Trailed sprayer tractor size

[Highashgrange]

Found a 5000l chafer sprayer with 36m booms I like the look of. We are flat land and do liquid fertiliser. What size of tractor would you think is needed and what size hydraulic pump?

 

[Midnight plough boy]

Dead flat? 130hp 4wd

 

[Against_the_grain]

5000l trailed here on 160hp. Pulls it fine, slow on the road, will change to 180 next time.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

narrow wheels for rowcrop work or same all year? puma 200cvx on 710s here on a horsch 4000L 28m then onto a puma 155 (chipped) for row crop work

 

[CORK]

Dead flat? 130hp 4wd

Agreed

maybe another 20hp would be useful for the hydraulically driven water pump.
A lot of tractors have pto power boost nowadays anyway.

 

[tr250]

I’d say if it is all flat land it might be best to have the smallest tractor you can get away with for grain carting in the summer no use having a smaller one and then not being able to use it when there’s no spraying to be done

 

[Scots_Knight]

No experience with trailed sprayer but just a thought.

Do you need to completely fill it or just perhaps 3/4 or whatever your current tractor will handle, that's pretty much what a local farmer I know does.

If you get a bigger tractor someday you've all the sprayer capacity you'll ever want.

 

[Against_the_grain]

Good point about hyd flow. This can be overlooked

 

[Steevo]

I have a 4000l 24m Guardian here. 130hp was too small imo. Not enough weight in the tractor not to be thrown around.

Use 180hp now and it’s a much happier match.

36m booms will be quite some weight and more leverage. Not to mention bigger tank and the Sentry is an even heavier build.

 

[ollie989898]

Travel speed is going to be steady surely with only 130hp?

 

[Flatlander]

Keep in mind liquid fertilizer is heavier than water as well. Will make a difference too if your on direct drilled ground or ploughed and combi drilled.

 

[Thomas Simpson]

Used to run a chafer 5000l 30m on a t7040 with liquid fert, it was fine until we hit some hills and then switched the chip in gear. 180-200 hp should be fine with no hills.

 

[Will7]

Just been through this. We are flat and felt 175hp would be adequate, but went for 230hp as it would act as a back up to my ageing drilling tractor. I prefer the longer wheelbase of the larger tractor for transport.