Posted by N. TX Tim on March 11, 2011 at 20:45:43 from (69.54.123.254):
In Reply to: Re: Spray Rig Pump? posted by Ralphwd45 on March 11, 2011 at 19:23:48:
My current spray rig is a 3 pt 55 gal rig with 20 ft booms. I run it behind my Case 1394. I have to guess-tim-ate my speed using the chart in the manual and I normally cover between 4 and 7 acres per tank depending on what I am spraying and how I have the sprayer calibrated (have tried different situations to see what works best). Since I cover so little ground, I spend a lot of time driving back to a water source to fill up and re-mix.
My plan was to put the 300 gal tank behind my JD 4450 w/FEL. If it was too much weight on the rear, I could reduce the amount of mix in the tank or offset with a little weight in the bucket. I can get a digital readout of ground speed from the tractor. I planned on using a pto driven pump to agitate the tank and an electric pump to pressurize the boom. I planned to turn off the boom with a switch when I got to the end of the field, then throttle down and turn around...then power up the boom going the other way. Then I could make one pass on each end of the field to spray what I missed.
Atwoods has an electric pump that puts out 7 gpm, but I was wondering if an electric pump could take the constant use required of a sprayer. As for spray tips, I have been using the fan tips, but was curious if you all would recommend them or the flood tips.
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