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Old 05-10-2008, 01:54 AM   #13 (permalink)
mjncad
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Default Re: sprayer question

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Originally Posted by Berniep
I did that exact thing I used 4 standard nozzles on about a 7 foot boom. It is on a 25 gallon wand sprayer setup with a 2gpm pump. It used to maintain about 20 psi now it's lower, the cheap guage quit on me so I don't know exactly how low but it still gets good coverage. I think I would use a couple of those boomless sprayer nozzles instead of building a long boom if i did it again. I was worried about drift and wanted to get the boom as low as possible to the ground and still cover the area. I took many trips up and down the driveway experimenting with different nozzles and boom heights.

I want to upgrade the pump to a 3gpm pump sometime but it works rfor now.
Here are somer pictures of my setup.
I have a FIMCO 55-gallon sprayer with a three section boom, and FIMCO recommends a nozzle height of 17" - 19" above the stuff to be sprayed. They also recommend a pressure of 20 - 30 PSI. However, my sprayer uses a 6-roller pump. I mounted a tennis ball to a piece of rope and hung it to the end of each boom. It sure makes setting boom height on the fly easier.
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