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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
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#610076
06/16/13 01:12 AM
06/16/13 01:12 AM
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North Alabama
Wiley Coyote
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Freak of Nature
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North Alabama
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Fimco makes good sprayers. http://www.google.com/search?client=safa...-8&oe=UTF-8I bought a 25 gallon tank with a wand from Northern Tool about 12 years ago and built my boom from parts at the co-op. Still going strong.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#610106
06/16/13 03:26 AM
06/16/13 03:26 AM
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Posts: 14,578
Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
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Booner
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Tuscaloosa Co.
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I bought mine from the CO-OP in Carrollton, AL. I've had it since '99, boom and sprayer. Never had any issues with it.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#610192
06/16/13 07:58 AM
06/16/13 07:58 AM
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 8,747
bessemer, al
hunterturf
14 point
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14 point
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bessemer, al
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North star from northern tool. 25 gallon with wand. Make sure u wash them out after use and run clean water thru the pump and hoses before storage. Will last forever. Mines 13 years old
Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers..........
Si Robertson
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#610243
06/16/13 10:54 AM
06/16/13 10:54 AM
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Posts: 12,091
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Sylacauga, AL
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I've been using one similar to this for about 10 years: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578564_200578564It does need some customizing. The way that the sprayer mounts to the drawbar of the atv was a joke. It lasted about a year before I junked all of that and mounted it to the rear basket. I haven't had a problem with that part since doing that. If you need agitation, don't buy their kit; its a waste of money. Somebody on here told me how to put a livewell pump in the tank and drill a hole in the top to run the wires to it. That works great and gives you plenty of agitation. Also, buy a bunch of extra Y cut-off valves. They won't last and will need to be replaced often. They are cheap, so buy several of them and have them ready. Its one of the most used pieces of equipment on the farm.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#611085
06/18/13 03:44 AM
06/18/13 03:44 AM
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Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Sylacauga, AL
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>>>stay away from boomless...they surge so you end up missing some spots.<<<
I think that depends on a lot of factors and what all you plan to do with it. Your unit with the boom will probably do a better job of spraying a field of corn than mine will, but I can go a lot faster if I make one pass. On planted crops, I usually lap it and I think it is still faster than a boom. The pump puts out over 4 gallons a minute, so I am gonna empty a 25 gallon tank in about 6 minutes no matter how much ground I cover.
I haven't noticed it surging, but it isn't completely consistent from one end of the spray pattern to the other. I've solved that problem by lapping it halfway. I make a pass on the field, and the next pass I throw the spray back to the center of where the ATV went on the previous trip. That makes it pretty even, good enough for me for a wildlife plot. If it were production agriculture, I'd use the big tractor sprayer. I haven't even hooked it up in several years; its so much easier to work with the atv sprayer and it does much less damage to a broadcasted crop.
But where the boomless sprayer really shines is in other types of work. For burning down deer plots with gly, I make one pass and use a pretty heavy mix and kill virtually everything and do it quickly. It takes me 3 or 4 minutes to run over a deer plot. I can also shut off one side and spray the sides of the road and get a good kill while just driving down the road.
I try to do way more than I ought to, and since I live 90 miles from the farm I have to do everything I can to save time. The boomless sprayer saves me a lot of time over one with a boom. It is also much faster than using the big sprayer on the tractor.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#611356
06/18/13 11:49 AM
06/18/13 11:49 AM
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Posts: 6,539
Birmingham
truedouble
14 point
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Birmingham
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>>>stay away from boomless...they surge so you end up missing some spots.<<<
I think that depends on a lot of factors and what all you plan to do with it. Your unit with the boom will probably do a better job of spraying a field of corn than mine will, but I can go a lot faster if I make one pass. On planted crops, I usually lap it and I think it is still faster than a boom. The pump puts out over 4 gallons a minute, so I am gonna empty a 25 gallon tank in about 6 minutes no matter how much ground I cover.
I haven't noticed it surging, but it isn't completely consistent from one end of the spray pattern to the other. I've solved that problem by lapping it halfway. I make a pass on the field, and the next pass I throw the spray back to the center of where the ATV went on the previous trip. That makes it pretty even, good enough for me for a wildlife plot. If it were production agriculture, I'd use the big tractor sprayer. I haven't even hooked it up in several years; its so much easier to work with the atv sprayer and it does much less damage to a broadcasted crop.
But where the boomless sprayer really shines is in other types of work. For burning down deer plots with gly, I make one pass and use a pretty heavy mix and kill virtually everything and do it quickly. It takes me 3 or 4 minutes to run over a deer plot. I can also shut off one side and spray the sides of the road and get a good kill while just driving down the road.
I try to do way more than I ought to, and since I live 90 miles from the farm I have to do everything I can to save time. The boomless sprayer saves me a lot of time over one with a boom. It is also much faster than using the big sprayer on the tractor. Good points on the boomless. Didn't consider the gallons per minute. The boomless I used did spray faster but it also surged. Not sure why. Gly is pretty cheap, but how much more do you think you waste cutting your swath in half on the second path? In other words how many gallons to spray one acre and how much gly do you use per gallon? I can cover an acre with 12-15 gallons using 3 oz. per gallon. Now for 10 acres or more I'll have to disagree and say a 200 gallon tractor sprayer with a 40 ft. boom is much faster. In the 6 hours it took me to spray 10-12 acres, probably 2 hours was spent going to and from the field to the house to fill up the 25 gallon tank. If a tractor sprayer isn't an option you do have a good point on the boomless, but it's good to know the potential downside of surging if you get one.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#611481
06/18/13 03:50 PM
06/18/13 03:50 PM
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bessemer, al
hunterturf
14 point
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bessemer, al
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Spraying back to the center of your tracks, just cut your chemicals in half. Tip to tip doubles the acreage you can cover vs half overlap.
Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers..........
Si Robertson
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: hunterturf]
#611506
06/18/13 04:48 PM
06/18/13 04:48 PM
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Posts: 12,091
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Booner
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Sylacauga, AL
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Spraying back to the center of your tracks, just cut your chemicals in half. Tip to tip doubles the acreage you can cover vs half overlap. That's the point I was making. Trudouble, I don't lap with gly on deer plots; just one pass and cover about 30' a trip. There might be a spot or 2 in the patch that gets missed, but it doesn't really matter on a job like that. I put 2 quarts in the 25 gal tank and try to drive at a speed to cover 2 acres. When lapping while spraying chufas, I cover 1 acre with a tank. And my tractor boom is only 12'; a 40' boom would make it a different story.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: T-town]
#611509
06/18/13 04:52 PM
06/18/13 04:52 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,091
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,091
Sylacauga, AL
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Hey Preach,
How does that spray nozzle support bar attach under the 4 wheeler? Does it hitch on the ball? I like that North star, but trying to see how it would setup off the back of a Gator or Ranger. It attaches to the hole in the drawbar and it doesn't work well at all. It lasted a year or so and caused enough problems that I did away with it. I just bolted it to the rear basket and it is rock solid now. If you don't have some kind of a rear basket, you might want to look at another model. There's not that much difference in these things. They are just a tank, a pump, and the hoses and nozzles and cutoffs. All of it can be easily replaced by something you can buy of another brand.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Quality ATV/UTV sprayer???
[Re: hunterturf]
#611556
06/18/13 05:55 PM
06/18/13 05:55 PM
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Posts: 12,856
Montgomery / Luverne
crenshawco
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 12,856
Montgomery / Luverne
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North star from northern tool. 25 gallon with wand. Make sure u wash them out after use and run clean water thru the pump and hoses before storage. Will last forever. Mines 13 years old Another vote for north star. Mine has worked flawlessly
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