Heavy-duty salt spreader from Buyers Products lets you easily distribute salt or other free-flowing materials to make sidewalks safe in the winter. Spreader Type: Walk Behind, Volts: N/A, Hopper Material: Poly, Spread Radius (ft.): 6, Hopper Capacity (cu. ft.): 1.5, Load Capacity (lbs.): 100, Adjustable Deflector: Yes, Mounting Hardware Included: N/A, Overall Dimensions H x W x D (in.): 36 x 30 x 23 Large pneumatic wheels push easily through snow and slush Flow regulator on handle Black powder-coated steel frame Stainless steel axle Carbon steel linkage Includes hopper screen and poly rain cover
Average Customer Rating:
3.8 out of 5
Rating Summary
(23 reviews)
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17 of 23 (74%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
2
/ 5
Super Fast Delivery But...,
February 28, 2008
By MLinFHfrom Harford County, Maryland
"I received this product 3 days after the order was entered. I was pleased with that until I saw the shipping carton. It looked as if it fell off of the truck! There were a few cosmetic scratches but, what the heck, it's a salt spreader.
The assembly manual has much to be desired; it made the assembly tedious but it got done.
Where this device comes up short is in the mesh of the pinion gear and the ring gear. It's so loose that the gears bind and when that happens, nothing turns. Not the drive wheel and not the spinner. There is an assembly addendum that instructs the assembler to place a provided washer on the shaft and between the pinion gear and the spinner shaft support.The provided washer was too small for the shaft. I used a conventional 1/4in washer (in fact, I stacked 2 of them) and the gear binding seemed to be less. A bit of grease further improved it but it has not gone away. The manual does not mention any alignment proceedure but there isn't very much that can be adjusted.
Now, shame on me for not reading the product reviews before ordering. That said, there are many good reviews for this product so somebody's found the secret to getting this to work properly.
Stainless steel fasteners and plastic components promise many years of service except for the challenge of the gear mesh."
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Review 2 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
3
/ 5
Bad gearing,
February 16, 2008
By ProLandscaperfrom Haverhill, MA
"I bought this spreader and it took over a month and a half to arrive. When it finally arrived, the box was mangled as it a car had hit it. The gearing is awful and does not mesh up cleanly. Because of that problem, the drive wheel locks up while pushing it. It does throw the salt far, but I'm not too sure that the benefits out way the faults. I will not buy another one. I would recommend a different walk behind spreader with enclosed gears."
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Professional
Review 3 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
2
/ 5
Product Quality,
January 21, 2008
By Stretch800from Williamsport, PA
"Ordered three of this product. Two of the three where shipped defective. Item provides good quality for the most except the drive assembly which is poor at best. It has an open drive assembly that is exposed to the elements causing corrosion. Spready is durable and easy to push. Deflector shield allows for less waste of materials being broadcast."
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Professional
Review 4 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
4
/ 5
Good working unit hard to assembly,
January 18, 2008
By beefbuggyfrom lancaster ny
"Very timely to assembly the unit and align all the bolts and brackets. Smooth operation once assembled. the unit gets very light and the wheels don't spin to turn the propeller. An auger would be helpful to keep material flowing out the shoot. To help keep the wheels turning i fill the unit and then lay a board on top and stack a bag on top of the hopper to keep some traction."
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Review 5 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
3
/ 5
NO way!,
January 16, 2008
By PTLscapefrom addison, IL
"love the unit it salts amazing ,but first day out had to tighten everythign 4 times then the coaster wheel breaks in half..will i buy the unit again...hard to say"
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Review 6 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Great Spreader,
January 15, 2008
By jdigifrom Indiana, PA
"I have tried many salt spreaders and this is by far the best on the market. All the other units would fall apart in a few uses. This spreader has some guts."
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Review 7 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
2
/ 5
OK,
January 14, 2008
By nate85from Alpena Mi
"We orderd this item for our snow removal business. I am not very impressed. first off it took 2 weeks to get then when we got it it weas missing parts. i still have not goten them all, it has been 8 weeks. we were able to use it and our experiance was just ok. It does hold alot of salt and spreds nice but the gears want to jamb together. The whole fit and finish of the axel and gears are quite slopy this is one problem. the other is the gears are just stamped and dont mesh well at all. I was very disapointer with the quality. I felt this product was not worth the money and would recomend it to no one."
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Review 8 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Excellent Spreader,
January 14, 2008
By jdubfrom Pittsburgh, PA
"This salt spreader works great for our company parking lot, it really stands up to abuse and keeps working. Assemply was done in about 40 minutes without issue."
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Home Handyman
Review 9 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
January 14, 2008
By chuckerfrom GREEN RIVER, WY
"The reflecting shields are so much better than any other spreader. We are ordering two more."
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Professional
Review 10 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
walk behind salt spreader,
January 14, 2008
By Worth4122from Grand Rapids Michigan
"This was a replacement spreader , and is easier to manage while using and lighter weight, making it easier to salt inclines. It holds less salt than my previous spreader, but does not use as much salt because of the lower deflectors which reflects salt where I need it most and that is directly on the walk and without all the overcasting on lawn and plants. Overall I would highly recommend this item to anyone. It is one of the most user friendly spreader I've used so far in many winters of salting. The hopper screen too is a plus and prevents clogging and blockages at the ports on the bottom fo the hopper."
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Professional
Review 11 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
4
/ 5
Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader,
January 14, 2008
By Jwcsoupfrom Springfiled, VA
"This salt spreader was purchased for use on sidewalks and parking lots at a church. It was selected because it appears to be a little more substantial that the normal lawn spreader. I like the stainless steel mechanism and the large capacity hopper. We have used it one time so far, and it performed excellently. One of the features that I really like is the deflector that keep you from throwing large quantities of chemicals on the lawn and borders. I found that assembly was a little difficult and time-consuming even for someone with substantial mechanical abilities. This was somewhat complicated because a bent shaft was shipped and you could not tell whether or not it was supposed to be bent or not. The replacement part was shipped very quickly we I called the manufacturer. Another issue that might become a problem is the axle alignment. It has very close tolerances and I am a little concerned that I will have to find some spacers later so the wheels do not rub against the frame. Hopefully, this will nor become a problem. Overall, I believe this is a excellent piece of equipment."
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Review 12 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
3
/ 5
i dont know about this?,
January 4, 2008
By Josherfrom CT
"product was shipped to me in 7 days, box was messed up,instructions need to be worked on, and the shaft for wheels came bent sooo ya, would not buy again just not worth, box said "minimal assemble" had to assemble the whole thing except the welded stuff so i dont know what they were sayin. seems like it will work okay though but defenitly not totally happy."
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Review 13 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Great Product,
October 29, 2007
By JuBobfrom Kittanning, PA
"This is a great salt spreader. The size and durability more than make up for the assembly. This product is very easy to use. I would recommend it to anyone."
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 14 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
worth it,
March 21, 2007
By bonnLndscprfrom Downingtown, Pa
"Like the other guys say, the assembly was a bit extreme, but once you are able to use it. It quickly pays its self off. All of my snow contracts are commercial and thanks to the Flap guides it made my 3am. hour go by much faster. I ordered two of the spreaders and the only thing i can say except that they are great time and labor saving tools is that one of the flaps gets a little cought on one of the tires."
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Review 15 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Salt Spreader,
March 7, 2007
By LionBillfrom Illinois
"I was really amazed when I first got this unit at the amount of assembly it took to get this put together. Lining up the spreader plate was the most difficult. Directions are a bit lax in this area but I got it done and I am very satisfied with the results. Setting the drop amount was a little tricky at first but once you get the idea of how the drop holes work it is easy to set. I tried different types of salt or ice melt and found one brand works better than others. Over all I am very pleased with the operation of this unit over using an ordinary lawn spreader to spread my salt. Spreading salt on large areas works better than trying to fit the spread to sidewalks but it will work just fine on walkways also."
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Professional
Review 16 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
3
/ 5
Ice Buster Review,
March 7, 2007
By sparkykwfrom Pittsburgh, PA
"The unit does function and spreads salt quickly when the media quickly falls into the spreader chute. I found that most of the time the salt doesn't fall into the chute and the machine must be vigorously shaken to keep the salt flowing into the chute. The salt media was not wet or sticky, so I was surprised that it didn't flow well. Perhaps a small auger above the chute that stirs up the media would fix this problem. Sometimes the mitre gear driving the spreader fan jambs and the wheels don't rotate. It looks like some shimming with washers will make the gear drive run smoother, but this will require a fair amount of disassembly to add the shim washers. I'll try this for next year. If you have a large area to spread salt, this machine does spread the salt quickly when everything is working. 100 ft down, 100 ft back and it spreads about 80 lb. of salt. More time is spent reloading the machine than dispensing the material."
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Review 17 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
5
/ 5
Ice Buster Walk-Behind Salt Spreader,
March 7, 2007
By Joe31from Cincinnati, OH
"We used to salt our school walks carrying a bucket and throwing salt by hand. This spreader is high quality, very competitively and reasonably priced, and completes the job in a third of the time using less salt. It has already paid for itself this winter."
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Review 18 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
1
/ 5
Ice Buster a Total Bust - Save your money,
March 7, 2007
By Rpaonefrom NJ
"Upon its arrival, I opened the box to find far more assembly required than I had originally thought. However, I am fairly handy and have assembled many industrial and furniture items like this in the past, so charged in.
Many parts did not line up well, causing (in addition to a few scraped knuckles) the bolts to be almost impossible to screw in, as they'd catch on the metal holes. Lots of torque was required, some thread stripping ensued. In addition, the entire assembly hinges on making sure that the center drive shaft is, indeed, centered -- though you cannot ensure this until it is too late, as instructions repeatedly tell you not to tighten everything until assembly is done. Almost the entire unit must be assembled before you find out the center drive shaft is correct or not, and by then you are faced with taking it all apart and starting again. After three builds and three breakdowns, I gave up, and with fingers bleeding and about 7 hours wasted, I put the whole thing out in the trash. I physically had no strength left to unassemble it one more time to send it back for a refund and simply chalked it up to a bad decision. Bad diagrams, and far too technical of an item for the normal homeowner given how poorly things line up and how you must build the whole thing to find out if you got it right. Very disappointed."
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 19 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
4
/ 5
March 7, 2007
By bud1from Pa.
"works good for salting sidewalks and controlling the spread width"
Review 20 for Buyers Walk-Behind Salt Spreader
Overall Rating:
4
/ 5
Ice Buster Walk-Behind Salt Spreader,
March 7, 2007
By JoeAl80from White Plains, N.Y.
"Decided to try this one out to keep my fertilizer spreaders from rusting up after the winter season. The addition of the cover, the flaps, and the fact that it is made with stainless steel gives it a great value. The flaps move easy for adjusting the throw of the spreader, and the hopper is large to hold 2-3 bags of material."
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