boom sprayer question

[jaxs]

You've said enough to make it clear you need to just hire or beg someone with experience to set this up for you. Experience having people tell me how to do something based on what a third party said,don't try it. All you need to do is tell your chosen fabricator how you intend using the sprayer then let them make decisions on how that can be accomplished. If you are resolute on doing this with inexperienced hands,for goodness sake cut out the translator (you) and have the assigned person come here to ask questions and get instructions. Educating you so you can educate a third person only fosters frustration and poor outcome.

 

[Aggie66]

Much depends on what you are spraying. Heavy weeds or just sparse weeds that grow in a driveway. Hard to know you situation. Saying that a standard 25 gallon spray rig with a wand should fit your needs and you can put in an UTV or ATV and get it don in half the time as a tractor. But not knowing if you have access to that it’s just a thought. on an ATV or UTV its no issue to get off and shut off a valve as opposed to getting on and off a tractor.

 

[nancyk]

"hire someone with experience to set this up for you" would do that gladly. I must say, I am a quick learner and with information from this forum I am better informed. I do not have an atv, just a tractor.
Steve, attached are pictures of my current spray system.

 

[3gunr]

Fimco makes a 3 pt hitch 45 or 60 gallon spray unit with a folding boom and 12 volt pump,

 

[3gunr]

I would also use 2-4d in with your gly for a much better and longer lasting kill on your weeds

 

[BukitCase]

Thanks for the pics, if we continue I'll need a few more; but first -

JAXS makes a very valid point about cutting out (or better, SHARING with) the middle man - one example might be thinking that 12 volts isn't enough to hurt you - while it's true that MOST people might only feel a slight tingle touching 12 volts AND ground, if you accidentally touch 2 adjacent terminals with the same probe, you just created a dead short - under THOSE conditions, the metal part that's causing the short will become RED HOT in 'way less than a SECOND.

This is because a decent battery that's shorted out will easily put out several HUNDRED amps of current (think "arc welder") - I've known a few mecanics who found out the HARD way why you shouldn't work on electrical stuff wearing your wedding ring, or grab a wrench with bare hands after dropping it across battery terminals, etc -

Don't get me wrong, I'm too stubborn an old SOB to give up; but I do think you need to pick the LEAST un-informed (electrically) friend you have and get them involved before continuing.

The courses I used to teach in the military were typically 20 weeks long, with the first 6 weeks devoted to basic circuitry and component identification - if you passed that phase, the entire REST of the course was classified top secret/crypto (the highest classification in the military) - if you hadn't been vetted for that classification then you better be able to either drive a truck or cook - no exceptions -

I only bring that up 'cause either you and/or your helper need to understand basic circuits or this is gonna be one of the longest threads ever (see previous part about "too stubborn an old SOB to give up")

This might be a good "intro", there's also the Kahn Academy site under Science but it can get pretty deep

Learn Electronics With These 10 Simple Steps

Do you want to learn to build your own things with electronics? With this learn electronics checklist you'll see the exact steps I recommend.

www.build-electronic-circuits.com

Buckle up... Steve

 

[nancyk]

Thanx for your thoughts on the battery et al. The gate-opener I have is operated by a battery,solar-powered. A few years ago the battery stopped accepting a charge from the panel. I even had a gate-man come out(he looked at other parts of the gate-opener), he suggested I clean off the panel, tho I doubted that was the problem It was not the problem. The solution was to get a second battery and now I exchange them every three weeks, and trickle charge the used one. I am very careful, like you mentioned, about not touching both terminals with the wrench. Even now, when taking out the old battery or putting in the new one, sometimes when I put the bolt through the terminal ready to attach the nut, it clicks and I jump. I have fully expected to receive a zap but never have and all is functioning well. And my hayman(full-time electrician) is stopping by soon to put the bar back on my chainsaw, I will fly it by him changing the 12v connection to 7 point connector. I have a feeling I know his answer.
Read up on the Fimco 40 gallon 3 pt sprayer, Tractor Supply near me has one in stock, I thought I would just go and get it. Then I read some reviews, apparently there are some bolts that go through the frame into the tank bottom, causing it to leak. Design flaw. Oh well.