3-Pt Sprayers Question

[rmonio]

I'm looking at buying the JD 3-Pt Sprayer advertised on the JD website - John Deere products for homeowners: Features for Attachment 40-gal. 3-point Electric Sprayer - anyone have any experience with it (pro/con)?

I will be using it to spray my horse pastures - the smaller unit that I have for my little Deere lawn tractor would take hours to do the same pastures that this unit should be able to handle.

Your help is appreciated - thanks!

-Bob

 

[rvaitor]

I'm looking at buying the JD 3-Pt Sprayer advertised on the JD website - John Deere products for homeowners: Features for Attachment 40-gal. 3-point Electric Sprayer - anyone have any experience with it (pro/con)?

I will be using it to spray my horse pastures - the smaller unit that I have for my little Deere lawn tractor would take hours to do the same pastures that this unit should be able to handle.

Your help is appreciated - thanks!

-Bob

There have been quite a few sprayer discussions. That unit looks pretty nice to me. I am working on building up a sprayer and have pretty much decided buying one ready to go is a good way to go. I like the boom spayers vs the boomless ones in that you probably won't ingest as much chemicals with one of those.

 

[ddivinia]

How much area do you need to cover?

Do you know how much water you will be putting out?

I figure 10 gallons per acre. Figure how long you want the job to take.

I am in the process of ordering a new wylie sprayer. They seem to have some good stuff.

Wylie Sprayers | Home

Boom and boomless have their pros and cons. I have both booms and boomless on my current 3pt sprayer (150G). I am going to a boomless 500G unit. These new nozzles are pretty impressive.

D.

 

[mjncad]

What does Deere want for that unit? Personally I'd go with something that uses a roller pump in that size range and above.

The only thing I saw that I liked with the Deere was that it is I-match compatible from the factory. I had to modify my FIMCO 55-gallon unit to work with my quick-hitch.

 

[rmonio]

Thank you for your replies.

John Deere and sites like JDGREEN are selling this sprayer for $699.

I looked at the FIMCO unit and it did not have the pump nor the wand sprayer with the unit - even though the price was less at Fleet Farm. It said that unit was quick-hitch compatible, but I didn't get to verify.

The Wylie unit looks pretty good - although the price is higher. Is there advantage between a roller pump (PTO-driven) and the electric one that the Deere unit uses? The FIMCO is electric and seems to work well enough for the yard.

Thanks again for you feedback, everyone!

-Bob

 

[ddivinia]

Roller pump will stand to more abuse and push more volume.

It would have to be a pretty big electric pump to go 10G an acre with a decent ground speed.

D.

 

[rmonio]

Hmm. I've heard others talk about Roller pumps too - what is the difference between that and electric?

-Bob

 

[ddivinia]

There are different types of pumps. I am no expert on them. I am familiar with electric, roller, and soon to be gear pump. I am a tad concerned about going to a gear pump pump because they have a lot of bronze in them. If I run liquid fertilizer thru it - it can mess it up.

I find that round up is eating up my electric pumps in a hurry.

Roller pump has been good, but for heavy use people shy away from them.

I wanted to go to a hydraulic pump, but my tractor does not have a motor mode on the rear SCVs and I didn't want to have to use a bungee cord for my spraying like I do with my weed wiper.

Call the guys at Wylie - they can explain all the different types. They sell them all also.

D.

 

[rmonio]

Darin -

Thanks for the clarification. I'll do more research on them - however, I'm thinking my usage might not require something like that overall. I don't do enough spraying - between my FIMCO and this JD unit I'm looking at, I should be ok.

Thanks for the help!

-Bob

 

[ddivinia]

Darin -

Thanks for the clarification. I'll do more research on them - however, I'm thinking my usage might not require something like that overall. I don't do enough spraying - between my FIMCO and this JD unit I'm looking at, I should be ok.

Thanks for the help!

-Bob

Do yourself a favor and call them. They are really good - no high pressure sales tactics.

I went thru a handful of sprayers. When I bought my 3 pt one I figured I was done.

You have to figure out what you are spraying chemical wise and how much water you need to spread that. For example:

I know I put like 2 pints per acre of Grazon Next. 10 gallons of water per acre for the spray tips to spray properly at the given PSI etc.

So, 150 G sprayer I can do approx 15 acres. Let me tell ya - that was OK when I was doing small stuff. I am going to a 500 G tank this time around.

I had a roller pump with no issues. PTO driven - works fine. Can be a pain to hook up at time. I am going to go with a trailer mounted gear pump with a PTO shaft.

Also, they make a number of different roller pumps. The number of rollers and the coatings, etc. All depends on what you are pumping (trash vs water vs nasty chamicals), etc.

D.