Earthway 2750 Hand-Operated Bag Spreader/Seeder

UPDATE 5-27-18: I seeded 7.5 acres of forage beans using this hand-crank seeder yesterday and today because our tow-spreader was busted. This worked so well, I doubt we replace the tow spreader. Bean distribution was awesome. Other than walking my butt off in the fields that have been chisel plowed, disced, and power tilled, it worked great. Up until now I have not found a need to install the plastic stiffeners for the seed bag...but I will do so now as it would have been much easier to load the seeder bag.OLD REVIEW FOLLOWS: I over-seeded 4 acres of declining alfalfa today with Whitetail Institute coated clover seed. It took maybe 25 minutes to over-seed 4 acres and I put 9 pounds of the clover seed into the spreader at a time (18 pound bag).The suggested setting on the bottom of the spreader was 2.5 for clover which is a tiny, tiny seed. Coated clover is like 3 or 4 times bigger and I seeded with a setting of 1.5 and 2.0 and I also put duct tape over the slot opening to only allow an inch for the seed to flow out. With this modification, a setting of 1.5 was too low and I had to go over the area more than once. On a setting of 2.0, it was just about right to maybe a little fast. I have attached a picture of this modification.I walked up to one of our lakes and used the spreader to check the seed distribution and it was everything I could have hoped for.The only quirk I noticed is when walking up a steeper slope and maintaining seeding speed, my thigh would bump the broadcaster stopping it for just a fraction of a second.

I will get one more before I leave next time and few parts. I used one of those battery powered junks, but no more. This is my live saver. Made in USA i think. Still high quality

This is the 2nd one we purchased. It's not Amazons fault they are not constructed better. The housing is all plastic, but you get what you pay for. It does the job we needed done and for the price we may have to buy one a year

I bought this to spread wildflower seeds in rough areas, but also use it to spread grass seeds, cover crop seed, etc. I haven't used our walk-behind or lawn tractor-pulled spreaders since we got this. The level of control and coverage are excellent. You control the seed flow with your left hand while your right hand cranks the spinner. You can control the seed distribution by how open you have the feeder, how fast you crank it, how fast you walk, and how much you turn from side to side. I seed a 25-foot wide strip in one pass walking down the middle.

Man went to the moon once but it was a looooooong time ago. Where to begin? The primary problem is the same with every spreader I've ever owned--clogging. When you start it is a torrent, three steps later there might be four or five granules being ejected which eventually peters out to nothing. The product boasts some sort of device that is supposed to ensure even feeding. That little plastic bar looks like grandma's dentures gumming some oatmeal while she's asleep on a bad day. Maybe she's dead? You need time lapse photography to see that it is actually moving. Secondly the slope of the plastic at the bottom of the bag is too shallow. If held even slightly off level, feeding stops. To keep spreading, you are forced to constantly shake the GD thing which brings me to problem number Three: The clip on the shoulder harness is simply a slot, not a snap. So while you're shaking the bejabbers out of the spreader to get something flowing, the "clip" (bad word since it doesn't apply in the least) on the strap pops off. All of these shortcomings force a stop/start approach resulting in some areas of the lawn being burnt out with a circle of fertilizer and some areas getting nothing at all. Now for the added insult that got me in front of my computer. At one point I sat the unit down on my driveway while I went to the garage. I had left the slot open by accident (yes this is stupid on my part). When I returned, a third of the bag had run through and spilled onto the drive way. The problem here was that left unattended it couldn't seem to stop gushing fertilizer. When I pick it up and run around my yard with it, it works when it feels like it. Joke's on me. Alas, as the years mount, I begin to fear that I will never own a spreader that lives up to it's name and actually, simply and evenly SPREADS something. The best I can offer is this: This spreader fails just as much as any other spreader I've owned.

Used this to spread grass seed on about a quarter acre. Replaced a Scott’s device that broke after first use so I was mainly looking for quality and simplicity and this spreader delivered.One seed mix I had had a seed mulch in it that was the consistency of loose dirt, this made it a pretty a dusty mess when spreading and I ended up covered in the stuff but it still spread the stuff correctly so more of a lesson learned as far as spreaders that are up off the ground than something I hold against the product.Seed itself has just started coming up and I can see it did a great job as far as even spreading. Much better than sections I did by hand after my first device broke.Read the instructions. DO NOT OPEN THE RELEASE PORT UNTIL YOU ARE WALKING FORWARD AT PACE or you’ll have some nice piles of wasted material to admire.

Product came as it should. Worked great. Used it a few times this year and it’s performed awesome. Then the bottom spinning piece bent so it wouldn’t spin smoothly and then the strap attachment area broke. So good product just not very solid. Thought I would get more that one season out of it

I had one of these for many years and it still works. I got a second one so I can use one for seed and y he other for fertilzer.