Boomless quad and utv sprayers.

[Grassman]

How successful are boomless sprayers?
At present I have a 7 nozzle sprayer boom which is frustratingly narrow on anything other than patch spraying on the quad or utv.
I see 3 nozzle boomless upto 36ft!
Surely the spray pattern must be poor.

 

[neilo]

I tried one several years ago, using Thistlex in grassland. It seemed to work ok at the time, but control was poor and a lot of the thistles & nettles grew back strongly.

I put it down to the droplets being very coarse and coverage poor. I haven't bothered with it since.

 

[Grassman]

I tried one several years ago, using Thistlex in grassland. It seemed to work ok at the time, but control was poor and a lot of the thistles & nettles grew back strongly.

I put it down to the droplets being very coarse and coverage poor. I haven't bothered with it since.

I couldn't imagine how the droplets could be suitable when distributed a large distance

 

[Tony1989]

We have sold quite a few, they are good but I’ve not see one cover what it says on the box

 

[warksfarmer]

How successful are boomless sprayers?
At present I have a 7 nozzle sprayer boom which is frustratingly narrow on anything other than patch spraying on the quad or utv.
I see 3 nozzle boomless upto 36ft!
Surely the spray pattern must be poor.

Use one in a solar farm. It will cover 9m in a pass.

X BOOM

Quite simply a revolution in spray application. This wet boom will cover up to 10 metres in width in one pass!.The nozzles can be independently switched off allowing the operator to spray on one side or the other or just with the centre jet. This makes it ideal for spraying track-ways or land...

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Its fitted to a 225l tank in a polaris ranger. You’ll need your battery fully charged and a high capacity pump to get the pressure and coverage though. Something like this pump.

Shurflo 5050-1310-D011 Pump - 20 l/m 60 psi

The Shurflo 5050-1311-D011 diaphragm pump has been developed for agricultural spraying, chemical transfer and injection applications and are engineered to achieve higher-flow performance, durability and reliability.The Shurflo 5050-1310-D011 Pump includes a unique diaphragm design whereby solid...

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[Mark C]

I bought a boomless kit for my quad sprayer , the idea is good but efficacy isn’t anywhere near as good as a boom as the droplets are so course.

 

[Willie adie]

I was pleasantly surprised with the one here,
I sprayed the edge of a park and end rigs and it made a good job I broadcasts out to 6 mtrs.
But I would like to know if it can be set for a smaller broadcast ie 2 mtrs to do a footpath

 

[warksfarmer]

I bought a boomless kit for my quad sprayer , the idea is good but efficacy isn’t anywhere near as good as a boom as the droplets are so course.

Well ours cleaned up a weedy 78ac solar farm very quickly. I have no issues recommending them BUT you must have a high capacity pump and a fully charged battery.

 

[alomy75]

Well ours cleaned up a weedy 78ac solar farm very quickly. I have no issues recommending them BUT you must have a high capacity pump and a fully charged battery.

Can’t you plug it into your Polaris battery?

 

[warksfarmer]

Can’t you plug it into your Polaris battery?

It is but that needs to be running 100% so basically you need a new one every 12 months.

 

[alomy75]

It is but that needs to be running 100% so basically you need a new one every 12 months.

I see. Do they do an upgraded alternator for them so you can stick a bigger capacity battery on? I had the choice of 3 different output ones last time I bought one for a tractor