Fertiliser Spreading Contractors

Shane Wealleans, Weallans Group, Matamata, Waikato

Our drivers tested all the units on the market, and chose TracMap as the best.”

“With over 50 spreader trucks in our operation, it’s a big decision, but one our drivers are very happy with. Even our most experienced drivers are driving more accurately, and we can now go out to our full certified bout width when conditions allow.”

“The ability to produce maps certifying application is very important. I would love to see compulsory mapping, as it would mean higher standards of fertiliser spreading without needing excessive controls.”

Scobie McConnell, Beckers Transport, Oturehua, Central Otago

“We are saving 1 hour in 5 on a lot of jobs”

“It was great how quickly our drivers picked it up. We know we are making a more even spreading job, and in quicker time.”

Wayne Hyslop, Hyslop Rural Transport, Outram

John HickMont, FertSpread, Taranaki

"I'm a techno-dinosaur. I wanted to learn to use a GPS mapping system before I found I had to."

"I love it. It gives proof of placement and guidance to drive and you don't overlap. I didn't realise I wasted so much till I put it in. And on silage and hay it is brilliant. It means I can still be accurate when I can't see wheel marks."

Benefits for Fertiliser Spreading Contractors

• Significant cost savings, through
  • Ability to drive at wider spacings, resulting in
    • Reduced distance travelled.
    • More even fertiliser spread –(depending on CV pattern)
• More productive hours, through
  • Ability to work into the night to finish a job
  • Easy to return and finish partially completed work
  • Easy to see what parts of a job completed on broken country and when in multiple paddocks
  • Not spending time looking for wheelmarks on dry country and in silage paddocks
  • Not having to slow to let dust clear in a following wind

Most of our customers report a 20% productivity gain!

• Considerably easier to train new drivers
• Simple to learn, meaning you can use relief drivers unfamiliar with GPS
• Less stress and greater job enjoyment by drivers, as a result of being easier to do a quality job
• Calculate paddock areas before starting work, and monitor area remaining while working
• Accurate area calculation at the end of the job.
• Verify the quality of your work to customers
• Provides accountability for job quality by staff
• Provides a simple method of meeting any traceability and audit requirements
• Achieve protection from false claims for consequential damage as a result of negligence or applying in wrong location.
• Ability to use maps as a means of billing clients, often before the truck has returned from a days work
• Maps are able to be used as a means of claiming Road User Charge refunds

TracMap Features

• Easy to use menus and buttons
• Large 6.4 inch screen size for easy reading
• Great daylight visibility, irrespective of sunlight conditions
• Draws a map on the screen, which makes it easy to see the area covered and remaining to cover while working
• Ability to add and save hazards by customers, assisting repeat visits to clients
• Transmit maps through the cellular network easily at the touch of a button
• Swivel Dash Mounting for ease of placement and viewing
• Completely waterproof and dustproof, meaning you can operate in all environments
• Pause button to mark position to return to when refilling
• Can save up to 40 uncompleted jobs for later retrieval
• Connects directly to Whitehead (recommended) and Transpread controllers
• Can be used in non computer controlled spreaders