Latimer, Iowa (north central) | Depends on the size of your spreader and the size of your truck, the top speed of your tractor, tons you are dealing with, field conditions, and what labor and equipment is available at the time. We will generally haul dry manure up to 5-6 miles if not in a hurry with the tractor. If we already have piles to spread we will keep the spreader in the field spreading and haul with the sidedump. Our dry spreader holds the same as a side dump semi (30 ton or so) and tractor goes 33 mph. Our liquid manure will get hauled up to 8 miles with the same tractor and 10,000 gallon liquid tanks. If not many tons its hard to justify a truck... Sometimes if the field is wet we will stockpile the manure up to 3 miles from a field on yards with concrete and then haul them later with the spreader. |
Hauling manure 6 miles - semi trailer, or tractor and spreader?
