Kew Dodge at work

makes sense thanks FB... will have to have a look at making one of those drive couplings on the back wheel, I have seen plenty of trucks with a proper drive sprocket fixed to the wheel nuts, couldnt afford the truck to just to get the drive

but as in your photo and with spiders, might be a simple bit of wood work....

/me

Actually Sarge it wasn't but steel a straight bar held into the wheel by bolts with a sproket mounted in the middle of the bar - quite simple really, same as a more modern Marshall Spreader.
I have just purchased an old three tonne Marshall for my weekender to throw a bit of super around so I will take a photo of that this weekend and post it so that you can see how it was mounted, althought this Marshall is slightly different, the concept is the same.

Cheers

Here is the drive for a spreader



This one is a cross pattern, overkill really as they only ever needed a single bar.
Even later drives had the sprocket bolted straight on to the axle by using longer studs in the truck axle.

As the drive hung out from the edge of the truck (ie outside the edge of the tray) the police also started to look sideways at the drives, this may have been another incentive for the change in drive mechanism that is seen today.

The one on the Kew Dodge looks like it is a piece of wood because the super dust had coated it. Back then superphosphate was very fine, the granular type came later. Depending on the source of Phosphate the super was either fine or very fine.

Bob, thanks heaps for taking the time, I will have a go at it so I can do some spreading when the ground dries out...

Only thing I will have to track down is a drive speed at the spreader so I can get the wheel sprocket size right... dont want to set a world record spinner speed


/me

Sarge

The old spreader only cost me $1500, complete with modern hydr drive for the spinners.

Cheers

Golly, haven't hydraulics changed the way things are done in a short time. My MAN is on live drive pto, variable valves, so spread rate varies with ground speed. This operates through a touch screen. You put in your product density, outlet height, desired spread width & spinner speed & your set. I have been in spreaders for 15yrs & the changes in that time are great. Blokes in the transport/agriculture game sure earnt their keep.

And you probably have an airconditioned cab!

Yes thankfully, I do a lot of chicken poo. Hottest spreader ive been in is a 6x6 acco. Petrol engine removed & a 3208 C@ under that cover.

Just to complete the story
Here is my 3 tonne Marshall behind my Ford 6600
I spread one a half tonne of Ammonium Sulphate today
I will spread 3 tonne of fertilizer a year on my little property
When I was a kid and teenager, my Dad would take me out to drive the Kew Dodge or the K700 if he wanted a break
Today brought back memories and reminded me why I didn't take the game up.
The little old Spreader worked well

Looks a bit different to todays modern all hydraulic Spreaders
No GPS on this one

Thats a neat little spreader. Good coat of paint I see. Keeping that rust out of them is a job in its self. This is one of a Benz I had.

Now lives in SA. Natural V6 & 6 speed box.