Sprayer need a pull-behind sprayer for driveway weeds

[Buckie]

hello all. I have a new 2210 with Imatch. since I live in the country, I have a very long gravel drivway that persists in getting weeds in it. In the past I have used a backpack tank sprayer and manually hit the weeds with various killer products. Am thinking there must be some kind of pull-behind tank sprayer (relatively cheap) that I can use with the 2210.....one with a long horizontal tube/openings that sprays out a path of weed killer. does JD have such a thing? some other brand or aftermarket product? thanks, buckie

 

[MadReferee]

Agri-Supply sells several at very reasonable prices, sometimes even less than Northern or other places. Here is a link to their most recent catalog. Click on the catalog to get the page thumbnails. Sprayers are on the first few pages.

Agri-Supply catalog

 

[Inspector507]

A 15-25 gallon sprayer that would sit on a "carry-all" would do the job and be less money than a pull-behind.

 

[Tom_H]

I already had a carry-all which is great for moving stuff around. It turns the tractor into a virtual forklift, except it can't lift stuff high up. From N.H. Northern, I bought a $89, 15 gal. sprayer which was designed to be bungee strapped to the back of an ATV. I put a wood plank the width & length of the tank on the carry-all and bungee the sprayer in place. This was a lot cheaper than the kind already on wheels. Since it is lightweight, I can lift it and store it up high on a shelf or in the garage trusses. A sprayer with its own frame and wheels is too heavy for this & takes up precious garage space.

 

[notamustang]

Home built sprayers from another post
My set up is a 15 gallon spray rig that sits on top of my box blade with a small boom and 100' spray hose.

 

[deere755]

Femco makes a pretty decent tow behind sprayer. I use mine a lot. It puts out a pattern about 5 foot wide. Works great for spraying the yard with 24d and it has a wand for hand spraying. I am thinking you buy one for around $225.

 

[willywildes]

after getting three prices from tractor dealers, and looking on the net. I found a supplier in CA that had a great price. They shipped it in the afternoon, got it the next morning. After getting the Agri Supply catalog i found i left a couple hundred dollars on the table. Their prices look hard to beat if they have one you like.

 

[Buckie]

I checked the agri supply catalog and found that they actually have a retail store fairly close to me. so, will make a trip to their store this weekend. I think the pull-behind 15 gal sprayer is about $245 unassembled. my question is whether the length of wire, from the sprayer to the battery on my 2210, is going to be long enough. I may have to splice in some length.
What's a "carry-all"? I hate to ask so many dumb questions. Am just learning about this stuff. thanks to everyone for the help!

 

[notamustang]

A carry all is just a box that mounts to the rear of your tractor like an attachment ie a box blade or rake would. It uses the 3pt hitch its just another way to carry stuff.

 

[Freds]

I carry my tank in my FEL, it's not far to the battery from there and I use small clamps to attach it to the terminals temorarily. The hose is looped along a FEL arm so the wand is at hand's reach. From there I have a hose attachment rather than a spray head on the wand and that hose runs to a boom pole "U" bolted to the tractor's lower arms. It works well for the 4 times a year it's used and easy to switch between boom pole and wand sprayer.

 

[MadReferee]

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Here is a pic of one I just made for another TBN'er. You can add a box or a wooden platform to the legs. Handy attachment for moving heavy things.

 

[Inspector507]

Here's the one(similar) I have. Some 2X6's bolted on and it's so handy for lots of things.

 

[Tom_H]

A carry-all is not a box. It mounts on the 3ph and looks like the forks on a fork-lift. You can sometimes get them at N.H. Northern on sale for as little as $59, but those are the light duty models. Here is a light duty model by Howse from Northern. This one is a medium duty by King Kutter, also from Northern. Leinbach makes one that's more heavy duty and holds more weight. It has the little triangular brace on the back corners like the one MadReferee showed. I bolted tiny casters to the underside of mine so that it rolls under the front of the rough cutter (which sits on its own low dolly) and takes up less space. I recently loaded mine up on the BX with 3 sections of cabinets all 6' long (standing on end and back to back), strapped it with wratchet straps, and hauled the several hundred lbs. of cabinets through the woods out to the rear storage building. You can use it for so many purposes!!

 

[notamustang]

Well the one I saw being advertised was a box /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I have seen what I now know as a carry all advertised as pallet forks...I am so confused /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Theses dang adertisers are not helping me. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
So I guess I built a carry all for my box blade. Here is a pic of it in an unfinished state.

 

[Tom_H]

I agree about the way things are marketed. John Deere decided to call their subCUTs "Garden Tractors" so they could escape their contracts with their "real" tractor dealers & sell through little mower shops where people know nothing about tractors and have no ability to service them. They're desperate to increase market share.

There is another type of "carry all" in the tractor world. Before the modern Caterpillar paddle scraper earth movers came along, the old scrapers were pulled by 1 bulldozer and pushed by another. My neighbor has a little scraper style earth mover which moves 5 cubic yards of dirt. Pulled by the equivalent of a D4 dozer, it too is called a "carry all".

 

[Buckie]

that's a good idea! I might just think about going with your setup. I think I could carry the tank in my FEL with no problem.

 

[Buckie]

That's helpful and thank you. I have an Imatch quick hitch on the back of my JD 2210. How does the carryall attach to the IMatch? Will I need some kind of adaptators? I can see where having a carryall would be valuable, because I could add some cross braces, etc, from time to time, and use it for all kinds of hauling.
This darn tractor is making it far tooooo easy for me to WORK! LOLOL.

 

[MadReferee]

Here is an up close and personal pic of a carry all I just built for another TBN'er. It is very similar to one you can buy commercially. Your Imatch should be able to connect with little or no modifications.

 

[Buckie]

Got It! I see now how it would connect using the Imatch. either putting the tank on the carryall, on the back, or (as another person suggested), putting the tank in the FEL would work just fine for me. in fact, it would work far better than pulling a sprayer behind the tractor......and, ultimately, might be cheaper.
thanks very much! I will check this out and make a choice over the weekend.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

I'm curious as to why you wouldn't save the chemical and grade or drag the drive to rip out the weeds? A 3 pt blade may be a bit aggressive, but a small floating drag works well, especially if you get it while things are moist.

I built one with mostly scrap angle iron and pull it behind mt 455. The front wings are tipped inward like this \ / (exaggerated angles) and the rear is straight. I have a cross brace/tray to which I can add cement blocks as needed to increase dig.