He Likes His Kubota Utility Vehicle

He Likes His Kubota Utility Vehicle ATV'S ATV'S 30-1-13 How about a new Kubota 4-WD utility vehicle for your 50th wedding anniversary? That's what Teddy Shambaugh got last year, and he couldn't be more pleased. What Teddy, of Cerro Gordo, Ill., likes about his Kubota RTV 9000 is that it lets him go anywhere in any kind of conditions. He decided to take advantage of that ability by building a two-part, slide-in sprayer that he uses to control weeds and brush. The sprayer has a 10-ft. fold-up boom equipped with four 30-in. long drop nozzles. The wings fold up for transport. There are two pumps and two tanks, allowing him to spray two different kinds of chemicals from either side of the boom. If he wants he can use a hand-held spray wand with one of the tanks. The entire unit mounts on a wooden pallet, allowing him to use a forklift to lift the unit into the back of the Kubota. "It lets me get in and out of relatively tight spots, and with 4-WD and a low center of gravity it can go anywhere and crawl right up onto ditch banks," says Shambaugh. "The Kubota utility vehicle has more hauling capacity than an ATV, with enough room for two pumps and two tanks, and it has a foot-operated variable speed transmission so my hands are free to operate the spray wand. Another advantage is that it saves wear and tear on my pickup. "I use it around my yard and along fence rows and roadsides. The drop nozzles reach to within 18 in. of the ground and greatly reduce problems with spray drift." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Teddy Shambaugh, 416 West Franklin St., Cerro Gordo, Ill. 61818 (ph 217 763-6156).

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