3 pt sprayer

[chucko]

I am thinking of building my own 3 pt sprayer ... Seeing how I have 99% of the stuff anyhow and just need to put it all together.
So without counter weights (hills are not a problem I am in Fl) will a 55 gl plastic drum full be too much for the bx1800 or should I keep it at about 30 gls or so.

I have the drum and a 12 pump that was in a camper and a lot of mico-jet type sprinklers.
and even the lite gage steel for the boom arms.....anout all I would have to by are the pens for the 3 pt hook up

Seems to me this would be way to simple to build to buy one at the cost they are

 

[fishman]

Chucko,

You might consider getting some suitcase weights for the front of your tractor as counterweights. If you do that, I don't think a 55 gallon drum would be too much weight for the bx 3-pt to hoist.

The suitcase weights could come off when you mow.

 

[chucko]

I just don't want to deal with the weights (yea yea I know it's easy but I am lazy)

anyhow if the pt will hold the drum I will use it and maybe just not fill it up all the way

I guess I should have posted this in Buil-it-yourself hu?

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Chucko, a gallon of water weighs in at about 8 pounds. So depending on what you are spraying, and assuming a full drum from the start, the contents of the drum will weigh a minimum of about 440#. Assuming you add things to the water, the weight might go up to about 500# for the liquid. Assume the drum and the brackets and the pump and possibly a 12volt battery, etc. You might be looking at a maximum weight of about 650-to-700 pounds for a fully loaded sprayer set up. Going down to a 30 gallon drum would take shave about 200# off the total weight bringing it at 450-to-500 pounds fully loaded.

I would think that the 3pt would easily lift the maximum 700# of the 55 gallon drum of water, but the front end of your tractor will probably be pretty light. A 30 gallon drum might be better suited to your tractor if you don't want to deal with front end weights.

Or you could use this to justify getting a bigger tractor. . . /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[chucko]

Thganks Bob that was about the same as a came up with....As far as a bigger tractor goes I just got this one last Friday so I better wait for a little while .....and I might need to get a little more land also


Does the bx1800 have a "hot" wire somewhere in the back that I could use to powere the pump......I guess I could tap into the tail light

 

[Joe1]

Chucko:

Congratulations on the new tractor. I'm in the process of putting together a spray rig for my JD CUT. Although the rig I have has a switch on the pump which is mounted on the 25 gallon tank, I can't reach it from the tractor seat.

What I'll probably do is hard wire a fused line to a waterproof swith on the tractor dash somewhere then run a pigtail off that to a female plug somewhere under the seat. I'll hook up the spray rig with a male plug to the pigtail.

Otherwise, I'd have to turn the pump on, run to the tractor and get going, all the while the sprayer is dumping chemicals, etc.

Since I don't weld, I'm going to install the 25 gallon tank with pump, spray wand rig, and 140" folding spray boom all on a reinforced pallet. I'm going to use a "T" and valves so I can use the spray wand or spray boom, and will also have the excess return to the tank off another "T" for when the pump puts out more than I need to spray so it doesn't cycle on and off.

I have a 1,000# capacity 3 pt set of pallet forks which will lift it to the right height, 15" - 18" off the ground. If this works, I may get a more permanent carryall setup to handle this.

I'm also going to set up a portable fused "extension" cord with an inline switch, battery clamps at one end and a female plug on the other so I can use this rig at a monestary on their tractor when I go there to help out.

The pallet and pump will weigh under 75#s and the pallet carryall is about 80#s so I can break them down and handle them separately and put them in the back of my Cherokee or in a small trailer for quick and easy transport.

Without weights on the front of your short wheelbase BX 1800, and a full tank in the back you might "hobbyhorse" around some. You can always try it and add weights if necessary.

Enjoy your new tractor.

Joe

 

[chucko]

I "think" I can build it all with lite gage steel we have here for building trusses. The good thing about this is I can use screws to holt it together and do little to no welding

 

[beenthere]

Tapping into the tail light works great for a sprayer. Just hang a pigtail with connector, then turn the lights on when wanting the sprayer to run.

 

[DAP]

Bob is right.

This is even righter.

One gallon (in volume) is equivalent to 3,785 cubic centimeters (i.e. 3,785 cm^3). If the density of water is assumed to be exactly 1.0 g/cm^3, then the mass of one gallon of water would be 3,785 g (from 3,785 cm^3 x 1.0 g/cm^3 = 3,785 g). And 3,785 g of water is equivalent to 8.346 lb. near the earth's surface because a 1,000 g mass near the earth's surface would weigh about 2.205 lb. However, the density of water varies somewhat with temperature and pressure, so the exact weight of a gallon of water might vary a little from the number given here because it is assumed that the water density is exactly 1.0 g/cm^3 and this is an approximation.


8.34 lbs x 55 = 458.7lbs. not including ANYTHING else as mentioned.

Eat a lot o pizza an make that a mid PTO sprayer mounted on the front of your machine! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="red"> Eat a lot o pizza an make that a mid PTO sprayer mounted on the front of your machine! </font>


If the sprayer is front mount you would drive through your spray an inhale all the nasty chemicals you probably don't want anywhere inside your lungs. I like the rear mount concept better. Actually I like organic solutions combined with a rear mount sprayer.