Is a Liquid Manure Spreader and a Fertilizer the same thing?

[thelostgirl74]

I was looking at the Zunhammer 185 (LMS) vs the Rauch TWS 7000 (Fertilizer). Do they do the same thing? Trying to decide which to buy.

[COmtns]

Buy the Rauch. It has the ability to spread the Fert-ex, which is manure and dry fertilizer combined. The Zunhammer does not. And while the Fert-ex product more expensive, it will save you loads of time (and therefore money) and saving you a pass on each field. If you're going after realism, then do both steps.

I don't what the price range is for either machine, but wait until tomato soup sells for 9.73, which is the global market economy low point, save for crop prices.

[Sven777b]

regarding your question : no they dont do the same thing. The Zunhammer is made for liquid manure - which is produced by your cows for free. While the Rauch TWS spreads dry fertilizer (which needs to be bought).
You can (and should) put both on your fields - liquid manure and dry fertilizer.

As COmtns wrote you could also buy Fert-Ex which contains both (gives 200% fertilizer) - but fert-ex costs more than buying liquid manure and fertilizer seperately (and liquid manure you get for free if you have cows). So using it means you pay to save some time (spreading manure doesnt take much time as you can drive top speed)

Additional - I (personally) would prefer the amazone sprayer instead of the rauch tws because the amazone is hitched and very handy. The Rauch is pulled and it can be annoying if you dont have much space to turn. You dont need the large cargo - because even the small hitched sprayer can load enough fertilizer (4000kg) for 12-16 ha of fields.

[Shane]

I havent put done any fertilizer because i was looking at the information on the map screen, but if you stand in front of the field and hold RMB it has the fetilizer @ 0%

(i have already ploughed, cultivated, manure spread, and sown seeds)

so, can i run over the fields again with fertilizer despite the fact i have already seeded them ?
-- or should i just leave it this time around

[Substancer]

If theres no green on field yet you can drive around freely on it and fertilize, but if its sprouting already you probably destroy as much crop as you're improving yield with fertilizer. I lost 15% of crops by trampling field while fertilizing growing crops.

Map indeed shows 200% fertilize when both types are used, its a bit confusing at first.