Narrow-Wheel In Crop Spot Sprayer

Narrow-Wheel In Crop Spot Sprayer SPRAYING Miscellaneous 18-2-17 "I made this 3-wheel hi-boy spray rig for spraying weeds in my irrigated winter wheat fields," says Bill Copenhaver, Wilbur, Wash. "You can drive it through fields in any direction and do virtually no damage thanks to 4-ft. dia. wheels that are just 1/4-in. thick, with small `grousers', made out of pieces of angle iron, welded to the front two wheels. The rear wheel casters. "The two front drive wheels are chain-driven by individual hydraulic motors on separate valves so I use the valves - which are operated by foot pedals - to steer with. Leaves my hands free to run a spray wand. "The hydraulic pump is a piston-type driven by an 18-hp. Briggs & Stratton motor. The rig is fitted with a 15-ft. spray boom and a 35-gal. spray tank with a 12-volt pump. "You could use this narrow wheeled spray rig to spot spray any solid-seeded crop." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Copenhaver, Rt. 1, Box 88, Wilbur, Wash. 99185 (ph 509 647-2427).

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