McCormick 200 manure spreader

craigco · Jul 11, 2017

Picked up a 200 manure spreader, needs some work. Got it working need to replace floor and fix bottom of sides. On the left hand side there is a fine toothed cog with a catch on the bottom. Someone ran a long spring from the catch up around the fender. Where is the spring actually supposed to go? Any one have a pic? Thanks

JMS/.MN · Jul 11, 2017

If it"s a ratchet designed to control the speed of the apron, most spreaders have a SHORT spring hooked to a nearby pin to control the ratchet dog.

pburg · Jul 12, 2017

There is supposed to be a dog at the bottom of that ratchet wheel, as well as one at the top.
The long spring that you're mentioning certainly does not belong. I have some parts for this
spreader. I have two dogs, but only one spring. A spring can be made from the correct gage of
piano wire. A good hardware store ought to have this wire.
Could you send a picture of what you've got?

DoubleR · Jul 12, 2017

Mine has about a 4-5 inch threaded I hook coming down and hooks to the spring. Then you can adjust the tension on the spring. I read your post this morning so I checked mine today. There is a big shield that covers the whole thing so it was kind of hard to get a picture of it. Look about half way up the side of the spreader above the spring and you may see a hole in the angle iron for the I bolt. If not it would be easy to make something up to do so.

pburg · Jul 13, 2017

I went to check my spreader again to see if my spreader has that spring----It doesn't. The model of this spreader

is "30", and I thought it would be the same as the "200". Apparently not. But the dogs and the spring that

activates the dogs are the same as the "200". Martin

McCormick 200 manure spreader

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