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Posted: Yesterday at 11:34am |
Need to get the job done so use the old dependable Ford/Shibaura/Demco combination:
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Posted: Yesterday at 9:59pm |
Got the job done. Ran through 90 gallons of spray so most everything should turn brown and die shortly.
Nice to have dependable equipment to work with without having to work on first.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 22 hours 31 minutes ago at 10:30pm |
i have a 30 gallon tank with a spray wand and 6 ft boom on the back.... It has a 3 point hitch on one side, and a set of 8 inch tires on the bottom with a tongue on one end.. I can mount it on the 3 point of my B to spray the road sides / fence row ... or i can pull it behind the 22 HP Garden Tractor around the yard for weeds and bug spray.
YES... they are HANDY !
Edited by steve(ill) - 22 hours 31 minutes ago at 10:30pm
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Posted: 21 hours 48 minutes ago at 11:13pm |
This one has 50' of hose and a couple of different spray wands along with 15' of fold up boom. I purchased that setup three years ago and always inside the shop out of the weather. Really nice and I can get 45psi with the engine running high speed as PTO driven. Four roller Hypro pump and easily rebuildable. Six roller pump was an option but I don't need that high of flow rating.
Today I did a township playground, ball diamonds, and gravel parking area. Some fertilizer, some broadleaf herbicide, some "kill everything". I donate my time and machinery to help out and they reimburse for my selection of chemicals, and fuel. What I use works and is not bound by any politics so preference is this way.
Handy as a pocket on a Tee shirt for certain. I really like the booms folded out as nice even coverage with 12" elevation using my nozzle selection for weed kill. Enough flow and pressure to use both the booms and spray wand at the same time.
Usage of this park is on the rise since we stepped up and helped with maintenance of the place. Some new playground equipment, some refurbished older stuff such as "American" brand polished stainless slides from the good ole days.
This is the one I have and really happy with it. Mine is 60 gallon. Most parts are T-Jet just as cheaper sprayers are, but the tank is very stout with a well constructed frame and the agitator works very well.
Edited by Codger - 21 hours 41 minutes ago at 11:20pm
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DiyDave
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Posted: 16 hours 25 minutes ago at 4:36am |
Does Utopia (state unknown) not have any certified pesticide applicator laws? Really sounds like Utopia, to me ! 
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Posted: 14 hours 53 minutes ago at 6:08am |
 DiyDave wrote:
Does Utopia (state unknown) not have any certified pesticide applicator laws? Really sounds like Utopia, to me ! |
I'm certain there are rules, regulations, stipulations, and a whole bunch of other garbage to contend with if that were your profession. I wouldn't know anything about any of that as not certified in anything, and really don't plan to be.
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Posted: 14 hours 2 minutes ago at 6:59am |
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I don't know anything about other state's regulations, but New York State requires anyone spraying anywhere other than on their own land be a certified pesticide applicator. The only place you can spray without being certified is on your own land.
Edited by WF owner - 14 hours 2 minutes ago at 6:59am
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Posted: 13 hours 38 minutes ago at 7:23am |
I follow the DONT ASK, DONT TELL Rules ... 
Normally the rules tend to say , if you are PAID to do the work..
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Posted: 6 hours 15 minutes ago at 2:46pm |
Codger wrote:
DiyDave wrote:
Does Utopia (state unknown) not have any certified pesticide applicator laws? Really sounds like Utopia, to me ! |
I'm certain there are rules, regulations, stipulations, and a whole bunch of other garbage to contend with if that were your profession. I wouldn't know anything about any of that as not certified in anything, and really don't plan to be. |
Then keep a eye out for any trolling state tagged cars... MD has its program under the state department of agriculture. Good news is is that they only have like 6 inspectors for the whole state. Most popular place for them to sit, when they need numbers is an off ramp that sits 20' higher than the parking lot of a local farm store, they look for spraying or fertilizer application, in truck beds, then scoot down the off ramp, to catch the heinous offenders! 
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Posted: 5 hours 1 minutes ago at 4:00pm |
Sounds like a capitol offense punishible by death before firing squad just after drinking a cup of potassium cyanide laced "Kool-Aid" in preparation to be paraded around town after the remaining carcass is "keel hauled" for a spell behind a local draft horse.
Never have seen such a thing around here myself but my sprayer is three point and always mounted on the hitch of a farm tractor. This time of year there are probably a dozen tractors a day pass my shop which is on a busy state highway headed to surrounding fields with a lot of them pulling sprayers, cultivators, planters, etc. Kinda like burning tires; go easy with them monitoring wind(s) to not bother anybody, and it's usually not a problem.
Edited by Codger - 4 hours 41 minutes ago at 4:20pm
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Posted: 1 hour 33 minutes ago at 7:28pm |
The problems I have heard of. locally. are when someone who doesn't like to see spraying of any kind, call authorities and report someone, or a company that is licensed to spray reports someone for spraying without a license.
Certified applicators are required to keep records of what, when and where something was sprayed and wahat mateial was used.
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Posted: 45 minutes ago at 8:16pm |
There are busybody's everywhere. Just got to have their nose where it don't belong. Some are tolerable, some require a bet of revenge applied to know they're out of line. I've had my share of them but I'm still here and they're not. One example; lady across the street didn't like my auto body shop in the backyard. Protested at the zoning board meeting but was overruled as the bordering neighbors welcomed it. Constantly complained to the city about the noise, smell, degradation of the neighborhood, etc. Tried talking with her as a first step to no avail. Eventually we got a really good snow of 14" in the overnight hours and she couldn't get out of her driveway. In those days, I moved a lot of snow with the skid steer but when her son asked me to if I'd clear hers, I told him to pass to her she could "Hug my left nut" and the problems soon after, ceased. Her son is a pretty good guy and I'm certain he had something to do with shutting her up.
I buy the same chemicals the commercial guys do in pretty much bulk form from the farm supply outlets. They fill my carboys and plastic drums from bulk storage and will custom blend as requested. Typically I purchase in 55gl quantities so beyond homeowner usage, but never any problems. Now I know a lot of farmers in the area and get along well and that could be a player; I don't know. Lots cheaper to purchase this way rather than retail outlets such as TSC and other farm suppliers.
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Posted: 45 minutes ago at 8:16pm |
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Speaking of spraying, my Brother works for a farmers co-op(35+ yrs), he mentioned to me, a couple weeks ago, the area manager/district rep for one of the major chemical companies was at the co-op discussing things, the mentioned the herbicide/chemical industry is a few years away from ‘hitting a brick wall’ as for new development. Weeds are adapting to herbicides as fast as the industry develops new formula’s. He said farmers are going to necessarily return to mechanical row cultivation, his quote was “ there is not a weed that is resistant to the cold steel of a cultivator shovel”.
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