Yes it has the slide-gate at the bottom. When I shortened the hoppers I also removed a section of slide-gate to fit the remaining holes. If you look at the bottom of an EZ Flow Spreader for a few minutes.....it becomes obvious where to section the speeder to make it narrower in width.
I spread 23 tons of ag lime in less than one day.....using my tractor to load the hopper and pulling the lime spreader with my 4 wheeler. I leave my gates wide open and travel at about 6 MPH or so. When I get to the right area I open the slide gate all the way.....and it may take 5 - 10 minutes for the spreader to run dry (?)......and then I head back for a refill.
I put down about 2.5 tons to the acre.....and got my PH up to about 7 on all my plots and trails. Stuff grows with the proper PH. ;)