Sprayer

[cam0148]

Has anyone ever built their own sprayer? either PT or 3pt hitch style?

If you have can you share your plans / ideas / etc.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I am working on it. So far it is a hand held sprayer and in a few weeks I hope to have a boom made for it. I bought a 125 gallon tank, 3pt carry-all, and pto 8 roller pump at TSC. I just have a heavy garden hose running from the tank to the pump and then a 15' or so hose running from the pump to the wand sprayer. I cannot turn the shutoff valve at the wand without the hose swelling up due to pressure so I never do that. I just dissengage the pto. I will be making the boom sprayer out of galvaniged plumbing pipe and pressure washer nozzels. I am going to space the 40 degree nozzels at 12" and make it 6' wide. I will let you know how it turns out. I was also going to build a wand that has a pressure washer nozzel on it as well.

ChrisW

 

[yooperdave]

How big of a sprayer are you hoping to build?

Do you need a boom, or a hand sprayer or both?

Northern Hydraulics has a nice 50 gallon unit with a boom and hand sprayer all ready to go. It has a roller pump.

If this is a good size for you, you may want to check it out.

Yooper Dave

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Just a few pictures on my factory built sprayer. It is 330 litres (sorry, don't know in gallons), with 240" wide boom.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

It has 3 part boom...

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Close view to pressure regulator and valves...

 

[Anonymous Poster]

...And finally look at pump. It is 2-piston-membrane type.
Try to find centrifugal type pump. It will be cheaper, enough for 30-50 psi, and will work fine for you. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Good sprayer hose, fittings, spray tips & all are available at most any farm supply store as well as mail order, quite cheaply. Please don't use garden hose. My roller pump can exceed the 150 lb pressure gauge. We farmers have enough regulations & restrictions on all this equipment. Please don't give them reasons to pass even more regulations. The proper stuff makes it fun & easy to work with. I don't know how you can regulate a hand wand using garden hose. Just a huge problem waiting to happen.

--->Paul

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I posted this picture on another tread but it also applies here.
A Fimco 12-volt sprayer can get the job done without having to run the tractor or use a small gas engine. You will not get the high pressure you may need but to spray weeds (spot spray) it works well.
I mounted my unit on a 2-inch hitch carrier with a payload of 350 pounds. I then used a Three Rivers 3 point hitch adaptor that I already had to get it mounted on the tractor. I added 50 feet of hose and an garden hose hanger that I purchased at Lowes. I am still working on my spray rig (needs more paint) but it gets the job done. And since the unit is not trailer mounted I can get around tight areas just fine. I used bolts to hold it in place but you can get straps as an option I think. I also use my Hydraulic top link to keep the tank level when going up and down steep hills. I will try to post a better picture of the unit soon.

George

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Yooper Dave,

I tried to find that PTO sprayer/pump - couldn't!
Is it the Northern Hydraulics in Black eagle, Montana?
Do you have aweb page for them?
thanks

 

[yooperdave]

Hi Kuborange,

It runs off of a small gasoline engine and is a self contained trailer unit that you pull behind.

Try doing a web search for their webpage. If that doesn't help, I will be heading up North at the end of the week, and will give you more of the particulars then.

Yooper Dave

 

[cam0148]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How big of a sprayer are you hoping to build?

Do you need a boom, or a hand sprayer or both?

Northern Hydraulics has a nice 50 gallon unit with a boom and hand sprayer all ready to go. It has a roller pump.

If this is a good size for you, you may want to check it out.

Yooper Dave )</font>


Thanks for the info dave.

I dont have a big acreage. I only need something in the size of a 23-30 liter with a 5-6' boom. A hand sprayer would be nice. I was thinking that I could build a sprayer cheaper then buying a new one. The issue that I have is finding a 12v pump.

If anyone has some websites for the pump pls let me know.

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[pcmem]

Jeff,

Here is northern's 12v for 45psi @ 3GPM and they have others;
NorthernTool.com 12v sprayer pump

Have fun,
Michael

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi Yooper Dave,

Thanks for the info!

 

[leathermang]

While all the posts have been correct in what they said there are more things to consider when making the initial decisions about a sprayer... Like What you are going to spray..... Most ag chemicals are supposed to be sprayed at low pressures to keep drift to a minimum.. like 15 lbs of pressure .. so if you have a boom you need volume.... I got a 6 roller pump only to find out I could not use Roundup in it.... so I am back to using my all brass gear Contential Belton.. but it really is more for higher pressures than what one should use for many ag sprays... due to the changes in flow characteristics due to changes in pressure from most normal spray tips you need to decide what tips you are going to use before you choose your pump.......
So it takes a lot of reading to get what you need put together... Hypro makes a good catalog with great info for making ... also the TEEJET catalog is great... I got both from Tractor Supply Company... I also got one of the 12 volt 25 gallon sprayers... and they are great for small hand held spraying... I have 4000 feet of fence I keep the weeds knocked down on.. BUT the flow rates they list are not for the max pressures they list... they are for NO pressure... so it does not come out very fast when you are using a hand wand ..... but most people don't spray as much as I do.. I use roundup around all our tree bases instead of a weekwhacker...

 

[Taylortractornut]

LeathermanG are you the same fella from The yahoo group?
What kind of pump is your sprayer pump, the six roller. Is it a TSC and will round up damage it or will it over drift it. Take care Taylor Lambert

 

[Taylortractornut]

Chris one thing to can do to save on a or make a pressure reulator is to get a Plumbing cross what ever size your hose is and run one line from the output on the pump, then put a valve and returnline one one side. Then take one lege and put your hand held line on it. on the last side put your gauge and that will tell you your pressure. To increasse or decrease pressure all you have to do is open or close the valve.