Bob_Skurka
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Re: Bring on the weeds \"Homemade Sprayer\"
SHOULD you or COULD you?
You probably could, but I have no idea if you should.
You need to think through your plumbing and pressure. If you are going to leave the PTO pump running then you have to make sure you don't overpressurize the tank or will you use the PTO pump to draw fluid out of an unpressurized tank and simply spray with pump pressure? If so then will you add a tank agitator to keep your chemicals mixes or allow them to settle and manually mix them periodically?
The same questions need to be asked no matter what type of pump you use, but I think a PTO pump may be a bit more problematical in some respects, especially with a small system.
So here is my question, why not just buy a 3pt spray rig that is already built? I know they have 3pt rigs of that size available.
In my case I don't have the need of a rig of that size, and I want DUAL tanks, so I can have an "organic only" tank for the veggies and I can have a "chemical" tank for spraying the ditch line, etc. I ended up buying 2 ATV tree sprayer rigs, and I will be making a custom 3pt carry mount so both rigs will be carried on the hitch. The more I looked into the plumbing & pressure issues the more I realized I did NOT know about how to properly design a system, so I simply bought the components and will modify them to suit my needs. My pumps are a little higher capacity, but still basically standard pumps, the sprayers are spray guns that are supposed to, when used with the pumps I got, spray up to 35', and are not the typical "wand type" sprayers that are often seen (nothing wrong with a wand sprayer, it is just not what I wanted -- we each have different needs).
I am hoping to have my rig done by late April (won't get started on it until after Easter because of work schedule & a week vacation).
SHOULD you or COULD you?
You probably could, but I have no idea if you should.
You need to think through your plumbing and pressure. If you are going to leave the PTO pump running then you have to make sure you don't overpressurize the tank or will you use the PTO pump to draw fluid out of an unpressurized tank and simply spray with pump pressure? If so then will you add a tank agitator to keep your chemicals mixes or allow them to settle and manually mix them periodically?
The same questions need to be asked no matter what type of pump you use, but I think a PTO pump may be a bit more problematical in some respects, especially with a small system.
So here is my question, why not just buy a 3pt spray rig that is already built? I know they have 3pt rigs of that size available.
In my case I don't have the need of a rig of that size, and I want DUAL tanks, so I can have an "organic only" tank for the veggies and I can have a "chemical" tank for spraying the ditch line, etc. I ended up buying 2 ATV tree sprayer rigs, and I will be making a custom 3pt carry mount so both rigs will be carried on the hitch. The more I looked into the plumbing & pressure issues the more I realized I did NOT know about how to properly design a system, so I simply bought the components and will modify them to suit my needs. My pumps are a little higher capacity, but still basically standard pumps, the sprayers are spray guns that are supposed to, when used with the pumps I got, spray up to 35', and are not the typical "wand type" sprayers that are often seen (nothing wrong with a wand sprayer, it is just not what I wanted -- we each have different needs).
I am hoping to have my rig done by late April (won't get started on it until after Easter because of work schedule & a week vacation).