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  1. Oscar

    Fronteir pushing Wisdom Closed Transfer system, many people fitting ??

    As above , just wondered if many people are modifying sprayers to use IPC s via closed transfer system . Fronteir are subsidizing the kit for a few weeks , not sure about the other " big" firms ( Agrii, Procam, Hutchinson etc) . I am fitting it to my Bateman and got the CT kit to move around...
  2. F

    Diesel versus Petrol powered 3 inch Pacer/Fert Pump

    Looking at speccing our 16000 litre water/fert bowser with a 3 inch engine Pacer pump. The price difference is over £900 for a Kohler diesel over the Honda engine. Will check with supplier, seems the Kohler is a larger HP. Can the Honda manage with pumping fertiliser or is it at its limit? I see...
  3. Pringles

    Spraying in 21m tramlines with a 24m boom.

    What is the easiest way to shut the last three nozzles on a 24m boom to allow it to spray at 21m.
  4. R

    Viton or epdm diamphram check valves

    Wanting to change quite a few 5 way nozzle holders on my Knight sprayer and there are 2 different types of check valve seals available. (EPDM or Viton) Looking at a 5 way hypro pro flo nozzle holder. (Just basic no air shut offs etc) What are the advantages / disadvantages on a sprayer between...
  5. casemx 270

    Glyphosate in ibc

    Anyone use this? Does it work out cheaper? What brand? Have you ordered recently what price? Do you use a wisdom pump? Thanks
  6. CPM RSS

    From small tweaks to high tech

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Spraying technology continues to advance in an effort to help farmers optimise the use of chemistry. CPM scopes out some of the latest innovations to hit the market and others that are just around the corner. By Melanie Jenkins Although...
  7. Old Tip

    Small pto water pump

    Morning looking to build a watering set up for my cattle to use in the summer, landlord’s keen to fence of the rivers and the pasture pump trough won’t work as the distance Is to much. Looked a few solar set ups and they seem very fiddly and unreliable according to the farms using them. My plan...
  8. H

    Best place to buy Lechler nozzles (Yorkshire)

    Hi All, Wondering where the best place is to buy lechler nozzles. New sprayer (24m) to fit out and after a couple of sets (IDKT and standard flat fans) so wondering where the best place to buy in bulk locally or online is if anyone has any suggestions. Tried Y+H agri but they no don't seem to...
  9. CPM RSS

    Grassweeds: Application matters

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF When grassweeds survive post-emergence herbicides, it’s often assumed that the spray hasn’t worked and resistance may be at play. But recent research shows that application matters just as much. CPM reports. By Lucy de la Pasture Two...
  10. Cmoran

    Tolmet sprayers?

    So I’m looking for a sprayer and a local dealer has 1000l tolmet sprayer with 12m booms it looks to be fairly well made but I know nothing about sprayers so looking for advice it will be used to spray 15 acres of barley and some grassland any advice welcome
  11. M

    Liquid fert as antifreeze

    Might put a sniff of liquid fert on barley tomorrow. Would it hurt to leave a little in the system in case it comes cold again. Will wash sprayer off. Many thanks
  12. Agriland RSS

    Michelin and BKT focus on dual-use tyres

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The new year was greeted by two new developments within the tyre world as BKT and Michelin sought to improve the performance of their products. The two manufacturers each have a new tyre to offer and while the BKT item is aimed at trailers and...
  13. Agriland RSS

    Pentair Hypro wins Ivel Award at LAMMA 2023

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Pentair Hypro, a supplier of pumps, nozzles and sprayer components, has won the Ivel Award for the best new product or environmental innovation at LAMMA 2023. The company, which distributes its products to sprayer manufacturers and distributors worldwide...
  14. Flat 10

    Section control on sprayer

    Looking at updating my trailed sprayer and quite a lot come fitted with GPS section control. Not individual nozzle control. So the same thing i currently have but controlled by satellite (I use a lightbar to help with on an offs). My questions are; is it useful/reliable? I currently put...
  15. snarling bee

    Anyone running PWM on their sprayer?

    We are currently specing up a new sprayer and wondered if PWM is reliable and worth the extra investment. We probably have 140 headland corners/bends where it would save time and potentially give a small yield increase/input saving, but I think the numbers are small in the grand scheme of...
  16. YELROM

    Sprayer jets and water volumes

    We have done most of our spraying with billericay bubble jets @100 ltrs /ha as it suited field size but we have just changed to a bigger sprayer with 5 way rotating nozzle holders but with only one set of nozzles fitted What nozzles would you recommend and what rates are you using
  17. PSQ

    Any Trimble specialists here? Adding section control and auto steering to an SP sprayer.

    The brief: convert a 2015 'Redcad' sprayer with existing RDS-34i spray rate control and Hypro 'Duo React' twin line nozzles on air (6x4m sections), to ideally RTK (NTRIP) auto steer and GPS section control. I'm happy to keep the RDS-34i rate controller, but I'm wondering if Field IQ could...
  18. N

    FLEX liquid fertiliser

    Does anyone here use Flex Fertiliser. I’ve a Chafer sprayer with a Hypro pump on it and I was wondering if it’s suitable to use with the Flex fertiliser. And if not what pump would be
  19. S

    Advantage 3 in 1 Feeders

    Interested to know people’s experience with these…. Spoke to the salesman at a show and on paper great but do they work? Looking at them for 2 jobs: 1) for lambs, ewes get into our other feeder or through creep gates when they’ve been sheared so would stop that. 2) calves - as they (apparently)...
  20. Romeogolf

    Older Self propelled sprayers - Case Study results

    There’s has been many debates over the years around the true cost of running older SP Sprayers. Just over two years ago I bought a 2004 chafer mirage with 7000hrs on the clock, and now it has been sold i have gone through my accounts and I can offer an accurate result of the figures. These...
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