page_title: Broadcast spreader
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Broadcast spreader / Types
caption_attribution_description: English: ATV with an Agri-Fab ATV tow spreader
context_page_description: A broadcast seeder, alternately called a broadcaster, broadcast spreader or centrifugal fertilizer spreader, is a farm implement commonly used for spreading seed, lime, fertilizer, sand, ice melt, etc., and is an alternative to drop spreaders/seeders.
context_section_description: The smallest are handheld with a hopper of several liters and which operate via hand cranking. A bit larger are push units with the spinning disk powered by gearing to the wheels. 
  The next size up is designed to be towed behind a garden tractor or ATV. Very similar in size to the tow behind units are broadcast seeders that mount to the three-point hitch of a compact utility tractor, these are ideal for landscape and small property maintenance. Still larger are commercial broadcast seeders/spreaders designed and sized appropriately for agricultural tractors and mount to the tractor's three point hitch. The broadcast seeders that are mounted to a three-point hitch are powered by a power take-off (P.T.O.) shaft from the tractor. At the largest size are pull behind or chassis mounted units for agricultural use that can spread widths of up to 90 feet.
caption: ATV tow spreaders normally have a larger capacity to enable the coverage of larger areas
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