[Music] before we start spreading fertilizer it's absolutely important that we do an accurate calibration of the spreader once we've determined the flow rate of fertilizer we can then monitor it and measure it well I really have come up with a very simple system to be able to calibrate that spreader and there's just two or three simple steps they provide a simple bag where you can fill up the fertilizer and simply hang it on the scales turn the scales on use a bag to collect the fertilizer and simply turn the tap on to let the fertilizer
flow in a bag for 30 seconds so once 30 seconds is up take the contacts of the bag and put it on the scales as you see here we have 2.0 kilograms of fertilizer after 30 seconds while belly then provide a simple flow chart and calculator for you to do a simple mathematical calculation to work out the setting of the fertilizer spreader to get the desired Target rate of fertilizer per hectare as we know fertilizer is a very corrosive substance so bog belly have gone to a lot of trouble to protect the spreader from corrosion
here's a simple sample of the paint finish that bog belly used paint is actually called flexicote and it's designed to flex with the material or steel so no paint can crack or flake and therefore no corrosion can start also to make the machine easy to clean bog belly have incorporated into their design simple easy fold out guards so you can get in to clean the machine also Behind These panels that fold down they're special cleaning ports or galleries where you can put your water blaster which diverts the water in underneath the chassis and underneath the
machine to clear out any residue that may be remaining so spinning discs are made out of stainless steel but the veins you'll notice are painted yellow this is because they're not stainless steel they're made out of a special manganese steel which is much higher wearing than stainless steel one of the unique features about a bog belly spreader is its accuracy in applying the fertilizer onto the surface of your feel it achieves this by what we call a double double overlap system in other words the fertilizer leaving this disc is being spread out 180 degrees and
the fertilizer leaving the left hand disc is also being spread out 180 degrees so in effect we have this double overlap as we're passing down the field inside every bog belly spreader there's a special grate this stops the harder materials or the lumps getting through and blocking the aperture these are easily folded up with easy access and cleaning and down here you see our special agitator as The discus rotating this agitator is on a ball bearing so it has a pacifaction so it just gently pulls the fertilizer away from the sides of the hopper through
to the shutter this eliminates any bridging and it's more protective of your fertilizer not over mixing it or stirring it or causing blockages bog belly spread is also available with easy foldable accessible folding covers these also protect your fertilizer in a shower of rain or belly have also devised a very simple system for altering your spreading width simply by adjusting your top link you can tilt your fertilizer spreader back or level and adjust it on the spirit level gauge to increase or decrease your spreading width every two degrees gives approximately an extra two meters of
spreading width to operate your bog belly spreader you have four choices one you can purchase a machine with a simple hydraulic ram which will just open and close the shutters on start and stop or you can go to a variable rate system the advantage of a variable rate system means that no matter what you're doing with your tractor speed going up a hill or down a hill the controller will automatically adjust the flow rate through the shutters in proportion to your ground speed these three variable rate controller systems consist of the option of the icon
which is a simple machine for the smaller spreaders or the zerf controller which is more for the weigh scale models or if you're acquiring more functionality and more menus the fourth option is actually a tablet if you have an Android tablet we can connect your Android tablet to operate the spreader and also by integrating a GPS satellite or receiver on the roof of the camera your tractor we can pick up satellites and give you Headland management and also guidance as you're spreading [Music]
