convert spot sprayer to boomless braodcast? help?

[oldboyscout]

I have a 15 gallon spot sprayer that I'd like to use for spraying permethrin for ticks. I've seen boomless sprayers for sale. Can I just put a fan spray nozzle on the hose and rig a bracket for it? Any suggestions on a nozzle if that would work?
thanks much!

 

[DT86]

Just use Google or Bing and search for "boomless sprayer nozzle" and read away. You need to match the gpm of your pump with the correct nozzles.

Here is a question for others...
Are spot sprayer pumps only meant for short duty cycles? If so that could possibly be a problem.

 

[oldboyscout]

I've searched google and TBN but I can't find specific suggestions on this exactly. I'm hoping to find a specific nozzle (hopefully from TSC!) that will work for this. I need to spray around the house and yard, not a bunch of acres.
duty cycle is a good question.

 

[massy1635]

I have used my 15 gal spot sprayer sitting on the back of my UTV while someone else was driving. I ran out all 15 gal almost non stop and there didn't seem to be any issues with the pump. I also would like to convert it to a boomless sprayer. I don't see why you can't rig your own boom just as you asked about. As DT86 said, match your nozzle output with the GPM of your pump. I think mine is only 1 GPM, not much to work with. I don't know how much you can go over that amount with the nozzles. You might be able to cheat some. Tractor Supply should have everything you need.

 

[Ted Summey]

Northern Tool has the kit with hardware and nozzle. So does TSC.

 

[msch2112]

I bought a 15gal tank with spray nozzles in back and a boom for spot spraying from northern tool for my atv. What a disaster. The thing leaked water all the time and I was coated in chemicals. Luckily they honored my return.

Mike

 

[oldboyscout]

The Northern kit looks good. The nozzle is available separately too. All the other 1 nozzle sprayers i see only have 7' pattern.

I looked at nozzles at TSC Agrisupply etc, but I'm not sure how to find the appropriate one out of dozens and dozens. Most of them say 80 degree pattern.

 

[kevin37b]

80 degree is fine but you probably have the 1 GPM pump . You need at least the 1.8 GPM ,Preferably the 2.2 GPM . You want a nozzle with bigger droplets so it does not drift and blow as bad .

 

[oldboyscout]

yes I was wondering about pump volume. I have a 1.1 GPM, and the northern says that's okay. It has a large droplet 14' pattern, which sounds surprising.

 

[ROYCEWILLARDOKLAHOMA]

Orschlien's has the flat fan spray boomless nozzel in brass for a 25' to 30' spray pattern, 22 dollars. and you can get a 4 or 5 gallon per minute pump for around 100 bucks, I like the roller pumps and I know they are best, But I like spraying from a pickup with the windows up, so you dont breath all that chemicals.