Description
Tailgate spreaders flex and dump expensive bagged salt across truck bumpers when light-gauge receiver collars crack under full payloads. The Buyers Products Company SaltDogg TGS06 10 Cubic Foot Tailgate Spreader mounts to standard commercial hitch receivers to salt large commercial parking lots. It holds 10 Cubic Feet of rock salt. Wet bulk road salt causes bridge formation over the feed throat.
A rugged double-wall high-density polyethylene hopper resists chemical attack and shrugs off cold impacts without denting. The structural mount uses heavy-gauge tubular steel protected by a baked-on powder coat finish that stops rust from aggressive salt brine. Power comes from an enclosed 12 Volt DC high-torque gear motor turning a solid steel vertical agitator and a 9-inch poly spinner disc.
Hitch Mounted Deicing Hardware Matrix
Receiver mounting keeps the truck bed open for hauling extra pallets of bagged salt and snow throwers. The variable-speed in-cab controller gives drivers immediate dial control over salt discharge rates.
- 10 Cubic Foot poly hopper capacity holds up to 800 pounds of bagged rock salt or calcium chloride pellets.
- Class IV 2-inch hitch receiver mount secures the unit behind commercial 3/4-ton and 1-ton trucks.
- Heavy-duty 12 Volt electric gear motor delivers dependable rotational torque through packed salt.
- 9-inch commercial polymer spinner disc broadcasts deicing chemicals in patterns from 3 to 30 feet wide.
- Internal steel wire agitator breaks up bagged salt crusts to maintain continuous feed to the spinner.
- In-cab variable-speed digital controller lets the driver adjust broadcast patterns without leaving the cab.
- Heavy poly hopper cover seals out sleet and road slush to keep bagged salt dry during transport.
Electrical Load Motor Bench Telemetry
Under a full 800-pound payload of bagged rock salt, the 12 Volt motor draws 22 Amps at maximum speed setting. Electric motor housing temperature stabilizes at 128°F after 90 minutes of continuous parking plaza salting. Motor shaft speed peaks at 720 RPM under light load, settling to 610 RPM under full material resistance. Operating acoustic output registers 62 dBA measured five feet behind the truck bumper.
Receiver Salter Application Scope Guidelines
Commercial snow contractors, church campus caretakers, and apartment maintenance teams spread bagged deicers fast with this high-capacity receiver unit. Do not load wet bulk highway salt or coarse sand into this hopper because gravity feed passages will choke. Never back the truck into frozen snow drifts with the spreader attached.
- Wash salt residue from the motor housing and spinner disc with clean water after each snow route.
- Apply dielectric grease to the 12 Volt vehicle trailer plug terminals every 30 days during winter.
- Check the 2-inch hitch pin and receiver mounting bolts for tightness before every snow run.
Commercial Warranty Equipment Shipment Roster
Buyers Products Company covers the TGS06 with a 1-Year commercial warranty covering the poly hopper, electric motor, and in-cab speed controller. The package arrives with the 10 Cu Ft poly hopper, receiver mount frame, 12 Volt motor, spinner disc, in-cab controller, wire harness, and hopper lid.