[Still learnin]

Does anyone have any experience with a pull behind sprayer? After failing with a 2 gallon sprayer, infighred I'd try dragging a hose around an acre or so and use the ortho dial spray. Now I have blue hands and quit after a 1/4 acre or so. I have a 25 gallon sprayer, but it would be hard to latch to my mower and is boomless, just has a wand. Worked ok for roundup, but I think an even application of herbicides would be hard.

This is what I'm considering. Or buying a trailer for the 25 gallon and connecting a boom, but I think that would end up costing almost as much if not more.

https://www.ruralking.com/country-way-15-gallon-directional-sprayer-sno-11-015a-rk.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInP_s8ZqL2gIV0eDICh0C2ADyEAQYAiABEgLC3vD_BwE

 

[Rackhouse Mayor]

I'm on an acre, and I use the Chapin 4 gallon 20v backpack sprayer. I plan to eventually move to a sprayer mounted to my riding mower. Pete1313 has a good setup on his John Deere (here) that I plan to emulate. Check it out and see if this is what you're looking for. I really like how he calibrated the mph.

 

[J_nick]

I use a spray trailer. It works good for what it is. Corners are not fun but if you have long straight stretches it works great. I normally skip the corners and come back with the wand.

 

[Cory]

Have a 15g chapin mounted to the back of my rider. Didn't want to tow it because I have a lot of spots I need to back up against. Mines not as fancy as pete1313 but it works great.

 

[J_nick]

The next upgrade I do to my sprayer will be to mount it to the 3 point hitch on my lawn tractor to get away from the trailer.

 

[GrassFarmer]

here is the one i built the tank was just something we had laying around.

 

[J_nick]

here is the one i built the tank was just something we had laying around.

Awesome, the scale of your projects cracks me up. I have 7 acres my wife wants me to spray but with a 35 gallon tank and 40" boom I told her it wasn't going to happen.

 

[Still learnin]

here is the one i built the tank was just something we had laying around.

I'd say that would get the job done!

 

[Still learnin]

I'd love to convert my 25 gallon to a boom and mount it. I'm just not even sure where to start in mounting it.

 

[ABC123]

I use a northstar sprayer 21 gallon. Used it on almost 4acres for 2 years and going to use it to supply a homemade walking boom on my next house of 8k sq ft.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200646314_200646314

The nozzles drip when you turn the pump off and take a second to prime back up. Could fix that with a checkvalve though.

They offer a boom extension kit and I really wish I had that upgrade but couldn't justify the price.

They also sell pumps/tanks/kit easy to make whatever you want.

 

[Ballistic]

I have been looking for a spray trailer but any of the ones i like are ether way too big of a tank (Dont need 40+ gallons) or cost too much for what it is.

Planning on buying a golf cart with utility bed and just building a boom sprayer off it.

 

[ABC123]

Look on northern tool. They sell up to a 7gph 12v pump. These tanks will almost mount the pump with a kit.
Tanks https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_lawn-garden+sprayers+sprayer-tanks+northstar
Kit https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200631852_200631852

Only downside is I believe it doesnt come with the bolts to screw it onto the tank.

 

[Pete1313]

@GrassFarmer I love your equipment! Bigger is better! I wish I could play around with those toys in your yard.

Mounted is the way to go to get a more precise spray, if you can figure out a way to mount it. I like what @Cory did. Do you have any more pics of how it's mounted?

Have a 15g chapin mounted to the back of my rider. Didn't want to tow it because I have a lot of spots I need to back up against. Mines not as fancy as pete1313 but it works great.

As far as making a boom, I think that's the easier part. There are a few calculations to get the nozzle spacing right and make sure you don't exceed you pumps GPM but all the parts you would need are listed in the back of the teejet catalog. Once you have the part numbers you can just plug them into the spraysmarter.com website and get everything you need to mount to a square tube that you can pick up at home depot.

 

[pennstater2005]

@Cory

I'd be interested in exactly what all you have in that setup and how it's mounted.

 

[Cory]

@Cory

I'd be interested in exactly what all you have in that setup and how it's mounted.

It's not pretty, originally I was gonna make it out of wood but remembered I had an old storage shelf I wasn't using so made the frame out of the uprights from it. It's all bolted together with carriage bolts and mounted where a grass catcher attachment is suppose to go. The tank is strapped with the straps that came with it. The boom is a chapin 3 nozzle, should have just bought the pipe and tee jets but it works for now. I ran a shut off up next to the seat so I wouldn't have to constantly turn around and reach over the tank to shut off the spray.

 

[pennstater2005]

@Cory

Thanks! You're giving me ideas. I like the idea of the mount versus pull behind as well becaus of backing up and general storage space limitations.

 

[Cory]

@Cory

Thanks! You're giving me ideas. I like the idea of the mount versus pull behind as well becaus of backing up and general storage space limitations.

:thumbup:

 

[Ballistic]

If you guys are looking for a good place to buy tanks, i have bought quite a few different tanks for work from here: http://www.plastic-mart.com

 

[HoosierLawnGnome]

Does anyone have any experience with a pull behind sprayer? After failing with a 2 gallon sprayer, infighred I'd try dragging a hose around an acre or so and use the ortho dial spray. Now I have blue hands and quit after a 1/4 acre or so. I have a 25 gallon sprayer, but it would be hard to latch to my mower and is boomless, just has a wand. Worked ok for roundup, but I think an even application of herbicides would be hard.

This is what I'm considering. Or buying a trailer for the 25 gallon and connecting a boom, but I think that would end up costing almost as much if not more.

https://www.ruralking.com/country-way-15-gallon-directional-sprayer-sno-11-015a-rk.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInP_s8ZqL2gIV0eDICh0C2ADyEAQYAiABEgLC3vD_BwE

I have the 25 gallon version of this sprayer. 2 seasons into using it, it clogged up and needs fixed. I think the hoses need replaced as I have no pressure and the pump just runs. I feel a lot better about getting even applications out of it than my 4 gallon solo. Get some extra tips for different spray types.

 

[Still learnin]

I think this will be my plan going forward:

Figure out a way to attach my current 25 gallon tank to my Dixie chopper.

It has a 1 gpm pump, so I may need to upgrade that.

If no upgrade is needed, or once it's upgraded, I'll make a book and add it on with a pressure regulator, shutoff, and hand control. Among anything else that's needed to make it work better.

It seems to be the consensus that a mounted tank is the best to maneuver with and as was stated in another thread, a backpack sprayer would be extremely annoying and tiresome when I attempt to do the full 2 acres.