The two reasons why walk behind salt spreaders are necessary are to protect your expensive fertilizer spreaders and also to have a spreader that can handle the strong salt application.
The great things about the salt spreaders though, is that they can spread seed and fertilizer quite easily. If maintained properly, you can use this inexpensive product year round and get a great value.
Not only are these spreaders perfect for salting walkways at properties, they can very simply spread all summer applications and save you a ton of money.