"No Pump" Hand Sprayer

No Pump Hand Sprayer CROPS Weed Control Pumping up a pressurized hand sprayer can be a tiresome job Also sooner or later the pumps on such sprayers will fail Dwayne Slate of Shawnee Okla eliminates both problems by adding an automotive valve stem to his tanks “It lets me use an ordinary air compressor to pressurize the tank so no hand pumping is needed ” says Slate He drills a 1/2-in dia hole on the side of the tank near the top then ties a string to a valve stem and pulls it out through the hole Then he fills the sprayer about half full of liquid replaces the hand pump and uses a compressor to add 25 to 30 psi of pressure “I started using this idea about 5 years ago and now many of my neighbors do the same thing ” says Slate “I usually put grease around the valve stem so that it slides through the hole easier “If the pump doesn’t work any more I remove the valve from the bottom of the pump and seal it with an ample amount of high temperature RTV sealant Then I let it cure for 4 to 6 hours and reinstall the pump ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dwayne Slate 7501 Bethel Rd Shawnee Okla 74804 ph 405 964-5384

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