Rch
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Enclosed are photos of a sprayer I built for spraying Round-up prior to planting trees. The 1st photo shows a smaller ‘ gathering tank’ under the 35 gallon polyethylene tank that enables me to use all of the mixture with very little waste. This drains into the first filter through a ball valve and from there to the DeVllbus PTO pump. This first filter assembly also has a large drain opening to remove the fine screened filter for cleaning and draining the whole system (it’ the lowest point).
The PTO has a metal extension bolted to it that hits the swinging drawbar so the pump itself doesn’t rotate ( see insert, 2nd photo). The PTO pump out-put goes to the pressure control valve that circulates and continuously mixes the solution until the on-off lever is put to the vertical (on) and diverts the flow to the boom or to a hose with a wand for hand spraying. The outflow is a simple garden hose ‘ Y ’with little ball valves that you can’t see on the other side. The outflow to the boom goes through a 2nd filter.
The boom is hinged to fold up as shown and also ‘break away’ if the end of the boom hits an obstacle. A third set of filters are integrated with each nozzle. The reason I got so many filter is the ‘gathering tank’ was made from a fire extinguisher and rusts .Cleanliness is a must with spraying . I’d get a stainless steel or plastic tank if I had it to do over.
It will spray 2 and half acres and a 50 or so gallon tank would be a little handier. I use ammonia to clean it up and then fill the PTO pump with motor oil to prevent it from seizing over winter. The hose and hand wand feature aren’t used much except for things you can drive up to and do from the seat, otherwise you need a second person. I usually spray around 6:00 am when there is little wind and plant later the same day with the tree planter. I’m going to take some photos of the tree planter in a few days. My 17 year old son, Cy, did all the graphics on Adobe PhotoShop from a Canon Powershot S 100 digital camera
RCH<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Rch on 04/28/01 02:11 PM (server time).</FONT></P>
The PTO has a metal extension bolted to it that hits the swinging drawbar so the pump itself doesn’t rotate ( see insert, 2nd photo). The PTO pump out-put goes to the pressure control valve that circulates and continuously mixes the solution until the on-off lever is put to the vertical (on) and diverts the flow to the boom or to a hose with a wand for hand spraying. The outflow is a simple garden hose ‘ Y ’with little ball valves that you can’t see on the other side. The outflow to the boom goes through a 2nd filter.
The boom is hinged to fold up as shown and also ‘break away’ if the end of the boom hits an obstacle. A third set of filters are integrated with each nozzle. The reason I got so many filter is the ‘gathering tank’ was made from a fire extinguisher and rusts .Cleanliness is a must with spraying . I’d get a stainless steel or plastic tank if I had it to do over.
It will spray 2 and half acres and a 50 or so gallon tank would be a little handier. I use ammonia to clean it up and then fill the PTO pump with motor oil to prevent it from seizing over winter. The hose and hand wand feature aren’t used much except for things you can drive up to and do from the seat, otherwise you need a second person. I usually spray around 6:00 am when there is little wind and plant later the same day with the tree planter. I’m going to take some photos of the tree planter in a few days. My 17 year old son, Cy, did all the graphics on Adobe PhotoShop from a Canon Powershot S 100 digital camera
RCH<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Rch on 04/28/01 02:11 PM (server time).</FONT></P>
