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Trapper John

Trapper John

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Well I've finally talked my great uncle and aunt (keeper of the farm funds) into letting me buy a sprayer to use on the fields and roads at the farm. Now I've got a question or two.

Do those boomless ATV sprayers work ok? How do you deal with spraying close to trees (we hunt on a tree farm...damaging the crop is a big no-no)? Finally, do most of them allow you to adjust the spray patter? I see a lot of them saying, for example, 15 foot spray pattern. Can you change that pattern to something smaller on most of these sprayers?

For what it's worth I'm looking at this one. Sprayer Link

Opinions? Suggestions on another brand or type? I don't want to get a 3 point hitch sprayer. That's more than they're wanting to spend. The pump alone would be right around my cash allotment.
 
There are good sprayers alot cheaper than that one available. I've got one you can come by and I'll demonstrate it for ya, may even list it in classifieds to sell soon as I'm doing nothing with it in foreseeable future.
 
I've had two sprayers over the years. One that sat on the back of the atv and now I have one that is on a small trailer with a boom(maybe 4' wide boom). There are pluses/minuses to each. The one on the back of the atv is good for getting around rough terrain a little easier because you don't have to worry about the trailer getting hung up but the bad part is that if you don't use all of the spray you have mixed then you have to manhandle taking it off the back of the atv. When mine broke(tank cracked when I dropped it by accident) I got one on a trailer. While it is a little more money but not much it does allow me to use it and unhook it without needing help to remove the tank from the back of the atv. Just something to think about.
 
I really like the boomless, I've had both types and the boomless is definatley easier to use around trees and once you test it and set it up with water, there are nomore adjustments.
 
we have a fenco boomless sprayer. works great. woiuld recommend boomless sprays about 25 feet wide.
 
The one problem with boomless sprayers is the wind. You will get much more herbicide drift-kill than with a boom sprayer spraying straight down onto the ground. I've also heard reports of poor herbicide distribtion with boomless sprayers.

But they sure would be easier to work with than a boom sprayer!
 
BSK said:
The one problem with boomless sprayers is the wind. You will get much more herbicide drift-kill than with a boom sprayer spraying straight down onto the ground. I've also heard reports of poor herbicide distribtion with boomless sprayers.

But they sure would be easier to work with than a boom sprayer!
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Another problem with boomless sprayers is calibration. They are harder to calibrate accurately.
 
The drift-kill may be the dealbreaker. The timber on the property is far too valuable to take the chance. It's a big concern with the layout of the property and the areas to be sprayed. I may just go with an ATV boom sprayer with a wand attachment. The boom doesn't have to be huge and I know a few brands allow you to fold the boom up to the desired size.
 
Trapper John said:
The drift-kill may be the dealbreaker. The timber on the property is far too valuable to take the chance. It's a big concern with the layout of the property and the areas to be sprayed. I may just go with an ATV boom sprayer with a wand attachment. The boom doesn't have to be huge and I know a few brands allow you to fold the boom up to the desired size.
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That's what I have--an ATV rack-mounted 25 gallon tank with fold-out boom and wand sprayer. You can turn off the outer nozzels and only spray about as wide as the ATV or fold out the boom and get about a 12-foot spray swath.

The downside to booms are rough ground and trees. If the ATV tips side to side violently, you can bend or break the boom. Hitting trees with the boom doesn't add to its longevity either!
 
I have had both and can say without a doubt that I prefer the boomless. I have never had any propblems with drift kill and I have tested this by standing at the edge of the spray and never felt any drift over on me in wind gusts. The biggest reason for this, I believe, is that the spray is more of a droplet than a mist. As for calibration, one of the reasons I prefer the boomless is how much easier it is to spread evenly. For instance if your field is narrower in the middle than on the ends you will end up with more herbicide in the middle unless you go faster there, with a boom sprayer, you can only go so fast.
 
We modified one last year to have both, just added a valve and attached a wand, use the boom or the wand with the turn of a valve.
 
the main problem with spraying with an ATV is maintaining speed as to not get wrong gallons per acre of mixed chemical sprayed. with a set throttle, better application is obtained, at the same time I know that terrian is never a common factor
 

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