2006 - Volume #30, Issue #5, Page #25
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Home-Built Blast-Type Sprayer
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"I was quoted $14,500 on a sprayer that had a range of 100 ft. It also required a 65 hp tractor to run it," the Nova Scotia Christmas tree farmer says. "I decided to make my own, and it ended up costing me about $2,500 out of my pocket. On top of that, mine can reach 120 ft. and works off my 40 horsepower tractor."
When necessary, Hogan uses the blast-type sprayer to treat his trees. He also uses it to spray brush and weeds with Roundup.
Hogan made the unit so it would attach to his Kubota tractor's 3-pt. hitch. Using the blower from an abandoned planer mill, and a stainless steel water tank, he added a salvaged auxiliary hydraulic motor, hoses, sprockets and bearings.
He bought a new 12-volt electric pump, a 25-in., 4-belt pulley, belts, nozzles, and steel for the frame.
Three coarse nozzles (obtained from the local farm supply store) are used for Roundup and five fine nozzles are used for pesticides.
Hogan mounted a light below the sprayer chute so he could spray at night when there's no wind, if desired.
"The electric pump forces the fluid up to the nozzles, and then the blower's high velocity air at 100 pounds pressure, turns the fluid into a fine mist and gives it its range," he explains.
Hogan can control his 60-gal. capacity sprayer from the seat of his tractor, delivering chemical in any direction. He can spray both sides of the road at once by rotating a chute with the hydraulic motor.
"Of all the things I've built, this one has saved me the most money, works the best, and is the most efficient," he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Grant Hogan, R.R. 2, Etter Rd., Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada B0N 1Z0 (ph 902 866-2392).
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