Garner Seeder

My Dad mentioned a 3 pt seed spreader buried in our old barn, so while out at the farm, I located it and dug it out.

Not a 3 point, looks like they used a piece of radiator hose to drive the gear box - or maybe that's the way it is supposed to be? Nothing locked-up. Maybe it's something I can use?

Anyone ever see one of a spreader like this?

Thanks!
Bill

Under edit: The spreader's name is Garber, not Garner.

It is a 3 point.On the frame under the pto drive there's a hole.You bolt a draw bar to it.The two rods towards the top hook up to the third link. Use a radiator hose with a wire in it so it doesn't twist.

Had a glitch and posted to soon.That spreader can be used as a 3 point or it can be hard mounted.The draw bar lets you hook to the lift arms.You can also bolt it to a center pull.The upper rods can be bolted to the tractor or used as a top link.We used to put a shot piece of pipe between them for the top link.Make sure there adjusted right cause they will bend easy.Good Luck.

here is mine, I just bolted a piece of angle iron with end pins and made a bracket for the top link.
you are good to go.

great little spreaders for seed or top dressing fertilizer over the garden or truck patch.

note to file: if you have an old fergy like mine, the 3pt arms will drift down, if the tractor sets for a while, therefore you must have sometype of stabilizers to maintain the exact height of the machine or take the rubber hose, pto drive shaft off,

if arms go down, it will tear up the rubber drive shaft. mine does not have a top, but that has never been a problem, it was the right price, free.

you can down load an owners manual on the internet

They were made only a few mile from me. When they were designed no one thought about putting fertilizer on with something like that. They are only for seeding.

Leroy, I farmed in 1961 south of St.Paris, OH where these were made. I bought a new one to sew grass seed and topdress wheat w/ nitrogen. They were too light for the weight of the fertilizer as you stated but with couple trips back to the factory and with extra bracing and some added angle iron by me I made it work and used it several years.

I now live near Springfield,OH so we are not far apart. I retired from the Urbana store of Farmer's Equipment the Case/IH Dealer. We have two other stores close to you. Elida and Lakeview (New Hampshire), OH.

Bill

Bill, rember Central Tractor in Urbana? Wife worked there asassistant manager for a while just before they combined with the other place (mind is a blank right now) And she transfered to Wapak for a few months and left Just 6 months before chain folded.

Brain just woke up. It was Quality Farm & Fleet. 1 bushel size capacity. I got an incomplete one that was a neighbors but think I got rid of it. Dad did not like that PTO idea to drive the spinner as if you had to slow down for something it would slow the fan down so you would not get full coverage. With that Idea he bought a different brand (unknowen) that was powered with a car heater motor and it was a half bushel size but we never had to fully fill it with grass seed.

I believe "Herd" seeders are pretty much considered the gold standard of broadcast type seeders but that does not mean the one you have is a bad one.

12 volt driven does have its advantages as compared to PTO drive (as Leroy mentioned) sometimes in a lightweight seeder. If you have a tractor with only a few gears and need to use the throttle to constantly control speed then the PTO drive will fluctuate a lot where a 12 volt drive is consistent. On a more modern tractor with more gears simply set the throttle where you need it and never touch it. Pick a gear speed that is safe for forward travel and turning. Adjust your flow rate to match and you are good to go with a PTO drive.

I would use that other HD spreader you have for fertilizer, lime pellets, etc.

Use this little seeder anytime you want to do hay seeds.

I have a brand new "Herd" seeder that I have yet to use (it is 12 volt drive and is sized for an ATV but I plan to use it on the tractor instead). After I bought it, I picked up a no name rusty 12 volt seeder at auction for like $3.00

Been trying to kill that little rusty little seeder spreading fertilizer. May not technically be made to spread fertilizer but it does it. Once it goes, I will put the Herd into use.

Leroy, Yes, liked Quality Farm and Fleet. Now we haves a TSC in Urbana but don't go there often as I have one real close to me here on north side of Springfield.

Bill

(quoted from post at 21:12:34 03/14/15) Leroy, Yes, liked Quality Farm and Fleet. Now we haves a TSC in Urbana but don't go there often as I have one real close to me here on north side of Springfield.

Bill

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Bill - I like the Quality Farm and Fleets too. Sad day when they went belly up. That said Make sure you check out Rural King in Huber Heights (in the old Kmart building on 202). Will be a bit of a drive for yah but not that far either.

Rural King is way bigger store than TSC and their prices are much better on the same line items that they both carry. Rural King simply carries so much more stuff compared to TSC that it really is no comarison. I hate TSC. Pass right buy one to drive a little further to Rural King.

I go to Rual King in Van Wert, a few TSC closer but as you say not good.

We wore out two of those over the years, and to be fair, they were both bought used at auctions, so they probably had many hours of use by their previous owners. Only used them for seed. Both of ours had open gears for the right angle power shaft. We'd blob gun grease on those gears every few rounds, but it would sling off real quick. Might have been doing more harm than good, making stuff stick to the gears. They must have sold replacement gears for them, because I remember finding a set after my father-in-law passed away. I see the seeder on the Fergy has an enclosed gearbox, and it looks like yours does too. Better idea.

One bolt thru the drawbar of a B John Deere, and two top braces, was all it took, plus the rubber hose. We thought we were running with the big boys after years of using a horn seeder.

Thanks everyone for the info. We'll clean up this seeder and have it ready for use - seeding only. It will be good to have a dedicated seeder vs trying to use the larger fertilizer spreader for that purpose.

Thanks again!
Bill

I had one, but gave it to a friend because I had a Herd, too. Here is a link to the parts book for that model...

http://garberseeder.com/parts.html
Garber Seeder Parts