DIY weed wiper

[luvmexfood]

In a pasture that has both weeds and grass it can use a spayed. It's the chemicals that you use. A broadleaf weed killer will only kill the weeds not the grass unless you have a broadleaf type of grass. Using a lawn as an example I have Bermuda grass growing. I can pour a broadleaf weed killer on it directly and it won't do anything to the grass.

This is exactly correct. Have sprayed pasture with a 2-4d solution for years. Unless you have a major spill in one spot it leaves the grass unharmed. Only kills "broadleaves" but that does include clover. Here is a link to what I use. Ag Spray Equipment - Farm, Lawn, Garden, Spot Sprayers, Parts, Pumps, and Tanks.

And as far as I am concerned forget about using any of the purple dye to see what has been covered. It is expensive and for what it costs you can afford to overspray a little or wait a week and spray what you missed. Another thing is to get as big a tank as your tractor will handle. Tramming back and forth to refill with water takes more time than the actual spraying.

 

[flusher]

I built a 10' wide wiper from parts supplied by Rodgers Sales Co., INC

It works well but slow. If you go too fast the weeds don't get a good dose. Mounted on the lip of the FEL. Couple of design changes I made was using test plugs to seal the ends and clamps to allow the wiper to be rotated while mounted. The test plugs are easy to open and rotating the wiper allows emptying the pipe into a bucket when finished.

I can be slow. The manufacturer of my wick applicator recommends two passes in opposite directions to be sure the weeds get wiped. With 15-ft wide applicator, I can treat my 6 acre hayfield in about 3.5 hours.

 

[ishiboo]

Is there a reason these are all on the front? Seems you'd then be able to track the glyophosphate elsewhere.

One of the reviews mentions tracking it onto the grass and then says "but I'm not sure how you'd avoid it"... uh, move it to the back of the tractor?

 

[JDonly]

Is there a reason these are all on the front? Seems you'd then be able to track the glyophosphate elsewhere. One of the reviews mentions tracking it onto the grass and then says "but I'm not sure how you'd avoid it"... uh, move it to the back of the tractor?

Your tires run down the grass and it doesn't get wiped so you'd have streaks in your field everywhere you drove.

 

[flusher]

Your tires run down the grass and it doesn't get wiped so you'd have streaks in your field everywhere you drove.

Yep. That's it.

 

[pmsmechanic]

One of my friends made a very simple weed wiper out of a backpack sprayer. He just wrapped a cloth diaper around the nozzle and went out and wiped his weeds. Worked great and he didn't have to buy anything.

 

[ishiboo]

Your tires run down the grass and it doesn't get wiped so you'd have streaks in your field everywhere you drove.

Gotcha. I guess mine are pretty low and pop back up so it wouldn't be a big deal. Wipers are primarily for being able to keep the grass underneath?

 

[flusher]

One of my friends made a very simple weed wiper out of a backpack sprayer. He just wrapped a cloth diaper around the nozzle and went out and wiped his weeds. Worked great and he didn't have to buy anything.

That's one way. I just fill a scrub bucket with glysophate mix and use an old squeegee mop as the wiper to spot-treat weeds in the landscaped areas around the house. Works fine--no appreciable carryover if you're careful and don't slop herbicide all over the place.

 

[flusher]

One of my friends made a very simple weed wiper out of a backpack sprayer. He just wrapped a cloth diaper around the nozzle and went out and wiped his weeds. Worked great and he didn't have to buy anything.

That's one way. I just fill a scrub bucket with glysophate mix and use an old squeegee mop as the wiper to spot-treat weeds in the landscaped areas around the house. Works fine--no appreciable carryover if you're careful and don't slop herbicide all over the place.

 

[Oldstuff]

hosspuller- it the Rogers kit a gravity feed arrangement?

Thanks- Oldstuff