Marshall Vesuvius Vantage rear-discharge spreader service schedule

Muck spreaders · Current (instructions dated 2022)

Covers the Marshall Vesuvius Vantage rear-discharge spreader (VES1500, VES2000, VES2500).

Every maker's service job for the Marshall Vesuvius Vantage rear-discharge spreader, counted in hours, with the oils, filters and parts each one needs. Add your implement to Farmyard Workshop and it works out what's due from your hours and dates, and keeps the service history.

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Service intervals

Job	When
Check wheel bearings and wheel nuts	every 100 hours
Main gearbox oil change	every 1,000 hours or every year
Storage between seasons	every year
Check rear beater tips and shear pin	when needed

Service jobs and parts

Check wheel bearings and wheel nuts

Running gear · every 100 hours

Marshall says check the wheel bearings after the first 20 hours and every 100 hours after that, and tighten the wheel nuts daily for the first week.

Step-by-step

Empty the spreader. Disengage the PTO, stop the tractor, take the key out and chock the wheels.
Lift each wheel clear, support the axle on stands and rock the wheel to feel for play.
Grease the hubs and torque the wheel nuts: 18 mm studs 270 Nm, 22 mm 475 Nm.
Check the brake rams extend and return freely and check tyre pressures from Marshall's chart.

Tools: Jack and axle stands, Long bar, Torque wrench

Main gearbox oil change

Gearbox · every 1,000 hours or every year

Marshall says check the gearbox oil level after the first 40 hours, and change the SAE 90 oil after 1,000 hours or once a year, whichever is sooner. There is no filter.

Part	Qty	Notes	Part number
Gear oil SAE 90	1	Fill to the level plug; capacity: check your handbook. Aztec Oils match: TRANSMATEC EP-4 90	check your handbook

Step-by-step

Park level with the push door fully back. Disengage the PTO, stop the tractor engine, take the key out and wait for the beaters to stop completely.
Drain the oil from the sump plug under the gearbox.
Refit the plug and fill with SAE 90 through the top hole until it reaches the level plug, seen through the bottom hole in the rear of the spreader.
Run briefly, stop, take the key out, wait for the beaters to stop and recheck the level.

Tools: Drain tray, Spanner for sump plug, Funnel or oil pump

Storage between seasons

Storage · every year

Marshall's storage list: clean thoroughly, push door fully back, slurry door closed, touch up paint, grease all bearings and run for 5 minutes, and grease the push door runners.

Part	Qty	Notes	Part number
Grease	1		check your handbook
Touch-up paint	1		check your handbook

Step-by-step

Clean the spreader thoroughly. Disengage the PTO, stop the engine, take the key out and wait for the beaters to stop before going near them.
Return the main push door all the way back and close the slurry door (only once the main door is back).
Touch up scraped paint.
Grease all bearings, including the remote points, then run the spreader for 5 minutes at low revs to work the grease in.
Grease along the exposed push door runners against rust.
Always shut the tractor engine off before anyone enters the body.

Tools: Pressure washer, Grease gun

Check rear beater tips and shear pin

Beaters · when needed

Marshall says the beater tips are reversible and protect the rotor: tip wear should not exceed 25 mm (1 in), and running them past that is a false economy. Use only the genuine shear pin.

Part	Qty	Notes	Part number
Rear beater tip	1	Genuine Marshall; quantity: count on your beaters	065-12-1005
Shear pin M10 x 55, grade 8.8	1	Genuine Marshall. The book also quotes 052/20-8000 for the shear pin; check with Marshall	052-01-10X55

Step-by-step

Disengage the PTO, stop the tractor engine, take the key out and wait until the beaters have completely stopped. Never reach into the beaters with the engine running.
Measure the wear on each beater tip; turn worn tips round, or replace them once worn more than 25 mm.
If the shear pin has broken, remove every broken piece before fitting a new genuine pin.
Check the rear PTO shaft guard is secured to the spreader.

Tools: Spanners, Pin punch, Steel rule, Gloves

Oils, fluids and capacities

System	Oil or spec	Capacity
Main gearbox	SAE 90 gear oil	Fill to the level plug; capacity: check your handbook

Specifications


Capacity	VES1500 9 t; VES2000 12 t; VES2500 14 t
Discharge	Hydraulic 4-stage push door feeding the rear beaters (no floor chains)
PTO speed	1,000 rpm only
Minimum tractor power	VES1500 80 hp; VES2000 100 hp; VES2500 135 hp
Tractor hydraulics	Two double-acting spools and one brake line
Grease nipples	9 (VES1500) or 10 (VES2000, VES2500), 4 of them on the two PTO shafts; remote points on the front plate and rear nearside panel
Wheel nut torque	18 mm studs 270 Nm; 22 mm studs 475 Nm (Marshall pre-delivery check)
Beater tip wear limit	25 mm (1 in)

Known problems

Push door used backwards

Marshall warns never to use the push door to pack the load backwards for more capacity.

Ram speed

Each of the 4 ram stages has its own flow control valve; set only the stage that is moving.

Slurry door with solid muck

Using the slurry door on solid muck can starve the beaters.

Repair guides

Brake adjustment and shoe wear (tipping trailers and spreaders) (Moderate, 1–2 hours): Trailer pushes the tractor when braking, long brake ram or actuator travel, one wheel locking, brakes dragging and hubs hot, park brake won't hold.
Wheel bearing play: check, regrease and set hub end float (Moderate, 1–2 hours per hub): Wheel rocks on its hub, rumbling from a wheel, hub running hot, grease thrown out round the hub cap, hub cap missing.
Wheel nuts working loose (Easy, 30 minutes): Rust streaks from a wheel nut, wheel clicking or knocking, elongated stud holes, nut found loose at a check, after a tyre has been changed.
Lights and wiring faults, and protecting a trailer that stands unused (Easy, 30–60 minutes): Lights dead or dim after the trailer has stood, corroded plug pins, water lying in a monocoque body floor, rust starting on ram rods and bright parts.
Push door slow, jerky or stalling: ram stage speed and door care (Easy, 30–60 minutes): Push door crawls on one stage and races on another, load not feeding evenly to the beaters, door sticking on its runners, slurry door hard to close.
Drive shear pin breaking and beater tips worn (Easy, 30–90 minutes): Beaters stop while the PTO turns, repeated broken shear pins, poor shredding and spread, beater tips worn short or rounded.
Gearbox leaking oil or noisy: level, breather and seal replacement (Moderate, 1 hour to check; 3–5 hours to change an output seal): Oil running down a gearbox or from the vent plug, oil level dropping between checks, gearbox suddenly noisy, oil on the blade carrier or deck.

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Sources

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