Home-Made IBC Sprayer Tote

Home-Made IBC Sprayer Tote SPRAYING New Sprayers Set an IBC tote on a carry-all add a spray pump and a boom and you have a 300-gal 3-pt mounted sprayer While Seth Davis didn’t need a spray tank that big the price was right “We have a small farm with about 7 to 8 acres of pasture ” says Davis “I’ve been spraying multiple products with a 25-gal sprayer on an ATV I was doing a lot of fill spray and refill ” When he bought a bigger tractor he decided it was time to upgrade his sprayer “I wanted a 150-gal sprayer but when I found one the seller wanted $4 000 ” recalls Davis “I looked at pictures of sprayers and decided to gather the components and make one ” The 300-gal tote was the starting point From there he went to Amazon and picked out what he needed such as an 8-roller pto-driven pump with 100 gpm flow He also ordered a pressure regulator and a couple of valves as well as a 4-way splitter “I got pressure gauges for the relief valve and the sprayer ” says Davis “My hoses are all 3/4-in contractor grade and I went with a TeeJet Boominator wide coverage nozzle ” Davis slipped a piece of wood inside the rear side of the metal cage on the tote and screwed the nozzle to it While most components came together easily the pump was a learning experience “I had to double up hose clamps on the pto pump the first time I used it ” he says “To secure the pump I first tried zip ties which snapped immediately My second attempt included adding bolts in holes on the pump and clipping them to the pto cover with a carabiner clip ” When he finished Davis’ costs were well under $4 000 The tote was $100 and the other parts totaled about $850 The carry-all was another $450 “I went with a carry-all instead of a dedicated frame ” says Davis “I only use the sprayer a few times a year but I can use the carry-all other times too ” Davis plans to add a smaller 15-gal tank to the top of the tote for spot spraying “I will power it with a 12-volt pump ” he says “It’ll be handy for spot spraying with weed killer when I’m using the tote for foliar fertilizer ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Seth Davis 840 Numa Byerly Rd Lexington N C 27292 ph 336-497-7268; seth@tigerdog-builders com

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