Frame is very well done, and all bolted. Probably the cleanest UTV sprayer I've seen. Great work as always!

 

Can you give a little more detail on how you setup the agitation/recirc?

 

Thanks @AllisonN :thumbup:

Can you give a little more detail on how you setup the agitation/recirc?

So it doesn't have a jet agitator, but it does recirculate.

When the discharge valve to the boom is closed, 100% of the pump's flow is diverted through the TeeJet Pressure Relief Valve (PRV) back into the tank. The PRV is the black valve with the gray knob and pressure gauge on top of the tank. At that location I can reach back and adjust the pressure from the driver's seat. With the PRV/system pressure set at 30 PSI, the pump chart says that's about 4.1 GPM:

So when I'm filling the tank and mixing chemicals I usually have the pump running with the discharge valve closed to get that ~4 GPM of circulation.

When I'm spraying, any excess flow from the pump that doesn't go to the boom is diverted back to the tank via the PRV. From the nozzle chart in the OP, my 1/4-KLC-9 FieldJet flows 1.56 GPM at 30 PSI, so my recirculation volume is about 2.54 GPM while spraying.

You could add a jet agitator, but it would either have to be plumbed parallel to the boom on the discharge side of the pump or run with a separate pump. It is not a good idea to to restrict the relief flow from the PRV when using a positive displacement/diaphragm pump.

 

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Very nice! Can we please get a picture of the setup with the boom attached?

 

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Very nice! Can we please get a picture of the setup with the boom attached?

It is a boomless nozzle. Only uses one nozzle with a spray area of 20ft wide.

 

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Very nice! Can we please get a picture of the setup with the boom attached?

Here are some shots of the boom. These are mock-ups before I had the pump mounted and plumbed, but you get the idea. If I used it more I would probably swap the nozzle bodies for diaphragm check bodies.

 

What did you put in the sump as your "pick up" line? Just a bulkhead or something else?

 

And here is a close-up of the 1/4-KLC-9 FieldJet boomless nozzle. It is screwed into a TeeJet 10742A check valve that opens at 7 PSI. This helps prevent dribbling the volume of liquid left in the hose when I shut the pump off.

The punched galvanized angle iron bracket was sort of a prototype setup I used to get the nozzle height right, but it worked, so I'm still using it. It is attached to the receiver hitch arm that came with the 7-nozzle boom I bought.

 

What did you put in the sump as your "pick up" line? Just a bulkhead or something else?

The tank came with a 3/4" bulkhead fitting installed in the bottom. The thickness of the interior side of the bulkhead fitting prevents it from being 100% "total drain", but we're looking at only a few ounces left in the bottom:



There is a location for an optional side fitting molded into the bottom of the tank that you can see next to the bulkhead fitting, but for me that was a good space to tuck the pump underneath:



Here is the tank drawing:

 

You design/built that? Wow impressive. Could be your side gig.

 

Thanks! @Ware

 

Nice foam kit! I bought mine from Rittenhouse and it was much more $$$. I'll be curious what nozzles you wind up with for your boom. I'm running TeeJet Red AI's right now @24 GPA. The yellow AI's netted me 16 GPA but not as good of coverage (I don't have my nozzles part numbers handy). I'm trying to get the boomless kit for mine setup so I can spray bands of insecticide for deer ticks.

 

This is awesome

 

Nice foam kit! I bought mine from Rittenhouse and it was much more $$$. I'll be curious what nozzles you wind up with for your boom. I'm running TeeJet Red AI's right now @24 GPA. The yellow AI's netted me 16 GPA but not as good of coverage (I don't have my nozzles part numbers handy). I'm trying to get the boomless kit for mine setup so I can spray bands of insecticide for deer ticks.

I would be happy with 24 GPA. Long term I think an ideal setup for my lawn would be a ~100 gallon 3pt boom sprayer for my tractor. I could calibrate it to about 28 GPA or 0.65 gallons per thousand on a single fill.

 

Incredible setup. FYI if you wanted "sprayer" rocker switch for your panel you can customize one at otrattw.net (no affiliation just used them a bunch for jeep switches) they will even work with you to customize a graphic for a rocker if you want.

 

This is awesome

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Incredible setup. FYI if you wanted "sprayer" rocker switch for your panel you can customize one at otrattw.net (no affiliation just used them a bunch for jeep switches) they will even work with you to customize a graphic for a rocker if you want.

I didn't even think about that! All of those switches are actually from otrattw.net :thumbup:

 

We're on the same page. Tractor mount is the best for me too. I just want a cabbed tractor first, I don't want to be breathing too much garbage in.

Nice foam kit! I bought mine from Rittenhouse and it was much more $$$. I'll be curious what nozzles you wind up with for your boom. I'm running TeeJet Red AI's right now @24 GPA. The yellow AI's netted me 16 GPA but not as good of coverage (I don't have my nozzles part numbers handy). I'm trying to get the boomless kit for mine setup so I can spray bands of insecticide for deer ticks.

I would be happy with 24 GPA. Long term I think an ideal setup for my lawn would be a ~100 gallon 3pt boom sprayer for my tractor. I could calibrate it to about 28 GPA or 0.65 gallons per thousand on a single fill.

 

We're on the same page. Tractor mount is the best for me too. I just want a cabbed tractor first, I don't want to be breathing too much garbage in.

I looked at a cabbed Kubota LX3310, which is about the same size as my Deere 2038R. It was sweet, but they are so damn expensive. The only way I could have justified it is if I committed to mowing with it, and I wasn't quite ready to do that. I don't think I could get the cut quality I want out of a finish or mid mount mower. It would also be slower than my 72" zero turn - although I could probably get over that if I was riding in the comfort of an air conditioned cab.

 

You design/built that? Wow impressive. Could be your side gig.

I did. Thanks!

The problem with trying to sell something like this is no one in their right mind would be willing to pay what it cost me to build it. :lol:

I'm not sure exactly how much I have in it, and probably don't want to know. :?

ETA:

My TNutz order for the aluminum frame materials was $325. Note that included cutting every piece to the lengths I needed, so all I had to do was screw it together. The tank was about $250. I think I paid about $175 for the pump. The 7-nozzle boom was $250. The boomless nozzle and check valve was about $60. I probably have another $150 in the PRV, gauge, filter, and other plumbing components. Probably $50 in electrical components.

So I would say I have around $1,300 in the sprayer, including the boom and boomless setup. Plus another $300 for the foam marker.

 

This is quite impressive and fun to follow along!

 

You design/built that? Wow impressive. Could be your side gig.

I did. Thanks!

The problem with trying to sell something like this is no one in their right mind would be willing to pay what it cost me to build it. :lol:

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So I would say I have around $1,300 in the sprayer, including the boom and boomless setup. Plus another $300 for the foam marker.

I think you did pretty well. The SpreaderMate B is a $1,000 unit these days. You paid retail for the components, and have a relatively expensive frame (that looks great BTW). Skid sprayers with a similar boom setup are $3500+, granted most are engine driven pumps for reasons you are now well-familiar with.

$3,800 without a foam marker.

https://gregsonclark.com/products/100-gallon-utv-sprayer-with-10-foot-boom

 

I think I'm in love with that FieldJet. I've been looking at better ways to put out pre-e. I normally just do it once or twice a year as it takes too long with my current set up. What would be the easiest way to rig it up to the 21 gal northstar: ?

Looks like it works best at 36"? Guess I would somehow mount it to the center square tubing and then plumb it into the line that is for the sprayer wand (which I don't use). Is there an official teejet fitting for the square tubing that would go from a hose barb to 1/2" npt or something?

 

That is a great looking sprayer set up. I bought the foam marker on Amazon day as well, but I haven't thought out a way to mount it to my 41gal northstar trailer yet. Does your UTV use an alternator or a ZTR type of magnet for charging the battery? I'm wondering how many electrical things I can hook up to my ZTR. I'm worried my 5 gpm pump is pushing it already and it won't be able to operate the foam marker.

 

That is a great looking sprayer set up. I bought the foam marker on Amazon day as well, but I haven't thought out a way to mount it to my 41gal northstar trailer yet. Does your UTV use an alternator or a ZTR type of magnet for charging the battery? I'm wondering how many electrical things I can hook up to my ZTR. I'm worried my 5 gpm pump is pushing it already and it won't be able to operate the foam marker.

The Pioneer has a stator. I think it has a ~600W charging system, so that's about 50A. The computer, fuel injection, transmission, etc. uses a chunk of that, but I'm not too worried about the 5 GPM pump. It will run a winch after all. But I can see how you might be concerned about the charging system on a ZTR not having as much cushion to power accessories.

The chart in this post says my pump pulls about 14A at 40 PSI. The sticker on the foam marker unit says it pulls 8A max.

 

I think I'm in love with that FieldJet. I've been looking at better ways to put out pre-e. I normally just do it once or twice a year as it takes too long with my current set up. What would be the easiest way to rig it up to the 21 gal northstar: ?

Looks like it works best at 36"? Guess I would somehow mount it to the center square tubing and then plumb it into the line that is for the sprayer wand (which I don't use). Is there an official teejet fitting for the square tubing that would go from a hose barb to 1/2" npt or something?

Yes, the catalog page performance data is based on 36" nozzle height.

I used this bulkhead fitting to mount the FieldJet/check valve. It is threaded 1/2" NPT on the inside, so I screwed the check valve into the top, and a hose barb fitting into the bottom.