The Farmers Mart Feb-Mar 2020 - Issue 67 | Page 54

54 RIPON FARM SERVICES
FEB/MAR 2020 • farmers-mart.co.uk
Lowlander ® Manure Spreaders
3 Year Warranty | Details available upon request
Twin Vertical Auger
TVA | 6 – 40 tonnes
Horizontal Beater & Spinning Disc
New lower-
capacity model
joins Bunning
spreader range
for 2020
NORFOLK-BASED muck spreader
HBD | 8 – 40 tonnes
Tel: + 44 (0) 1362 860352
www.gtbunning.co.uk
bunning spreaders
specialist GT Bunning and Sons Ltd used
LAMMA 2020 to unveil an addition to
its Farmstar HBD spinning disc range,
targeted at small- to medium-sized farms
requiring a wider spread pattern than is
possible with a vertical beater machine,
particularly with materials such as
chicken manure, gypsum and composts,
as well as general farmyard manure.
Designed as a light yet robust spreader
capable of sustained workloads in
conjunction with smaller tractors, the
8.0 cu m model can be equipped with
extension sides to increase heaped
capacity to 10.2 cu m. Maximum payload
is 8.5 tonnes.
The new machine uses the same body
and floor construction as the established
Bunning TVA models, and blends this with
a new design of HBD (Horizontal Beater
and spinning Disc) spreading mechanism,
using the same spinning discs as those fitted
to larger HBD models. This helps the new
model to achieve the same spread patterns
as the larger machines in the range.
Design features include heat-treated
boron beater flighting and reversible boron
beater blades, plus heavy-duty beater
roller drive chains. Individual dynamic bal-
ancing of the beaters takes place after their
production at the factory. Manufactured
from Hardox steel, the 1.0m-diameter spin-
ning discs feature adjustable blade angles.
The new model is fitted as standard with a
single axle rated to 13 tonnes, equipped with
406 x 120mm brakes with slack adjusters.
The launch follows almost two years
of development, with a pre-production
machine being built in May 2018 and
pre-production testing taking place across
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and
Holland, spreading materials ranging from
lime, straw bales and gypsum to compost,
sewage sludge, chicken, pig and cow
manure.
Talk to the team at Ripon Farm Services for
further details and a demonstration.