LS 300 manure spreader.

[Alan K]

OK, so the one I had was a Shultz, not an Oliver then. My mistake. Did they make the Oliver 570 as an MM then? They used the smaller tires, but the box sat higher off the ground.

Like this one?

 

[G1000VISTA]

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That's just like mine. somebody gave it a flaky parade paint job. The one hub has a piece broke out of it. Chains missing, model number at wrong location. I'm getting the chains and bolted the hub together. Gonna use it behind MY 48 UTU here the next couple weeks to spread the bed pack on the hayfield. Getting excited to try use it.

 

[rrlund]

Like this one?

Ya, like that one.

 

[Rich'sToys]

My Dad bought this spreader new. My brother still has it. Not the best picture, but it's the only one I have. Not sure who actually "made" it, but it's a MM model LO. It looks like the one rrlund posted in reply #17. It originally had a tin cover over the yellow "drive shaft".

 

[rrlund]

RR I don't know much about them either. Worked on a few Deere, new idea, and probably a few others. I was not a dairy farmer just around it some when I was young. I too wonder if some company made them for others. rebranding as such. The top one is like I almost bought.

"I too wonder if some company made them for others."

More so in later years I think. As demand for some of these lower production implements got even lower, it wasn't efficient for every manufacturer to build their own. Massey Ferguson sourced some things from Badger. Even today, I think Deere has some of this stuff made and rebrands it. I know Tarter builds some rotary cutters from them. Oliver got some things from Danuser, Electric Wheel and Bearcat as well as others. I have running gears here that are branded as Gehl, Badger, Kilbros and Knowles that are all identical. I broke a spindle on the Badger one time and the dealer called Knowles to get one.

 

[Alan K]

That's just like mine. somebody gave it a flaky parade paint job. The one hub has a piece broke out of it. Chains missing, model number at wrong location. I'm getting the chains and bolted the hub together. Gonna use it behind MY 48 UTU here the next couple weeks to spread the bed pack on the hayfield. Getting excited to try use it.

I do have a few parts off of a LS 300 spreader, not many but a few.

 

[JOCCO]

"I too wonder if some company made them for others."

More so in later years I think. As demand for some of these lower production implements got even lower, it wasn't efficient for every manufacturer to build their own. Massey Ferguson sourced some things from Badger. Even today, I think Deere has some of this stuff made and rebrands it. I know Tarter builds some rotary cutters from them. Oliver got some things from Danuser, Electric Wheel and Bearcat as well as others. I have running gears here that are branded as Gehl, Badger, Kilbros and Knowles that are all identical. I broke a spindle on the Badger one time and the dealer called Knowles to get one.

Very well said sir same for that Italian equipment it branded many names but made in same factory by same company. Even contract made for others painted to their specs.

 

[G1000VISTA]

I do have a few parts off of a LS 300 spreader, not many but a few.

Right drive hub and the rachet pieces are what I need mostly.

 

[Alan K]

Right drive hub and the rachet pieces are what I need mostly.

I will have to take a look at mine and see what is there.

 

[Ill John]

This is the model that I had. If it wasn't an Oliver, I stand corrected. It won't be the first time I was wrong and for sure won't be the last.

I had a full list of the MM/Oliver crossovers, but I can't find it quick. I loaned it to an MM guy. I thought he gave it back, but I'm not sure. It might be in the truck.

That is a Schultz Spreader. Oliver probably sold them as well as MM selling them