[Cory]

Last fall I bought a Chapin battery powered backpack so I could spray prodiamine but realized quickly that it wasn't gonna work for my entire property. Not that it won't work but I'm too lazy for it 😂. So the other day I got this sprayer and 3 nozzle boom (boom doesn't come with sprayer). I made a platform for the back of my rider, added the boom and a couple shutoff valves to the sprayer. I sprayed my back yard today (18,000 sq ft) and am pretty happy with the way it worked out.

I need to make a few modifications like different spray nozzles, the ones that came with the boom aren't that great. And I need to reinforce the platform, I underestimated how heavy 15 gallons of water was. But other than that it's awesome! Can't wait to spray more stuff, the neighbors are gonna think I'm nuts 🤪

 

[Ware]

Reminds me of something Michael Wise built a few years ago on ATY. I dug up the thread, but it looks like all the photo links are dead now.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Reminds me of something Michael Wise built a few years ago on ATY. I dug up the thread, but it looks like all the photo links are dead now.

I wonder why that is

@Cory Nice job on the retrofit. In hindsight, I wish I would have opted for the ATV sprayer instead of the tow-behind trailer sprayer that I got from Tractor Supply. I could at least mount it to the front of my Zero Turn, which has pretty much sat idle in the back yard for the past season. I get some turf tearing when I use it, but that's acceptable since the yard is very thin at this point. I am pretty sure that won't be the case later on this year.

 

[nagol]

Very nice. I'm thinking about doing this. Where did you get the brackets?

 

[Cory]

@Cory Nice job on the retrofit. In hindsight, I wish I would have opted for the ATV sprayer instead of the tow-behind trailer sprayer that I got from Tractor Supply.

Thanks! I was originally gonna tow it in my yard cart but I kept thinking how much of a pain it was to back it up to start a new row so decided to mount it.

 

[Cory]

Very nice. I'm thinking about doing this. Where did you get the brackets?

Thanks! It came from the uprights of a garage storage shelf that I wasnt using anymore.

 

[nagol]

I thought those looked familiar. I got one of those selves for Christmas and many of those pieces were missing. Some other people must have had the same idea :lol: