Abstract: A pull spreader for spreading a surface material such as asphalt on a path. The pull spreader includes an open-bottomed frame having a first side wall and an opposed second side wall, a front wall extending between the first and second side walls, a screed wall opposed to the front wall and extending between the first and second side walls so that the first and second side walls, front wall and screed wall define a storage chamber for the surface material, wherein the storage chamber has an inlet area defined between top edges of the side walls, front wall and screed wall that is about the same as or smaller than a discharge area of the storage chamber defined between bottom edges of the side walls, front wall and screed wall which bottom edges are adjacent the path over which the pull spreader travels. The pull spreader also includes at least one steering wheel secured to a front frame extension extending from the front wall in a direction away from the storage chamber.