Lawn Lad,

I have that Black Dump with the stainless spreader pictured in this thread. It has a steel protection system around the chute which is connected to the dump body. I have to disconnect the power so noone puts the bed up and bends the protector. This is the only disadvantage to this protection bumper that I see. So I kinda have the same situation that you are talking about. What works the best for me is I run the front wheels of the truck up the ramps onto the 4 post lift in my shop so the rear of the truck is out the door and then wash it out. Before I had this lift to use I used to just run the truck front tires up onto a pair of car ramps.

[myoder]

Lawngodfather, So far I like the Airflo. The Briggs seems to be working fine, haven't had any problems with it so far.

Thanks Cat320, its been working out great so far, just keep those little 1-3" storms coming so we can all pay off our equipment!! Some sand accumulates in my bed under the conveyor, but more acculates on my bumper.

[myoder]

Here's a pic of the sand accumulation in the bed before I washed it out

[Snowboy]

I work for a company here in my area and we have a plow/salt truck with a 2yard v box and i am about 99% sure that no one washes out the bed of the truck. The truck sits at the court house with the loader when its done beeing used and the driver doesnt wash it and there is no place on site to wash it, the truck doesnt even get washed and the doors are kept un locked ( want a GM 96 Diesel 3500) with the keys in the ignition. I should look next time i go out and see if there is alot of rust at the bottom of the salter, there is a plastic standard GM box liner in the truck. Salt is all what is used in it no sand ever.

Do you still have to wash out the stainless steel salters?

[Pelican]

Yes, you need to wash stainless spreaders. The conveyor chain, bearings, and power shafts are steel and will rust out quickly if you don't.

The bearings should be greased liberally after each use to force the salt out of them.

[Pelican]

Even though it was 0 out today, I managed to get a shot of my spreader, but 10 minutes outside was all I could stand! The wind is blowing here pretty briskly too.

So here's my '02 F-550 with a Tarco stainless combination spreader body. Many have seen else where, but this is the first post here. It's also got 2 seasons of landscaping on it now and a tough season of snow removal.

[Lawngodfather]

Doug/Lawn Lad, At my shop we have an incline in front, we park on it and run warm water down the bed, this gets most of it out. While it's parked we hose the whole thing down.

Then the spreader comes out and gets sat on pallets for a good powerwash/soap cleaning, then they get put in back, and sprayed down with about a gallon of diesel fuel each.

After all that, they get greases up, I have them set up to you can run them on the pallets. Lastly while running used oil get applied to the chain.

So far after over a year on 2, about half the pain on the conveyer floor gone, there is no rust.

Now if I get in a hurry, they just get yanked out, then the bed floor get's spept out with a broom and shovel to get the majority out, then hosed out. It does take some time for the salt to run out of the truck beds.

I do not use sand, so can't help ya there.

[GeoffD]

Originally posted by Pelican
Even though it was 0 out today, I managed to get a shot of my spreader, but 10 minutes outside was all I could stand! The wind is blowing here pretty briskly too.

So here's my '02 F-550 with a Tarco stainless combination spreader body. Many have seen else where, but this is the first post here. It's also got 2 seasons of landscaping on it now and a tough season of snow removal.


Pelican,

One question I had is have you ever had any problem with raising the side dump too soon? It looks like if it was raised too soon material would end up flowing over the back of the truck. I assume its operation is much like the GI bodys we use, where you only raise the body as the material stops flowing.

Geoff

[Pelican]

It was a trial and error thing, to figure out when to raise the body and by how much. One way is to watch when the spinner runs out of material, I've adjusted the spot mirror so I can see it, then I raise the body till material is flowing again. This would require a little backtracking then to where I ran out.

After a while, I've learned how much time I've got and raise the body by "feel". You can also tell by the stance of the truck from right to left how the load is running and what it takes to even it out.

If you do raise the body before much material is needed by the conveyor, then yes, some will spill over the tailgate. If you are traveling forward and don't raise the body too quickly, that material spreads itself over the roadway, much like the spinner would.

[4evergreenlawns]

Pelican,

Once again, GREAT looking truck. Bet it look great going down the road with the red and white Blizzard too. I am working on getting some picture of both ot my trucks on here.

[Lawngodfather]

myoder, my neigbor at the shop, cut out the little piece in the oval thing, added an amber oval strobe and hooked it in with the utility light so when the spinner clutch in engauged, it flashes.

I get a pic for ya. Looks pretty trick. "Hey look I am spreading salt"

I don't like that big controller, doesn't give you much for mounting it, and the conector is half way down the wire. you gota put it up by the cab in the bed.

I think Airflow bought Westerns old metal stamps and design, it's identical to the older Western/Fisher spreaders.

I had em side by side and looks like the parts will bolt right up.

Prices are right for them Angelo's has em for $2800

[4evergreenlawns]

03 F-450

[4evergreenlawns]

center discharge Hyd Spreader

[NNJSnow]

Sweet setup man, i like the idea with the arrow stick for warning lights.

[Big Nate's Plowing]

heres my spreader:rolleyes: the guy that does my salting broke down... you do what you gotta do, LOL spreading 43 bags of salt through one of those is NOT fun, Oh well:cash

[Big Nate's Plowing]

LOL I am a dumbass (forgot pic)

[cat320]

Ron great set up What kind of hyfraulic set up do you have?

[4evergreenlawns]

Cat,

Not sure what you are asking but the Tailgate Spreader is Flink, and the pump is a Chalse(sp) electric Clutch. Here are the controls in the cab.

[4evergreenlawns]

I did a Nate

[BKrois]

4evergreenlawns-

Is the dump body powered off the hydraulics also or does it have it's own power source? I see a yellow control box which looks like it could be for the dump body.


That's 1 sweet truck!

[4evergreenlawns]

BK,

Thanks. Dump is Elec/Hyd Power up and Down. V plow is also Elec/Hyd/. I have had 5 Tons easy in there and it raised and lowered not problem. The Hyd is for the Slat spreader ONLY. With that kind of limited use the pump and all should out last the truck. Also did not want all the levers in the cab and having to jockey the gas pedal all the time. Have done that before and too many close calls after several hours of plowing.

[Tileman]

Pics of my buds new salt spreader.
2004 GMC S/S , central hydo, Boss V

[Tileman]

One of there 2 ton C60 1984 model

[Tileman]

First bulk spreader 1990 Chey 1ton, central hydro, under talegate spreader

[paponte]

Here's my only sander, in the UD. 2yd Swensen but with the boards on it can hold 4. Havent tried loading more yet.

http://kidquest0.tripod.com/IMAGES/PICS/sander.jpg

[HerkFE]

Mixing the Magic Salt! 60 tons in 45 minutes!! It's great having a big loader and a good operator.

[phillyplowking1]

here my one of my undertailgate spreaders on a 99 f-650

[phillyplowking1]

pic with 96 mack & 99 f-650

[EIB]

Here's my big spreader :D

[Mark Oomkes]

Here's one of our dedicated sidewalk sprayer.

[Mark Oomkes]

And our truck mounted sprayer.

[Mark Oomkes]

Our big salt truck.

[Mark Oomkes]

And our medium-large salter.

[fordsrule]

HerkFE that MAck Cabover looks good. If you dont mind me asking how much did the truck cost

Oh yah everyone elses truck looks great to!

Pelican how is the truck frame holding up with the spreader in the middle of the truck?

[frosties snowremoval]

you can blame me for bringing a 1 1/2 year old thread up to date but i wanted to ad mine and hoped others would ad some to

[Lawngodfather]

Add them updates yall. I know I have added some and changed out some stuff.

[cardoctor]

picture from winter 05
loaded and ready to go
thank god for timbrens

JOHN

[Trickyricky72]

Here is our salt truck :eek: No i was not driving


http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6626/img0292lj8.jpg

[hlntoiz]

Welcome Trickyricky72! nice start to joining LTS. Love the pics keep them coming. Hate to be that guy! Damn focuses....probably should have been out in the snow anyway!

[blawn]

here is one of ours

[snowplowjay]

NICE TRUCK Blawn!!!

Jay

[PSDFordMan]

Here is our salt truck :eek: No i was not driving



I'd love to hear the story behind that one..

It looks somewhat similair to something I heard about last winter. One of my friends called while she was at work at Budget Truck Rental shop. Apparently their contractor had a truck of similiar size and backed up without paying attention and mashed not two, but THREE focus-sized cars. Had it not been a little over 50 miles away.. I probably could've had the account this year.

[GMC Driver]

Blawn,

Nice rig! How about some details - a 6500? Boss 10'? running a salter? Inquiring minds want to know!

[itsgottobegreen]

here is mine Swenson Under tailgate.

[Big Dog D]

Here is our salt truck :eek: No i was not driving


http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6626/img0292lj8.jpg


Let me guess. By the looks of it I would say, tailgate sander, somebody was in a rush, stepped on the brakes, front wheels locked up and it just kept going?

[Mark Oomkes]

Let me guess. By the looks of it I would say, tailgate sander, somebody was in a rush, stepped on the brakes, front wheels locked up and it just kept going?

Never had that one happen before. :eek:

[Trickyricky72]

Let me guess. By the looks of it I would say, tailgate sander, somebody was in a rush, stepped on the brakes, front wheels locked up and it just kept going?

Man you hit that one right on.
That was just the first set of cars he hit that day, hit 2 more about an hour later. He blamed the front tires not his driving.

[atgreene]

Here's my contri, a twofer! :zoom

[Rocket]

Here's my contri, a twofer! :zoom
A member of the local bridge club?

Only in Maine...

[itsgottobegreen]

Atgreene really means business when its time to salt. :nodd omg

[Mark Oomkes]

How do you know which one to empty first?

Or do you have straight salt in one and Magic in the other? :haha

[Big Dog D]

How do you know which one to empty first?

Or do you have straight salt in one and Magic in the other? :haha


Emptying is the easy part! Think about filling them!!!!!:eek:

[Big Dog D]

Man you hit that one right on.
That was just the first set of cars he hit that day, hit 2 more about an hour later. He blamed the front tires not his driving.


He's only partially right. The tires may suck but the big reason is the weight imbalance. With the tailgate spreader you are puttig the majority of th eweight to the rear and making the front end so light that the brakes will lock up very easily and with so little pressure on the front axel it won't steer for **** on that wet pasty snow, it will just pack and slide.

We leave the plows on the F-550's virtually all winter because of the same reason. We find that with the plows off there is not enough weight on the front tires to be safe even with a V-box spreader. So even when it's a sand only type event we almost always have the plows on.

[Big Dog D]

Here is one of my three.

[sno-mover]

awesome pic gets me right in the mood:burnout

[blawn]

C-60 310 HP turned up at the cat dealer when new, alum. rims. junked the 10' boss just would not hold up put a 10 western it and a 9.5' mvp, 10' meyer diamond mdv spreader picked it up new for $2600.00 last year (gas powered)
losts of strobes in hood and on back

[Big Dog D]

Here is my older International.

[Big Dog D]

Here is my newer one.

[Trickyricky72]

Pic of the new salt truck, with the old used up one. Its a 2003 with only 9500 miles on it.
Gets the new stainless steal under the tailgate spreader next week.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2481/photo110406003eb6.jpg

[tlc]

Hydro Spreader on back of 06 F350
12727

[Trickyricky72]

Pic of the new salt truck, with the old used up one. Its a 2003 with only 9500 miles on it.
Gets the new stainless steal under the tailgate spreader next week.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2481/photo110406003eb6.jpg

Here it is all done
:rockon
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8783/03dump004ai9.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3838/03dump005nw0.jpg

[Trickyricky72]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8756/03dump008ss0.jpg



http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6038/03dump001ci3.jpg

[Big Dog D]

Here is a pic of my latest creation/conversion.

[Big Dog D]

One more view a little closer of one of the sides.

[Rocket]

Here's one of our dedicated sidewalk sprayer.
Mark,

Can you tell us about this unit? Did you build it? Is that a "trash" pump? What type and by whom? How many gallons? What is the weight? Could it be built for a pickup and be installable by two people by hand, in short order or would it require a skid?

[Mark Oomkes]

Rocket, let me get to my other 'puter with the pics of this sprayer in the Kubota\Erie Special.

[Mark Oomkes]

Mark,

Can you tell us about this unit? Did you build it? Is that a "trash" pump? What type and by whom? How many gallons? What is the weight? Could it be built for a pickup and be installable by two people by hand, in short order or would it require a skid?

It was purchased from a local company that makes pretty much whatever you want. 100 gallon tank, Banjo 40 GPM pump, 2 RainDrop nozzles on the boom, about 100ft of 3/8" hose on the reel. Made by a French company out of Quebec. Let me know if you want the actual name, I'll have to write it down. The Honda is either a 4 or 5.5HP model. It can be picked up by 2 people, it's a little bulky, but not too bad.

They will make whatever you want to your specs. I gave them some general guidelines and this is what they came up with. Works very nicely.

The pics I have of the sprayer are really dark, if you want I can get some others that will actually show up.

Here it is on the Kubota\Erie Special and another of our truck that is now mounted on the Midland Special:

[Pickering Snow]

That Blade looks alot bigger than the one i saw this summer you sure your not pushing the evelope :grinz :grinz

[90plow]

Tricky Ricky what does your company do?

[Rocket]

I Let me know if you want the actual name, I'll have to write it down.
Yes please, as many specifics as possible. PM me if you want to send specs by email or IM. I think you have just the system I'm looking for right there.

Thanks

[Mark Oomkes]

Fred and Rocket, which one are you 2 referring to?

[Trickyricky72]

Tricky Ricky what does your company do?

Landscaping, Irrigation, Paver Brick patio's & walks, Retaining walls, Mowing, Decks, little of everything. We even do house clean outs for a reality company.

[atgreene]

The Topkick all dressed up with no place to go. I had hoped to get the wing and plow painted, but the barn won that battle.

[Earthscapes]

The new Dogg:

http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/Salt_dogg_Lside.jpg

[iakentdoz]

Use this for now, but I have a friend that is now a SnowEx dealer and just may have to see if he will make me a deal on a SnowEx Vee Pro Spreader 6000 or Sand Pro Tailgate Spreader.

[Rocket]

Fred and Rocket, which one are you 2 referring to?
I'm referring to the Kubota special.

Earthscapes, can you get a couple pics of the back end and inside of the dogg? How heavy is that and do you have Timbrens or anything else on the truck? How bad does it sit when loaded?

[Earthscapes]

I'll take more tomorrow. It weighs 410lbs.
I put new stock springs in last month. Mine were whipped after 135000 miles and a 40ft. gooseneck trailer.
No timbrens in the rear, front only. Couldn't tell yeah how it sits loaded, just installed it yesterday.
But I just took out a 8' Boss Steel V-box, and I had a 1& 1/2 ton in that last week and it only dropped about 3".

Theres another pic of it in the Salt Dogg Newbie post.
The thing is cool, now i'm praying for ice or freezing rain to try it out.

[Mark Oomkes]

I'm referring to the Kubota special.

OK, it's made by MS Sprayer out of Quebec. Model #G380 Phone # is 819-474-1910. I think I pretty much gave the rest of the specs in the other post, if you have other questions, let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.

[Earthscapes]

Rocket heres some pics:

Hard to take pics of the inside but hope these help:
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_inside.JPG
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_baffles.JPG
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_rear_baffle.JPG

[Earthscapes]

Some of the back:
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_rear.JPG

Off in 30 sec.
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_no_spinner.JPG

Wiring:
http://www.earthscapes.cc/stuff/dogg_wiring.JPG

[cat320]

by looking at the pics just those 2 small openings allow the salt or sand to go onto the auger?

is the bottom open for salt to drop onto the bed or is it pretty much a sealed unit underneath?

[Earthscapes]

Thats how it's set from the factory. You can move the baffles for a larger hole or completely remove them. The bottom is totaly incased by a stainless steel plate, that removes to acess the auger.

[D Raff Inc]

Mark,

What liquids do you run in your spray systems

Darren

[Mark Oomkes]

Truck has Caliber M1000, Kubota uses NC3000.