- Location
- Worcestershire
Forget knight. You will fix it more than drive it. Bateman would be top of the list for me
Buying a high hr self propelled sprayer?
- Thread starter benny6910
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If your tall Bateman would be top of my list and we've got a brand new Househam I fit ok but my boss is a few inches taller than me and I can see he'll be struggling.
There's an older knight near us and is well known to us and spends a lot of time with a toolbox open alongside it.
If we didn't want the clearance I'd definitely go for a front and back tank or demount. The hydrostatic is something I think I'll get used to but I've sprayed probably 500 acres now and I'm not really liking it on hills being used to mechanical drive great on the level tho
There's an older knight near us and is well known to us and spends a lot of time with a toolbox open alongside it.
If we didn't want the clearance I'd definitely go for a front and back tank or demount. The hydrostatic is something I think I'll get used to but I've sprayed probably 500 acres now and I'm not really liking it on hills being used to mechanical drive great on the level tho
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Bateman for me every day of the week. The service is second to none. Plenty about still giving good service @10,000 hrs.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
I've not worked on other SP sprayers, so this is a bit one sided, but when you get under the surface of a Bateman sprayer it's like an engineer's wet dream. A level of attention to detail that you don't see on a tractor, combine or much else.
Lukehaynes
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- Location
- Surrey
Although my Bateman has many less hours than you are looking at I would highly recommend them, the machines are simple, which makes them simple to fix, they are very helpful on the phone at the factory, parts always arrive next day, when you have a serious problem they endeavour to get you up and running in as short a time as possible. Wheel motors will be your only major expense if they go.
- Location
- West Wales
Ironically the knight (2011) has been the best i’ve Driven for hydro and being able to get exact speed I wanted after turning on the headlands, also simplest joystick control and computer to be fair.
Drove a house ham Super sprint for a while, 13k+ on the clock and it was very very tried but it did well for its age. Drove a AR4000 (2008?) the mapping screen worked well but the rest of the machine didn’t, comfortable but you couldn’t pinpoint an exact speed pass after pass.
10 years ago I Drove quite a few Bateman RB15/16/25’s, nice machines but they didn’t have VG booms or any type of gps/screens due to their age but you could certainly get on in a quick nimble machine. I never got on with the contour boom but the aim was to always spray over 15kmh.
If it was up to me i’d have the cab/controls of the knight on the body/chassis of a Bateman.
Don't discount Chafer SP's I've got a 418, lovely machine to use! Teejet controller and section control really simple to use. Does 45Kph on the road, loads of power, very light, on Mich VF tyres it will nearly walk on water! Great boom really rides well! And they seem to be a lot cheaper to buy? People seem to think because they aren't made any more its hard to get parts but basically all the SP manufactures use Rexworth pumps and Poclain wheel motors.
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
When did they stop making them?
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
What are the main things to look for on a used Bateman?
I see some have been repinned is this on the boom?
I see some have been repinned is this on the boom?
- Location
- West Wales
An engine, boom, tank and wheels usually helps....
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Have you spoken to Craig Scott at Insch?
He knows his stuff on sprayers, and has a couple Batemans for sale.
fieldfarmer
Member
Also check kingpins and bushings , and have some one rock the steering while underneath looking at ball joints , to re pin and bush and a few ball joints could get towards £1000 a axle.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
As above, kingpins like to wear, but are relatively cheap to re-pin and bush.
Booms should fold evenly and been straight when open - check for leaks on dampers and perished rubber on the indespension units. Boom pivots wear, but there is loads of adjustment to compensate.
Parallelogram linkage bushes can wear and will affect boom stability - check for movement while rocking boom horizontally.
The NSTS checklist is a pretty good guide for checking over a sprayer, everything else - motors, pumps, engine maladies, etc you are going to have to take a gamble on.