Sprayer

MikePA · Aug 24, 2002

I couldn't believe it...My wife wants me to buy an attachment. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif She wants me to buy a sprayer. We have an outdoor riding ring and my wife spends a lot of time spraying the weeds, both in the ring, around the barn and fencerow. She has been using a garden sprayer, the kind you fill, pump up and spray. She would like to graduate to a sprayer that she could either (1) Tow behind our garden tractor or TC25D or (2) Three point hitch attachment. The sprayer would have to be able to spray the ring as well as be able to hit the weeds around the barn and fence. So, I imagine the sprayer would have to have booms (for the ring) and a wand (fence and barn).

Can any of you recommend a sprayer or offer any advice?

MReeter · Aug 24, 2002

Mike,we have a Sprayer that is made by Fimco.You can buy one at about any Farm Supply Store.It has a 55 gal. tank,foldable 10' boom,total spray width is 140". Flow control valve and hoses.

I had to buy the Pump and P.T.O. adapter,and other fittings to hook up a hand held wand.

I use this thing a lot,spray weed control on the lawn,apply bug control on the lawn,treat weeds along the drive with Roundup.I use the wand to spray trees and shrubs,around foundation and shop.I teed a valve into the main feed line that I hook up a garden hose to,I mix up liquid fertilizer in the tank and let it gravity feed onto trees and plants.

Very handy to have around....

MReeter · Aug 24, 2002

Heres a shot of the side,I teed into the pressure line to feed a hand held wand.I used 3/8" Gas Fitting shut offs and 3/8" quick couplers,seems to work fine,plenty of pressure...

cstocks · Aug 24, 2002

Mike,

If you don't mind me asking, what is the total price for a setup like yours?

Thanks!

MReeter · Aug 24, 2002

Chris,I bought the Sprayer and 6-roller Hypro pump at a close out sale at a TSC store this past Spring.I think I gave $325.00 for the pair.This was about $100-$125 off of normal retail.
The hand held wand,30' of hose and fittings was around $50.

With the spraying season about over,you might be able to find a deal out there somewhere.

Casimir · Aug 24, 2002

Mike -
I have the same problem (wife who rides and wants the ring and surrounding areas kept groomed). I have been looking at a couple of sprayers that are available at Tractor Supply. They have a 15 gallon one and a 25 gallon that are on small trailers with a clevis hitch, so they can be pulled behind the lawn tractor or the "big" tractor. They are priced about $249 and $277 respectively here in VA. Both have 12 volt pumps (hook up to your battery in the tractor) and hand wands as well as some boom capability. TSC also has other larger ones for 3-pt hookup like the one described above. You might check them out. Nice when the wife wants you to buy an attachment, isn't it? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

professor · Aug 24, 2002

I have been using a 25 gal. sprayer with a Flojet electric pump for years. When I bought it in 1984 it was a trailer type. A few years ago I adapted it to 3pt. hitch. I have both the wand and spray nozzle. I do not think the electrics give as many problems as the pto pumps.

MikePA · Aug 25, 2002

<font color=blue>Nice when the wife wants you to buy an attachment, isn't it?</font color=blue>

Yep, really had to twist my arm /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif!

Thanks for all the ideas, everyone. I had checked Carver's site (they have 2 sprayers designed for compact tractors) and will stop by TSC as well.

cstocks · Aug 25, 2002

Thanks Mike. Looks like something else to put on ever growing my wish list./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

OkieNCognito · Aug 25, 2002

Mike,
I purchased a 25 gal. sprayer from Atwoods Farm & Supply that uses a 12 volt pump and hand wand for a little over $100. There is a small dual wheel trailor available that includes a short boom but I was concerned the tires were too small to give me adequate ground clearance.

I set the tank in the FEL bucket, clip the leads to the tractor battery which is in front of the radiator, and drape the hose for the hand wand up the arm of the FEL to the tractor seat. Takes only a few minutes to attach and works great for riding along and spot spraying.

I have plans to build a cradle for the sprayer that will attach to the 3ph so I can plumb it for a boom.