I bought a Mill Creek 35G spreader that needs some or all of the apron chain replaced.
It looks to be a generic sort of chain, so I am guessing that buying it from a 3rd party and cutting and assembling the slats myself might be a lot cheaper than buying an official replacement from the manufacturer.
Does anybody know exactly what the chain is? All the links on mine are probably too rusted to read numbers off or even take precise measurements of.
That looks like the right kind of chain for the lengths between the bars. Purchasing by the roll is lots cheaper than by the link!! You could take one of your links off the spreader, take it with you to compare sizing before purchase.
MillCreek was the first small spreader company to use “real” spreader chain, spreader bars, so it was easy to find replacement parts. Those parts held up to real loads of bedding for emptying the spreader. Not like those old mini spreaders with toy size bars and chains that broke so easily with any load on them.
You will need special links for holding the bars to the chains. The link has a kind of a tab that sticks inward to fasten bar to, so you need a right and a left link for each bar.
Husband makes the bars for our spreader, fastens those special links on them, keeps a supply for when something breaks. Certainly costs less than purchasing the bars. He gets parts from the farm store. He uses a come-along device to tighten the chains for fastening them back together after I break links or a bar needs replacing.
He replaces any “iffy” links, badly worn bars, when he is already putting other parts on. Links with thin bars or the worn rolled end to hook them together, are going to break soon. Easier to fix all at one time, than having to repair twice in short times. OR HAVING to fork out the spreader to get down to the chain and bars after it breaks on you!
I try to dump the spreader daily, which lengthens the life of bars and chain links incredibly. Urine just eats metal it sits on.
Good luck with your new-to-you spreader. I like MillCreek spreaders.
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I bought a Mill Creek 35G spreader that needs some or all of the apron chain replaced.
It looks to be a generic sort of chain, so I am guessing that buying it from a 3rd party and cutting and assembling the slats myself might be a lot cheaper than buying an official replacement from the manufacturer.
Does anybody know exactly what the chain is? All the links on mine are probably too rusted to read numbers off or even take precise measurements of.[/QUOTE]
I have a brand new complete floor chain and bar assembly for a mill creek ground drive spreader I think it is a model 25 the width of the assembly is 27" and the length is 132" I have no use for it we bought it for ours and it was stolen before we got it replaced. We paid almost $400 for it make me an offer.
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I have a brand new complete floor chain and bar assembly for a mill creek ground drive spreader I think it is a model 25 the width of the assembly is 27" and the length is 132" I have no use for it we bought it for ours and it was stolen before we got it replaced. We paid almost $400 for it make me an offer.[/QUOTE]
Being new, you may not have read that advertising to sell is forbidden, you will be blocked from the Forums. This post is 2 YEARS old, so the OP will have gotten her spreader fixed before now.
Probably better go read the “Rules” for posting in the Announcement at the top of each Forum, before you get in trouble.
[QUOTE=Teresap;7928747]
I have a brand new complete floor chain and bar assembly for a mill creek ground drive spreader I think it is a model 25 the width of the assembly is 27" and the length is 132" I have no use for it we bought it for ours and it was stolen before we got it replaced. We paid almost $400 for it make me an offer.[/QUOTE]
Being new, you may not have read that advertising to sell is forbidden, you will be blocked from the Forums. This post is 2 YEARS old, so the OP will have gotten her spreader fixed before now.
Probably better go read the “Rules” for posting in the Announcement at the top of each Forum, before you get in trouble.
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