On Oct 4, 11:58*am, Phisherman wrote:
I have gone through three lawn spreaders in the last 18 years, all of
them Scotts. *I can see the quality has greatly decresed in the
materials used. *The plastic part that turns the seed/fertilizer broke
(in some better spreaders this part looks like a metal cotter pin). *

I'd like recommendations for a good spreader for home owners. *I have
just under one acre and use mostly walk-behind equipment. *Prefer
something not to exceed $150 and something that corresponds to number
settings on most bagged products. *Thanks.

Have you looked into Spyker Spreaders
www.spyker.com
I have never used their products because I can't afford spreaders over
$30 but most of there stuff seems to be good quality. I believe at one
time they had a line of Aluminum spreaders.