Tom M King
04-06-2022, 1:44 PM
I know some of you have tractors and places to keep up with them.
For years, I've had a "boomless ATV sprayer boom" mounted on the back of a 7' rotary cutter. It's always been aggravating to keep three nozzles working well together, so this year I decided to do something different.
https://wlhamiltonco.com/product/hamilton-5-brass-agri-jet-boomless-nozzle/
The brackets are sold to weld onto offroad vehicles for tow points. They came ready to weld on, and the 1" holes were the right size for 3/4" copper fittings.
The nozzle: https://wlhamiltonco.com/product/hamilton-5-brass-agri-jet-boomless-nozzle/
Instructions saw to mount it horizontally, which I expect is to limit drift, but I wanted to be able to back up to a fence and spray outside the fence. I won't be spraying on windy days anyway. It does cover 50 feet, but only 40 is well covered, so I went with 40 foot wide runs. I'm not using the pump that came with the Chapin tank though, and the pump I did use is pretty old, so it may be a little weak.
There is a switch box right at hand. The front switch powers the pump to the wand, and the back to the boom. The middle two switches turn night into day.
The boom folds forward to keep it out of harms way when not in use. I'm going to cut the old boom off when I get around to it, but tried the new one for the first time today. It works Beautifully, so I went ahead and sprayed the pastures.
The Chapin external mix tank replaced the old 40 gallon rig that had to be mixed in the tank. The advantages should be obvious, and they are. I keep a number of different concentrate tanks, with one having dish detergent to clean the rig out when switching concentrates.
One of the pictures is the old rig, but it shows the two pumps. The wand pump is 150psi at low gpm, and the other 60 psi higher flow. I didn't have the right color red spray paint, but at least the mount won't rust.
For years, I've had a "boomless ATV sprayer boom" mounted on the back of a 7' rotary cutter. It's always been aggravating to keep three nozzles working well together, so this year I decided to do something different.
https://wlhamiltonco.com/product/hamilton-5-brass-agri-jet-boomless-nozzle/
The brackets are sold to weld onto offroad vehicles for tow points. They came ready to weld on, and the 1" holes were the right size for 3/4" copper fittings.
The nozzle: https://wlhamiltonco.com/product/hamilton-5-brass-agri-jet-boomless-nozzle/
Instructions saw to mount it horizontally, which I expect is to limit drift, but I wanted to be able to back up to a fence and spray outside the fence. I won't be spraying on windy days anyway. It does cover 50 feet, but only 40 is well covered, so I went with 40 foot wide runs. I'm not using the pump that came with the Chapin tank though, and the pump I did use is pretty old, so it may be a little weak.
There is a switch box right at hand. The front switch powers the pump to the wand, and the back to the boom. The middle two switches turn night into day.
The boom folds forward to keep it out of harms way when not in use. I'm going to cut the old boom off when I get around to it, but tried the new one for the first time today. It works Beautifully, so I went ahead and sprayed the pastures.
The Chapin external mix tank replaced the old 40 gallon rig that had to be mixed in the tank. The advantages should be obvious, and they are. I keep a number of different concentrate tanks, with one having dish detergent to clean the rig out when switching concentrates.
One of the pictures is the old rig, but it shows the two pumps. The wand pump is 150psi at low gpm, and the other 60 psi higher flow. I didn't have the right color red spray paint, but at least the mount won't rust.