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<blockquote data-quote="Highashgrange" data-source="post: 7515851" data-attributes="member: 157851"><p>Hello, I’m looking at taking back our spraying in hand. We’ve had a contractor for a number of years but the timing of applications is getting worse and I think it’s expensive. Basically it’s a total workload of 3000-3500ac per year depending on rotation. We’re paying between £12,000 and £14,000 per year for average service in my view. I’ve got time to do it myself so thinking about buying something for about £40,000 but I’m a bit out the loop sprayer wise as the last one I had was a mounted 21m many years ago. My current contractor is running on 36m with a 5000l tank and I like how it covers the ground quickly but don’t like how much the boom moves around. It has got auto boom height but it doesn’t work well really. </p><p>Clearly I can’t justify anything new and fancy but what’s anybody’s suggestion?</p><p>I’ve only got one tractor so I’m thinking not a mounted because I don’t want to be taking it on and off all the time. Also we do quite a bit of road work towing a trailer so not sure row crops would be ideal for that.</p><p>Trailed maybe but then again still got the row crop issue or an older SP would be the best solution. So should we make the move back to 24m? or do I look for something 36m?</p><p>I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks and going round in circles so looking for a bit of enlightenment from the forum <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😊" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Highashgrange, post: 7515851, member: 157851"] Hello, I’m looking at taking back our spraying in hand. We’ve had a contractor for a number of years but the timing of applications is getting worse and I think it’s expensive. Basically it’s a total workload of 3000-3500ac per year depending on rotation. We’re paying between £12,000 and £14,000 per year for average service in my view. I’ve got time to do it myself so thinking about buying something for about £40,000 but I’m a bit out the loop sprayer wise as the last one I had was a mounted 21m many years ago. My current contractor is running on 36m with a 5000l tank and I like how it covers the ground quickly but don’t like how much the boom moves around. It has got auto boom height but it doesn’t work well really. Clearly I can’t justify anything new and fancy but what’s anybody’s suggestion? I’ve only got one tractor so I’m thinking not a mounted because I don’t want to be taking it on and off all the time. Also we do quite a bit of road work towing a trailer so not sure row crops would be ideal for that. Trailed maybe but then again still got the row crop issue or an older SP would be the best solution. So should we make the move back to 24m? or do I look for something 36m? I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks and going round in circles so looking for a bit of enlightenment from the forum 😊 [/QUOTE]
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