jcb4cxkid Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 has any one heard of these because the contractor that did the spearding here has two of them and they are owned by the marston group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Yes, speak to Gav about ECE's he ran them on Renaults I think \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb4cxkid Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 thanks i was just wondering how popluar they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Quite popular with contractors I believe, always see them used for poultry spreading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb4cxkid Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 thats a change i never seen them up here before \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 ECE's have been and still are popular with some contractors around here......The LowLine is the most popular model around here...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 ECE were originally a firm local to me here in Norfolk until they were aquired by the MAS group. They are basically a rip off of the Bunnings Lowlander machine (hence the Lowline name), a member of Bunnings senior team went and worked for them and basically copied Bunnings designs. They aren't a bad spreader but they do not have the build quality of the Bunnings originals and use cheaper gearboxes which are prone to failure, they were cheaper to purchase than a Bunnings too. On average one a week out of the 6 where I worked would go down with some sort of mechanical problem. There are still several about and it is because of the cost and the ability to spread everything that they were popular, Richard Western spreaders are not as good as certain types of muck hang up in them, the two Westerns where I worked were kept as back ups more often than not, due to the reliability (or lack of) of the ECE ones there was usually one of them out in the field. The contractor in question spreads half a million tonnes of turkey litter a year plus general manure as well, usually just through the 6 spreaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb4cxkid Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 thanks gav for the info and nh2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Are they anything to do with the ECON sidespreaders that were around when that style first came out like the WEST Dualspread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I'm not sure Nigel, probably not, these are big rear discharge sort of 12-16 tonne models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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