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Precision Products 100-Pound Capacity Semi-Commercial Broadcast Spreader SB4500PRCGY

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If you are thinking of purchasing this spreader you should look into other brands . I have experienced this spreader 4 times now, first one was a friend of mines, whos controol lever housing just decided to break one day, its plastic, briddle plastic. We might have been able to rig something up to work.. but who should have to do that with a spreader of this price.. so we scrapped that one.. next one was while i was working, landscaping, and the boss showed up with one of these. This particular one had serious problems with a wheele locking up becasue of some sort of gear binding in the gear case. So then he went and got the 125 lb hopper one for some odd reason thinking that would be better. Another piece of junk. This one the lever for adjusting the flow rate broke off.. so we had to stick a screw driver in to turn the flow on and off. and not long after just cosmeticly went to hatiez. If i were you and was on the markey for a good spreader, i would go with agri-fab, earthway, or bigfoot, all of them make great spreaders, may cost a few extra bucks but you will thank yourself in the long run. Ergonics are far better, better quality materials there constructed from IE metal where there should be metal , better craftsmanship. Ohhhh one more story for ya before i go.. my mom got one of these for around her house .. i didnt want to outright say its a piece of S%*t so i didnt.. but as soon as i went to fertilize the yard with it the agitator was not working right and no granuals would come through the shoot. i immediatly dumped it out into a bin, and explained my previous experiences to my mother and we took it back to where we got it from and got her an agri-fab 100 lb hopper and never looked back. Precision needs to work on redesigning these a bit.. should be illegal to charge a premium price for a substandard product~

good luck in your decisions folks.. happy fertiliziing to you :)

What a poor design.
The "capacity basket" is much too wide at the base which causes a large amount of product to be wasted.
The controls have a brittle-plastic slide control that is flimsy and sure to break.
Distribution of product is inconsistent at best. Frequent clogs but the spray pattern is large... when it works.