Made-It-Myself Bucket Sprayer

Made-It-Myself Bucket Sprayer MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pumps Dale Dorris of Enid Mo made a portable sprayer with a 5-gal bucket “It’s an easy idea ” he says “I run a lawn care business and wanted something portable to take along on jobs A 5-gal bucket is easy to stick in a truck for when I need to spray Roundup on my customers’ lawns ” The semi-portable sprayer is his invention “I just happened to know I would need a spray pump on a 5-gal bucket ” he says “It’s a 35-psi pump But the most important detail is that you’ve got to have a breather tube on the bucket Otherwise the pump will suck the bucket bottom I also added an inline switch for easier control ” The sprayer took Dorris an hour to make “The longest step was drilling a hole into the line ” he shares “All you need is a 5-gal bucket with a lid But make sure you use stainless-steel screws so that they won’t rust at the contact with the chemicals inside ” Dorris estimates that the pump cost him $40 to $50 while the wand was another $15 He also paid about $1 per foot of tubing “Then you need an extension cord for the pump so you can move it around a bit ” he says He keeps the sprayer in the back of his truck for easy access while managing his lawn business but he’s also found it manageable to transport on a four-wheeler “This bucket sprayer is a straightforward project so long as you have a mind for solving problems ” he says “It’s as simple as hooking a pump to the tank sprayer I’m just using a 5-gal bucket instead ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dale Dorris Enid Mo 38927 ph 662-647-5752

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