Top-The bulk distributor and bulk lime loader after being drawn on to a field by tractor. Upper middle—By raising the castor wheels the mouth of the loader is lowered on to the sheet on which the truck tips the bulk lime. The truck, a standard tip truck, has been fitted with a bulk lime hopper. Lower middle-The chain scrapermechanism by which the lime is drawn into and up the loader. The articulated scraper can be lowered, on to the lime periodically by two hand winches. Bottom—The 3-ton load of lime in the distributor was loaded in 3 minutes and required no spreading as is necessary with other narrower types of loaders.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 85, Issue 2, 15 August 1952, Page 105
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111Top-The bulk distributor and bulk lime loader after being drawn on to a field by tractor. Upper middle—By raising the castor wheels the mouth of the loader is lowered on to the sheet on which the truck tips the bulk lime. The truck, a standard tip truck, has been fitted with a bulk lime hopper. Lower middle-The chain scrapermechanism by which the lime is drawn into and up the loader. The articulated scraper can be lowered, on to the lime periodically by two hand winches. Bottom—The 3-ton load of lime in the distributor was loaded in 3 minutes and required no spreading as is necessary with other narrower types of loaders. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 85, Issue 2, 15 August 1952, Page 105
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