Agri-Fab AG45-0288 42-inch Tow Behind Drop Spreader - Black

Many critics say that this product is worth the price. I totally agree, because it is really good.A good buy! Great product and delivered promptly. The item is really great. you won;t be regret. Quality made product,will last for a long time You won't do better at this price anywhere Wonderful product

Disappointed with the poor manufacturing and performance of this spreader. I’ve had several Agri-fab broadcast spreaders - all good. This one had sharp edges to the metal frame that you have to assemble, resulting in several cut knuckles. I persisted and used the device once. It appeared to work on and off, no subtle adjustment at all. I checked the fastening around the volume lever and all was well but the joint is so vague that there is no way it can give such minute adjustments, the flap is either open or not. I also had to hold the lever open whilst I tried to spread the feed as the lever kept creeping towards 0. I can not recommend this product, it is very expensive for the quality and performance.

There really is no point buying this - take a look at the other reviews - my first one came with a smashed gear mechanism. The replacement lasted about 6 outings and then the drive shaft snapped in half. Garden Machinery say that because my issue is a warranty issue that it is down to the manufacturer EP Barrus - they say its down to Garden Machinery!! Either way they both say that because the shaft has corroded the warranty is invalid!! This is despite the mention of corrosion proof parts etc. I've cleaned it and kept it dry - I'm told that if I had that the shaft would look like "new" - have these people ever used fertilizer? Honestly just don't bother - I'm having to take it further and still have no way of spreading my fertilizer.

Agra fab, wake up and smell the coffee. The fertilizer spreader works perfectly for dropping salt in snowy climates. You have to cut out every third tooth, because salt crystals are a little larger. But after that, you have a secondary use for your machine. F y I i've been through ten spreaders of different kinds and sorts, and this is the only one that works for dropping salt on my driveway. Ps clean and oil it really good at the end of the year otherwise it'll rust.

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The Agri-Fab 45-0288 175-pound max tow behind drop spreader is an excellent addition to my lawn and garden assets. You can easily attach the drop spreader to a zero turn, ATV, or lawn tractor/mower with a tow bracket and cut your lawn while fertilizing or over seeding with grass simultaneously. Using my Kubota zero turn, I am unable to reach the flow control arm, however, using an ATV or lawn tractor I was able open and close the drop spreader. In addition to enabling me to maintain my one-acre lot of Kentucky blue grass and fescue mix, I’ve used the drop spreader to spread fertilizer and perennial rye, Kentucky blue, and Kentucky 31 grass seed mix for two of my neighbors. I am not sure if the drop spreader can hold 175 pounds of granular fertilizer as I only used 100 pounds and that nearly maxed the hopper’s capacity to the brim. The assembly instructions were simple and straight forward. It is important to note that that during the installation steps, my instructions stated that in order to initially calibrate the opening of the spreader on both sides, you are required to measure the two ferrules to one-half-inch. I recommend to simply move the flow control arm back to the off position and then screw the rod into the ferrule at the bottom of the hopper at both ends into the rod aligns with the hole in the end of the low control arm. I counted threads to try and ensure both ferrules were the same thread count, but also ensured the flow plate was closed against the hopper’s backstops. Once this was done, the flow control arm and flow plate were calibrated to the flow rate setting of my choice. Moreover, if the flow control arm does not stay in place or can easily move, simply loosen the self-locking nut or remove it and tighten the first self-locking note installed a bit tighter until the flow control arm is snug at any flow rate setting. Reinstall the backup self-locking nut and you are good to go. Some reviewers stated they used a bungee cord to hold it in place when all that is needed is a bit more torque on the first nut to give the flow control arm more resistance. For most applications involving fertilizer or grass seed, the 1 or 2 flow rate setting works just fine. You will always have to according to your task make adjustments to suit your particular drop rate. The Agri-fab 175-pound drop spreader works great and enables me to fertilize or over seed without worrying about fertilizer being broadcasted on my driveway. Maintain your 3 mph and according to my neighbor’s view of spreading seed, the hopper and flow plate opens and drops those babies right where you want it. Since our properties are right next to each other, I used the drop spreader particularly on our properties boundary lines as I have my luscious Kentucky Blue grass rocking at 3.5 inches height and we didn’t want any cross contamination from that pretty perennial rye, Kentucky Blue, and Kentucky 31 tall fescue hardy mix he was throwing down on his yard. It is imperative to pay attention to ensuring the flow control arm is completely closed and the flow control plate is closed tightly against the hopper’s backstops and adjust the ferrules on both sides until you can insert them into the bracket holes and you should have a well calibrated drop spreader to handle many of your lawn and garden needs.

The primary reason I bought this spreader is for spreading ice melt on our 600' drive. I choose the Agri-Fab 185 lb tow-behind spreader as there just aren't any good options for this purpose. I'm sure it works quite well as a seed/fertilizer spreader in fair weather, but that is not what I needed it for. What I need is something to spread ice melt and sand on a long icy driveway during a Maine winter. The assembly instructions were so so. I've seen better instructions, but I've also seen worse. With a little care and by paying close attention one can follow them. The quality control for packaging could be better. I was missing one bolt and net combo. Also the wing nut assembly for the spread rate stop had come undone and had fallen into the bottom of the box. Fortunately, the missing nut and bolt are easy enough to get at my local hardware store. From an ice melt spreader perspective, I doubt it will last more than a couple of seasons and ice melt doesn't dispense at a sufficient rate. One big problem is the grate that is intended to prevent big clumps from clogging the chute. It is plastic and will probably break fairly quickly. It really should be made out of metal. The other problem with the grate is that its holes are too small to allow flaked ice melt to flow through at an adequate rate. At some point, I might switch the grate out with a stretched steel grate that is stronger with larger holes. I wouldn't recommend it for sand unless the sand was pretty dry an not clumpy. Another shortcoming with using this spreader for ice melt is that only one wheel drives the spinning tray. When I drove over icy sections, the drive wheel would slide instead of roll. For the purpose of spreading ice melt, the other wheel needs the option to use a drive pin so that both wheels could help drive the tray. In summary, this isn't the ideal wintertime spreader for ice melt nor road sand/salt mixes, however, there just aren't that many options and the good ones I did find were well over a $1,000 and many of them weren't even available at this time of year or at least not available in the U.S.