1995 - Volume #19, Issue #6, Page #29
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Combine Crop Sprayer
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With the cab positioned directly above the boom, Jobgen says you can't beat the visibility of his home-built rig. And it's al-ways ready to go with no need to mount tanks or other equipment on a tractor. And maybe best of all, it was inexpensive to set up.
"I have a large heated shop so I do a lot of building in the winter. I began by strip-ping the combine down to the frame, leaving just the cab, chassis, wheels, engine, and transmission."
He remounted the engine crosswise at the back of the frame, and mounted a 325 gal. fiberglass spray tank on the frame between the engine and the cab. There's also a 30-gal. foam marker tank.
Booms are 57-ft. wide when fully ex-tended and can be raised and lowered hydraulically, `mounted in place of the feederhouse. Wings fold manually back against the sides of the combine. Jobgen bought the boom from a dealer.
"I've used the sprayer three seasons with absolutely no problems. I can spray at 9 miles per hour. The booms and pressure are both regulated electronically from in-side the cab. I also have a monitor in the cab for measuring speed and acres," says Jobgen, who plans to build another self-propelled sprayer this year from a Deere combine.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald Jobgen, 24800 Sage Creek Rd., Scenic, S.Dak. 57780.
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