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Rocky Hoffler
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agrispray in Dothan ala. has an assortment I have one with a spray nozzle and a wand they have a web site with products
Rocky Hoffler
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I told you wrong its agspray Dothan Al.
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FIMCO 3 Point Sprayers
I have a three point with booms and a hose set up. mine is electric but you can go PTO. It is ok. I found mine barely used and I did change out the nozzles to better ones. You can get a real education on nozzle quality. Cheap aint neccessarily the best and it's nickle dime in the end
I have a three point with booms and a hose set up. mine is electric but you can go PTO. It is ok. I found mine barely used and I did change out the nozzles to better ones. You can get a real education on nozzle quality. Cheap aint neccessarily the best and it's nickle dime in the end
Have you found FIMCO to be a decent quality for long term? I think Big R handles that brand down in Lewiston. I was thinking PTO but had never had an electric set up. Any benefits to PTO? Where di you get your upgraded nozzles? We only have a St Johns or JD dealer in Nezperce. Thanks for this lead.
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hand wand application, i would most likely prefer an "on demand 12v sprayer pump" it has a little pressure switch built into the pump, so it only turns on when you use the hand wand.
PTO pumps, seem more of a hassle for spot spraying / hand wand. no easy way to turn pump off, while you have hose stretched out doing things.
you can setup a electrical sprayer, for some boom setups. but once you get up into the larger "wider booms" electrical sprayer pump may not be choice, more so if ya looking at doing field work or large yards or like. and that is were a PTO pump will more likely shin, IMHO.
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i would skip a 3pt option, and get a 3pt carry all, or a pull behind, over the years, it is nice to use truck, car, atv, etc... to spray vs hooking up to tractor.
as much as pull behind stuff annoys me, when it comes to backing them up. (wanting to jack knife on you very easily and quickly) it makes for a more universal setup that can be pulled by multi things, including riding lawn mowers. and with wheels already on it, it makes for easy unhooking, and finding a place for it in the shed.
for the smaller wheel barrow like tires, put some closed cell spray foam in the tires. and never worry about wheels going flat in the pull behind.
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skid/atv/utv/flat bottom, FEL, 3pt carray all. other words a flat bottom sprayer, some of them do come with some boom options.
picking up a 12v marine battery works good enough without needing to wire directly to a tractor / vehicle / atv. granted hooking directly to pulling unit will give you a longer usage. but *shrugs*
the better booms have a spring or break away option, (they bend backwards) if you hit boom with something. so the booms and what ever you hit don't get destroyed and all mangled up.
ability to adjust the booms UP and DOWN, and to swap out the nozzles for the boom sprayers is a must. so you can control the spray pattern and misting, and keep the chemicals from blowing away before they even get to what you want to spray. along with ability to adjust for different chemicals
i have a small "filter" between tank and pump, to protect the pump from stuff, and then each boom sprayer/mister, has a built in little filter, to help keep the boom sprayers from plugging up. it may seem like a hassle, but keeps me going longer, before i need to do maintenance and clean or replace all the little boom sprayer filters.
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cleaning the bloody tank out.. and having good drain spots is big issue with tanks. along with a "man hole" large hole were you can stick garden hose nozzle down and spray the inside down.
PTO pumps, seem more of a hassle for spot spraying / hand wand. no easy way to turn pump off, while you have hose stretched out doing things.
you can setup a electrical sprayer, for some boom setups. but once you get up into the larger "wider booms" electrical sprayer pump may not be choice, more so if ya looking at doing field work or large yards or like. and that is were a PTO pump will more likely shin, IMHO.
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i would skip a 3pt option, and get a 3pt carry all, or a pull behind, over the years, it is nice to use truck, car, atv, etc... to spray vs hooking up to tractor.
as much as pull behind stuff annoys me, when it comes to backing them up. (wanting to jack knife on you very easily and quickly) it makes for a more universal setup that can be pulled by multi things, including riding lawn mowers. and with wheels already on it, it makes for easy unhooking, and finding a place for it in the shed.
for the smaller wheel barrow like tires, put some closed cell spray foam in the tires. and never worry about wheels going flat in the pull behind.
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skid/atv/utv/flat bottom, FEL, 3pt carray all. other words a flat bottom sprayer, some of them do come with some boom options.
picking up a 12v marine battery works good enough without needing to wire directly to a tractor / vehicle / atv. granted hooking directly to pulling unit will give you a longer usage. but *shrugs*
the better booms have a spring or break away option, (they bend backwards) if you hit boom with something. so the booms and what ever you hit don't get destroyed and all mangled up.
ability to adjust the booms UP and DOWN, and to swap out the nozzles for the boom sprayers is a must. so you can control the spray pattern and misting, and keep the chemicals from blowing away before they even get to what you want to spray. along with ability to adjust for different chemicals
i have a small "filter" between tank and pump, to protect the pump from stuff, and then each boom sprayer/mister, has a built in little filter, to help keep the boom sprayers from plugging up. it may seem like a hassle, but keeps me going longer, before i need to do maintenance and clean or replace all the little boom sprayer filters.
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cleaning the bloody tank out.. and having good drain spots is big issue with tanks. along with a "man hole" large hole were you can stick garden hose nozzle down and spray the inside down.
Great information. I have 84 acres of pasture sloping ground to spray for herbicide and an additional 80 acres of wheat that's almost ready to harvest in the next few weeks in our area. This fall I need to spray the wheat ground with herbicide and fertilizer. It's costing me 8 .00 per acre just to have the chemicals sprayed by air. The problem is my wheat field adjoins my neighbors field of 200 acres of early peas so the aerial option of application is touchy. Thanks for you information......now to sort out all the options.
Appreciate all the responses very much.
Mike
Appreciate all the responses very much.
Mike
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spraying by air plane for a field!!!, i thought you meant, a little 1/2 gallon to 2 gallon airless sprayer for spot spraying.. big difference!!!
i would ignore my post above. different things of what i was gearing above post to.
i would ignore my post above. different things of what i was gearing above post to.