SPYKER 296 Operation Manual - page 26
Read Before Using
Operating Instructions
Operating at the Mulch Setting
1. You will notice a slot in the spreader setting dial control right where
the 9 is or was located. Simply dial the setting so that the metal
guide will go through this dial slot when you move the right control
lever.
2. The spreader opening will now move all of the way open to the maxi-
mum opening that the spreader can achieve.
3. This setting was basically designed to spread PennMulch® at 70-75
lbs. per thousand square feet at 2.5 miles per hour. It’s easy
enough to check and adjust your walking speed. See Mulch-n-More
calibration instructions “Calculating your walking speed”.
4. The “all of the way open” setting can also be used to spread dry
sand, dry organic top dresses and fertilizers, salt and ice melt prod-
ucts and other normally difficult to spread products.
5. When using the mulch setting you can gate the flow of the material
as you’re spreading. For salt, sand and top dress materials in which
an accurate setting is not critical simply watch the flow of material
as it comes out of the spreader. Either open more or close off (gate
the flow) until you feel comfortable with the amount of material you
are spreading. If you would like to check the flow rate simply mark
the position of the control lever with a piece of tape and use the cal-
ibration bucket to check the coverage per thousand square feet.
(See the calibration instructions included with the calibration bucket
or “Calibrating the Mulch-n-More” on the www.spyker.com web site.)
6. Through trials involving mass flow products such as sand and salt
we have found that using the “mulch basket” gives you the best
spread pattern. Although the spread will be slightly to the right
using the mulch basket, the actual spread of the product is even all
of the way across the effective spread width. Depending on the type
of product you’re spreading, using a standard spinner blade the
product will flow heavy to the left and give you a less than desirable
spread pattern leaving a heavy line of product in one spot and light
at another. This is the exact reason Spyker developed the Mulch
spinner blade. No other ground driven spreader has the capability of
spreading materials at these high rates because they all use a stan-
dard spinner blade.
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