Row Crop Sprayer Rides On Rubber Tracks
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"It has only about half as much ground pressure as a conventional sprayer of comparable capacity which greatly reduces compaction," says Boris Horodynsky, Churchill, Ontario, about the 75-ft. wide sprayer he built that rides on 15-in. wide rubber tracks.
Horodynsky built the entire sprayer from scratch except for the 50-in. long Goodyear tracks and the tires that the tracks wrap around. There are two 20.8 by 38 tires on each side, with a wheel width of 36 in. from wheel hub to wheel hub. He used 2 1/2-in. sq. steel tubing to build the sprayer frame. The boom hydraulically folds forward for transport. A ladder at the front leads up to a platform on top for loading chemicals. The sprayer pump is pto-driven.
"I built it because I wanted a narrower foot-print and better flotation, and that's what I got," says Horodynsky. "V-shaped guide blocks hold the tracks on the tires. The tracks provide great flotation and æbridge' bumps and gaps to help smoothen the ride. They're narrow enough to go right through row crops."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Boris Horodynsky, Rt. 1, Churchill, Ontario, Canada L0L 1K0 (ph 705 456-2461; fax 0344).
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Row Crop Sprayer Rides On Rubber Tracks SPRAYING New Sprayers 22-3-26 "It has only about half as much ground pressure as a conventional sprayer of comparable capacity which greatly reduces compaction," says Boris Horodynsky, Churchill, Ontario, about the 75-ft. wide sprayer he built that rides on 15-in. wide rubber tracks.
Horodynsky built the entire sprayer from scratch except for the 50-in. long Goodyear tracks and the tires that the tracks wrap around. There are two 20.8 by 38 tires on each side, with a wheel width of 36 in. from wheel hub to wheel hub. He used 2 1/2-in. sq. steel tubing to build the sprayer frame. The boom hydraulically folds forward for transport. A ladder at the front leads up to a platform on top for loading chemicals. The sprayer pump is pto-driven.
"I built it because I wanted a narrower foot-print and better flotation, and that's what I got," says Horodynsky. "V-shaped guide blocks hold the tracks on the tires. The tracks provide great flotation and æbridge' bumps and gaps to help smoothen the ride. They're narrow enough to go right through row crops."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Boris Horodynsky, Rt. 1, Churchill, Ontario, Canada L0L 1K0 (ph 705 456-2461; fax 0344).
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