sprayer question

Berniep · May 10, 2008

rdbrumfield said:
county extension agent better get his stuff together. The label on that herbicide, is law. Him reccommending you double the strength is way beyond his relm.
I would get hold of the herbicide manufacturer and see what they sat to do.

Well he didn't exactly suggest I not follow the manufacturers instructions, he just asked if I had doubled the concentration. He also asked I had used detergent in the mix(which I did). It was very dry last year when I treated and I plan to treat under better conditions this year. They seemed to be taking over last year but they are a little better this year, so far at least.

mjncad · May 10, 2008

mike194 said:
i have converted one to a boomless type, it seems to work good as long as there is no wind at all.

Looks just like a friend's "Weed Wagon" he made, except his garden wagon was painted dark green at the factory.

mjncad · May 10, 2008

Berniep said:
I did that exact thing I used 4 standard nozzles on about a 7 foot boom. It is on a 25 gallon wand sprayer setup with a 2gpm pump. It used to maintain about 20 psi now it's lower, the cheap guage quit on me so I don't know exactly how low but it still gets good coverage. I think I would use a couple of those boomless sprayer nozzles instead of building a long boom if i did it again. I was worried about drift and wanted to get the boom as low as possible to the ground and still cover the area. I took many trips up and down the driveway experimenting with different nozzles and boom heights.

I want to upgrade the pump to a 3gpm pump sometime but it works rfor now.
Here are somer pictures of my setup.

I have a FIMCO 55-gallon sprayer with a three section boom, and FIMCO recommends a nozzle height of 17" - 19" above the stuff to be sprayed. They also recommend a pressure of 20 - 30 PSI. However, my sprayer uses a 6-roller pump. I mounted a tennis ball to a piece of rope and hung it to the end of each boom. It sure makes setting boom height on the fly easier.

Berniep · May 11, 2008

mjncad said:
I mounted a tennis ball to a piece of rope and hung it to the end of each boom. It sure makes setting boom height on the fly easier.

Thats a pretty good idea, especially with a tractor like mine that doesn't have position control on the 3ph.

mjncad · May 12, 2008

Thanks Berniep...the tennis ball and rope trick was one idea I had that actually worked well. My 4200 has a simple 3PH position control on the rockshaft control lever; but it doesn't work very well due to the normal slop in all the linkages.

Wind permitting I'll give the sprayer some more work tomorrow.

Berniep · May 12, 2008

mjncad said:
Wind permitting I'll give the sprayer some more work tomorrow.

I thinik I will jiust spot spray this spring for dandelions and do the whole yard(s) this fall. Supposed to be better to control dandelions and clover in the fall anyway.

js5020 · May 12, 2008

Ok you sprayer guys have gotten me interested in one of these things,,, that and going through 2 agri fab spreaders in 3 years!! the last one I only used twice and the gears are toast! I only spread fertilizer and lime. THe fertilizer is not a problem,,, and I see they have liquid lime, anyone use it?