Topdressers, Spreaders and Seeders

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Featured Topdressers

Earth & Turf Products

The 100SP has a struck-level capacity of 10 cubic feet, 10.5 hp Briggs & Stratton engine, four-wheel stance, hydrostatic drive, turf tires and 35.5-inch overall width.


Ecolawn

The Ecolawn Applicator is completely self-propelled and highly maneuverable. Adjustments to mechanical systems are simple, requiring basic hand tools.


Turfco

The WideSpin 1540 EC features adjustable belt and spinner speeds and an electronic controller that allows the user to set three custom application rates.


Topdressers

Buffalo Turbine

The BT-1000 Terratopper is a self-contained, tow-behind unit with a 9 hp Briggs or optional Honda engine and 27-cubic-foot, heavy-duty, auger-style hopper.


Dakota Peat & Equipment

The Dakota 410 can spread light or heavy, wet or dry material with easy adjustment. Available in mounted and tow-type models, with a 1-cubic-yard capacity.


Pequea

The GT-100 with 9 hp engine features adjustable gates, conveyor and spinners and is available as a tow-behind model or a utility-vehicle-mounted unit.


TurfEx

The trailer-mounted MS4500 features a 1.4-cubic-yard capacity, polyethylene construction, fully electric operation and precision spreading ability.


TurfTime Equipment

Small topdressers come in 1, 2 and 4-cubic-yard capacities for spreading wet or dry materials. Larger models provide 5 and 7-cubic-yard capacities.


Featured Spreaders

Cub Cadet

The XP spreader/sprayer is a stand-on unit with a hopper that can hold 125 pounds, two 5-gallon tanks, 6 hp Kawasaki engine and hydrostatic transmission.


EarthWay Products

The C24HDS comes with the EV-N-SPRED PRO rustproof, dual-port, adjustable shutoff system. It also has a 100-pound-capacity, rustproof poly hopper.


Ground Logic

Ground Logic spreaders feature 120-pound spreading capacities and all-stainless construction. Both machines have Honda engines and heavy-duty transmissions.


JRCO

The Electric Broadcast Spreader has a molded hopper base with stainless steel gate controls, fan and vibrating agitator. The polyethylene hopper holds 120 pounds.


L.T. Rich Products

Z-Spray spreader/sprayers offer capacities from 200 to 300 pounds, hydraulic hopper system, varying spread widths and stainless steel chassis.


PermaGreen

The 2010 Triumph Spreader Sprayer is powered by a 5.5 hp engine and features all-stainless steel construction, an articulated sulky and low-drift spray system.


Seago International

The Spyker 120 electric unit has a one-piece, 14-gauge stainless steel frame holding a poly hopper with a capacity of 120 pounds. Adjustable spread widths.


STEC

The MX650 spreads up to 40 feet wide and has a capacity of over 6 cubic yards. The swinging arm with hydraulic deflector allows material to be distributed with precision.


Ventrac

The Spreader 220 can be rear or front-mounted and comes standard with electronic speed control and on/off switch. Available with an optional drop skirt.


Spreaders

Befco

Turbo-Hop pendular spreaders can operate at speeds up to 10 mph and have spread widths from 17 to 47 feet. The hoppers are made of reinforced fiberglass.


C&S Turf Care Equip.

The Turf Tracker Time Machine offers hydrostatic drive, zero-turn maneuverability and a 200-pound-capacity spreader with widths from 6 to 24 feet.


CEAttachments

The electrically powered spreader has a heavy-duty 12-volt DC motor in a weathertight enclosure, low-profile design for visibility and optional gate assembly.


Land Pride

Spreaders feature an all-steel frame, frontal splash plate, three hopper sizes, spin-type broadcast for even spreading and one-piece polyethylene hopper.


Lely USA

Broadcast spreaders have a Force Feed Spreading Mechanism and spread accurately up to 52 feet wide. Three-point hitch, PTO and ground-driven models.


Northern Turf Equipment

The SS 220 Spread-n-Spray has a 6.5 hp Honda engine, 20-gallon spray tank, 220-pound Spyker spreader, three spray patterns and hand-operated brakes.


ProLawn

The SS220 has a 200-pound-capacity polyethylene hopper, stainless steel frame, 12-volt motor, manual gate control and optional transparent cover and side deflector.


Turf Pride

The MMS-4400 is equipped with a PTO drive, spinners and a conveyor powered by a ground wheel drive. It requires a 30 to 40 hp tractor to pull it.


Vandermolen

The Windmill C1310, designed for tractors from 16 to 28 hp, has a granular capacity of 850 pounds and an effective spreading width of 40 feet.


Featured Seeders

First Products

The Universal AERA-vator has vibrating tines that loosen and prepare the ground while seeding. It is available with two different seeding shafts.


Lawn Solutions Commercial Products

The Turf Revitalizer is a slit seeder available in a 20-inch model with a 9 hp engine and 24 and 30-inch models with a 13.5 hp engine. With hydrostatic drive.


Pik Rite

Eden hydroseeding equipment comes in skid, trailer and truck-mounted configurations with various engine options, mechanical agitation and hydraulic drive.


SourceOne

The TurfSavr is powered by an 8 hp Honda OHV engine and has blades for slicing to increase seed penetration and germination. It can also be used as a dethatcher.


STEC

The MULTISEEDER is available in 54, 72 and 96-inch working widths. It features individually cast, spiked rings, allowing the outer spikes to rotate more quickly.


Seeders

Befco

The SRT-074 Seed-Rite has working speeds of up to 8 mph and a working width of 74 inches. Equipped with 10 high-precision metering cups for even spread.


Belco Resources Equip.

The Greenscape comes in 60 and 84-inch working widths. It prepares the soil with two connected spike rollers, drops and covers seed, and firmly presses the soil.


Bobcat

The seeder for compact tractors features two rollers, tines, 4-bushel-capacity hopper, manually adjusted gate and adjustable depth of seed placement.


CEAttachments

The EDGE Landscape Seeder has a dual mounting system, front and rear rollers, drive mechanism and adjustable gate for accurate control of seeding rates.


Classen

The TSS-20 offers 26 heat-treated blades, five-position height adjustment, 60-pound-capacity seed box and infinite speeds from 0 to 3.4 mph.


Ferguson

The Yardmaker overseeder seeds and aerates in one pass. Available in pull-type or three-point hitch models and in widths from 3 to 8 feet.


Finn Corp.

Offers HydroSeeders for establishing turf, with Finn’s exclusive pump design, a variety of units ranging from 300 to 4,000 gallons and numerous options.


TurfMaker

Hydroseeding, hydromulching and bonded fiber matrix equipment comes in sizes from 380 to 1,200 gallons with direct-drive mechanical agitation and rotary gear pump.


Accessories

B&B Technologies

The Ride-On Carrier 2 fits a Class IV receiver hitch and has a 750-pound weight capacity. It accommodates PermaGreen, Lesco and Turfco spreaders.


Gregson-Clark

The Spreader-Mate is a self-contained, drop-in, 9-gallon-capacity sprayer that converts a broadcast spreader into a fully functional sprayer in minutes.