I have a 10 foot boom sprayer that I picked up at the local New Holland dearlership. It doesn't have a brand name that I can see. I have had it for 10 years. For what you describe, I would think a generic sprayer with a 55 gal tank would work. The 10 foot boom is nice, but you could probably get by with a smaller 3 nozzle 5 or 6 foot spray. You definitely want to get a hand gun. You can't use that for 5 acres, but you will be surprised how often you use it on fence rows, etc. I spray a much larger area than 5 acres. There is really no need to get a "premium" priced sprayer. They all use the same pump, which I have replaced once (last year), same nozzles, etc. You can adjust the amount of spray easily. If you have an area that you know the size of, it is very important to learn the psi needed to cover say a couple of acres with the 55 gal tank along with the ground speed and engine rpm's you are using. Once you figure that out, read the label on the 2 4 d, mix it up, and go for it. As a side note, I have been unimpressed with 2 4 d by itself. I use Strike 3 or 3 Way...which has 2 4 d along with a couple of other weed killers. A fall and spring preemergent plus generic roundup right on your grass areas in January (yes roundup....won't kill the grass that is dormant and has no prolonged effect) will work much better for you. That is no help right now, but think about it in October! BTW, a 3 point hitch PTO driven sprayer on your tractor is much better than the 12 volt type. No disrespect to Dishpointer, but I use one of those occasionally at my church and they are a lot more trouble to use IMO. Good luck and have fun. Just remember that you need to be VERY diligent about rinsing the sprayer out after EACH use. That cleans the nozzles and gun as well as the pump and mixers. Take off the strainer down below and clean it as well and leave it off during the winter and the gun line drained as much as possible with the gun nozzle locked in the open position for winter storage.
