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About 3-Point & Mounted Dry Fertilizer Applicators

Dry fertilizers, such as dry or granular urea, are spread on fields before spring planting or after the fall harvest to add nutrients to the soil and enhance plant growth. Growers can apply these fertilizers using pull-type or self-propelled applicators, or they can apply them with a 3-point applicator hitched to a tractor or an applicator mounted on a truck. Dry fertilizer applicators have hoppers or wagons, augers, conveyors, and other features to apply the fertilizer through a broadcast spreader or retractable boom.

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Kuhn Axis 40.2 H-EMC-W Fertilizer Spreader

Like pull-type and self-propelled applicators, 3-point and mounted spreaders have four essential parts: a hopper that carries the fertilizer, an agitator to break up clumps and ensure a smooth flow, a discharge mechanism, and a control mechanism to regulate the fertilizer application speed and spread.

3-Point & Mounted Applicator Benefits

Mounted dry fertilizer applicators generally attach to the chassis of a truck and have much greater carrying capacities than 3-point options, which are limited by the lifting capacities of 3-point tractor hitches. This means operators can cover more ground before stopping to refill, saving time and, in some cases, fuel.

However, a tractor with a 3-point spreader can often maneuver more precisely than mounted spreaders and other applicator types and usually costs less. As a result, they are an excellent fit for smaller farming operations and in smaller fields with irregular shapes and rolling terrain.

Built For Precision

Many newer applicators have various features and technologies to enhance the precision of the spreader. Kuhn’s Axis spreaders, for example, have triangular spread patterns for wide widths, pivoting hopper cases to adjust the drop point, slow agitators to protect granules, brush drop guides, and technology to reduce over-application, control flow rate, and shut off specific sections.

Unverferth offers chassis-mounted dry fertilizer spreaders with hopper capacities of 645, 580, 515, 450, 415, and 270 cubic feet. These spreaders can be equipped with multi-hopper options to spread multiple products simultaneously.

Find The Right 3-Point Or Mounted Dry Fertilizer Applicator For Sale

You’ll find a large selection of new and used 3-point and mounted dry fertilizer applicators from industry-leading manufacturers such as Amazone, KRM, Kuhn, Kverneland, Land Pride, New Leader, and Vicon, for sale every day at TractorHouse.com.