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Scotts 74434 Deluxe EdgeGuard Broadcast Spreader
Availability:
6-10 days
Price:
$143.99*
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| Part No: | B000FBONXE |
| Manufacturer: | Scotts |
| MFG Part: | 74434-2 |
| Customer Rating: | 2.0 / 5.0 |
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| This is a piece of crap, do not buy!!! | 2010-03-28 | 1 / 5 |
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| Bought this spreader at Lowes after our old Scott's finally broke. This is a piece of junk. I puts out SO MUCH fertilizer even at the lowest setting. It put over 30,000 sq ft of fertilizers when it I should have covered the ground with 10,000 sq ft. Basically, I spent (...) in fertilizers when it should have been enough with (...). The minimum setting is 2 and it spits our more fertilizer than my old one in a 10. Two is the lowest setting. Do not buy this piece of junk. You will regret it. It also spreads more fertilizer on one side than the other. Bad all around!!! |
| Poor quality | 2010-03-22 | 1 / 5 |
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| For the price, this spreader is very poor. After using it three times, two last fall and once this spring, the unit broke. Don't buy it. |
| Save your money, time, and anger - buy a better one first! | 2010-03-22 | 1 / 5 |
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| I have had this unit (except with pneumatic tires) for three years now and I will be recycling it after today. As I was spreading fertilizer this morning it quit working, again. The spreader part that slings the fertilizer was not spinning even though the shafts/wheels were turning. It is all plastic except for the flimsy bolt together handles and it just cannot take the weight and is not easy to push on even the slightest hill or bumpy section of a yard. Maybe if you have a small, flat, perfectly smooth yard, this would be fine for light use. Also, every time I used it, I thoroughly cleaned it to prevent the fertilizer, lime, or other granular products I may have used (never salt or deicing compound) from caking up or damaging anything; this did not help in the long run. I have had all of the problems other reviewers have mentioned and had to disassemble it last year and grease the plastic parts in the rotary part to keep them spinning and working. Today, the left wheel shaft kept coming out of the gear box. I am now looking to buy a pro level unit such as the scotts professional which is made by anderson products or maybe an earthway pro model. Save your money and buy a better quality unit first. |
| spreader broke 2nd load | 2009-09-29 | 1 / 5 |
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| bot this @ home depot (first mistake), spread one bag, loaded another and hit a little clump of grass and the handle fell apart at the joint, non repairable. Called Scotts, they told me to send the control cable to them and they will refund my total purchase price. I think they were beyond fair but the product is no good |
| Spreads unevenly | 2009-06-22 | 3 / 5 |
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I've had mine for a few months now and used it at least 3 times. Mine also spreads more to the left than to the right, even with the edgeguard off. I thought maybe I was imagining it until I read these other posts. I do like the edgeguard feature, however. Maybe I'll turn it upside down and see if I can do anything to rectify this; it's got to have something to do with the edgeguard disc. Wouldn't buy it again.
Also, it's kind of annoying when you buy a non-Scotts granular lawn product, and they don't tell you the settings for this spreader. I never know what to set the dial to. |
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