WD45 & NI 101 Spreading Lime
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Topic: WD45 & NI 101 Spreading Lime
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Subject: WD45 & NI 101 Spreading Lime
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 8:15pm
After mowing my warm season cover crop this summer, I had a 10 acre zone in a 50 acre field that needed some lime. I had bought this New Idea 101 spreader in Indiana a few years ago for this purpose, so finally got to use it. It did a good job of spreading, but the lime could have been drier so as not to bridge over. I had to stop too many times to poke the lime. I used the Ben Gay that night. Never the less it was enjoyable. A side note, on the way home from IN we drove through Coldwater, OH right past the old New Idea factory where it had been made decades ago. |
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Posted By: ac45dave
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 10:10pm
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Fun to see this old stuff still getting the job done. ------------- 54 wd-45gas ; 56 wd-45d N/F w/fact p/s ; 63 d-17 sIII N/F gas ; 60 D14 N/F ; 67 d-17 sIV N/F gas ; 63D15 sII W/F; 39rc#667 ; 2021 massey 4710 fwa ; gravely 2 wheel tractors |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2020 at 9:48am
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Thanks for posting! Good picture! Just riding a WD45 for a couple hours you might need Ben Gay too! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2020 at 11:02am
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geez , I remember shoveling lime off the truck into one of these... then enjoying the break while grand dad spread the load... ------------- When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money.. |
Posted By: tomstractorsandtoys
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2020 at 11:05am
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Looks great. I picked up a deere LF lime spreader last spring. Tom |
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2020 at 7:39pm
I cheated and used a loader.  |
tbran wrote:Posted By: Wispitfiremike
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2020 at 11:27pm
| Nice truck too! |
Posted By: tractorboy
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 3:24am
Gotta love them old drop spreaders, straight lines up & down the field ! We use to use them preparing tobacco ground before we bedded up th e rows. The dump brings back memories..... USMC 3531 heavy vehicle operator !! keith so. va.
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Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2020 at 10:19am
Semper Fi Brother USMC 6619 Avionics Tech |