The successful spreading of solid manure is a combination of a consistent and controllable pushoff, and an effective means of spreading. Since Hydra-Spread’s introduction, in 1990, we have worked continually to improve the way these systems integrate and perform.
With our hydraulic system proving to be one of the strongest, most reliable and most controllable systems available we turned our attention fully on the beaters and paddles.
Conventional beater configuration places the upper beater directly above the main beater. In some conditions, manure from the upper part of the load can break away and tumble into the lower beater before it reaches the upper beater. This can cause a light/heavy/light spread pattern.
Conventional wisdom holds that the push-gate must be perpendicular to the floor; beaters must conform to the push-gate. Designers believed the solution was to add a beater pan and focus on improved beater designs.
With Series II Hagedorn challenged traditional assumptions and developed our stepped beater configuration. (upper beater stepped forward) To solve the box cleanout problem we sloped the push-gate to match the beaters. Stepped beaters remove and spread manure before it can break away resulting in a more uniform spread pattern.
Stepped beaters throw better. With traditional beater arrangements the upper beater can block the path of manure thrown by the main beater. With stepped design each beater has a clear path to throw manure farther and more uniformly.
RipGrip paddles are designed to give you more spreading control and less mess. The aggressive shape scoops up sloppy semi-solids or rips through tough pen pack with equal ease. The unique shape holds the manure a fraction of a second longer than our earlier designs. The result is manure discharged to the rear instead of upward; a more uniform pattern on the ground; less manure on the tractor.