Road feeder to spread seed?

[BigCohiba]

Anybody ever use a road feeder to spread food plot seed? Been thinking about how I want to go about seeding plots and thought of this. Don't see why it wouldn't work .......

[meathunter]

Yes, I planted oats to Throw the seed after plaiting. I then drug the field to get seeds covered with dirt.

[cehorn]

Yes. The main thing to watch is the size of the exit hole on the road feeder. It is more than likely made to throw corn. If you are throwing a small seed it may let too much out. The right size washer should do the trick to reduce the amount of see thrown or in a pinch a cut up beer can...

[BigCohiba]

My road feeder is homemade. It has a sliding regulator plate so I should be able to choke down pretty easily to size it for the seed. I’m gonna give it a shot. Thanks

[JakeGraves]

I have before. Works okay.

[Wellborn Papa]

The road feeder works good for seed spreading, but don't use for fertilizer. It will corrode your feeder.

[Low Fence]

Will work but doesn’t plant as even or consistently as I like. Will work in a bind but other methods work better

[BolilloLoco]

Never again

[scott.str]

Simple pull behind spreader would be best for like 100$. Your household spreader would work if your not doing a huge one

[dustoffer]

Yes, I planted oats to Throw the seed after plaiting. I then drug the field to get seeds covered with dirt.

Worked for us on 20 ac out of the 200 ac CRP field.

[Red Man]

I tried this once on a long narroy food plot and it worked ok.

[jivey_21]

The problem with using them is, they drop a lot of seed straight down and throw very little out!