High-Visibility Shop-Built Sprayer

High-Visibility Shop-Built Sprayer SPRAYING New Sprayers 19-5-6 Keith O'Dell, New Market, Iowa, says the best thing about the sprayer he built is that he can see every nozzle on the boom from the seat of his tractor. Visibility is good because he made a simple change from the way crop sprayers are usually set up - he mounted the spray boom on front of the spray cart in-stead of at the rear. Heavy tube steel was used to build the cart which is carried by a pair of combine wheels. Smaller wheels - two on each wing of the boom - came off a farm wagon. Booms fold up hydraulically and the sprayer is fitted with automatic spray controls and a foam marker. A hydraulic-driven spray pump makes the rig self-contained. O'Dell just has to hook up hoses. Total cost to build, including new steel, low-profile spray tank, pump, marker and other new parts was $6,500. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Keith O'Dell, Box 110, New Market, Iowa 51646 (ph 712 585-3430 or 3431).

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