Sprayer track width

[jg123]

What track width are people finding the best when spraying cereals and maize when leaving them set all season? Maize drilled at 75cm, cereals are usually on 72 but I can alter that easy enough by swapping a few pipes. Also grow beet but I'm less worried about that as I top dress it with a tractor on 600s so usually half put in my own tramlines

 

[davidroberts30]

60inch

 

[jg123]

Ye that's not happening

 

[Adeptandy]

Mine got set at 78” when I purchased the old Chafer SP

 

[APJ]

Our trailed is set to 80in on 520s only cereals here tho.

 

[jg123]

Just trying to decide if I'm better going 68 and straddle 2 rows or out to 80 and straddle 3.

 

[DrWazzock]

We use 72”. We had 18” beet rows and 36” spud rows so it fitted everything. Neater on the road as well.

 

[jg123]

On 72 now but just changed the sprayer and have the option to alter it now. 72 is workable but quite tight when spraying for fungicide in 6ft tall crop. I'll have to look but presume the next jump down is 68, I doubt there's a hole setting between

 

[DieselRob]

Just trying to decide if I'm better going 68 and straddle 2 rows or out to 80 and straddle 3.

I’ve gone out to 80” and it feels more stable. 14.9” or 380 row crops set at 80” fit within the same footprint as 650s set at 72” so it doesn’t make the tractor any wider on the road

 

[Brisel]

Beware of going wide if you want to legally do more than 30 kph on the road. 80" is 2 metres so you would exceed 2.55m with 600 tyres or wider.

 

[jg123]

80 inch centers you'd be 300 over center on 600s? So about 2.3m?

 

[Brisel]

80 inch centers you'd be 300 over center on 600s? So about 2.3m?

No. 2.6m because you are 300 mm on each side.

 

[jg123]

Quite right. I'd probably pull them in a bit on wides anyway as where ever they are set they will be driving on crop over winter

 

[fieldfarmer]

80 inches here on a bateman, still spoke to them about the tipping point due to some of the "slopes " but told all good, ( it has been over once before).

 

[Chae1]

We do everything at 80" 380s all cereals though.
Made a big difference over 72 previously.

 

[davidroberts30]

Just trying to decide if I'm better going 68 and straddle 2 rows or out to 80 and straddle 3.

68 will defo take out 2 rows of beet,ok if you don't mind

 

[Andy12345]

Just push the wheels out wider on the Rogator at the press of a button on the steeper bits. Rather flatten a bit of crop than be on the side !!

 

[fieldfarmer]

Just push the wheels out wider on the Rogator at the press of a button on the steeper bits. Rather flatten a bit of crop than be on the side !! View attachment 1162535

How wide do you go and how steep are you on ?

 

[Andy12345]

Now in Hants, not found anything so far that gave me the pucker factor like the place I was on last season in dorset ..... that place was an eyeopener!! Only sprayed the rape and some stubbles so far but I'm told there are 2 places to have the wheels out wide , I'll see when we start Wheats and Barleys soon .