Which Quad/ATV mounted sprayer with lance.

johngalway

Hi folks,

I don't own a quad yet, so the plan is to slowly acquire bits and pieces first, such as a sprayer. I'll rent a quad as I need to, while saving up for one.

The land is very rough and hilly, steep, rocky blah blah, typical Connemara

My budget isn't very big right now, max 400 - less better - at least until I learn more so I can differentiate between needs and wants.

Most of the spraying I'll be doing is on creeping gorse, rushes, bracken and thistles. The land isn't suitable for towed wipers.

I did read it's best to go for a smaller tank for steep ground so I was thinking of a 50 or 55 litre tank. I'd also like a lance with a decent length pipe feeding it from the tank.

I doubt I'll need a boom (I know I won't get that and a tank/lance for my budget), but I'd like to have the option for the future.

I was a little concerned to read somewhere that some tanks give it hard to get the last few litres of mix out of them on uneven ground. I'm unsure about pumps, whether I need something to mix the herbicides or will the rattling along mix them enough.

Are the ones on Ebay from Swansea any good?

That is the extent of my knowledge of Quad/ATV sprayers right now.

Over to you good people to further my education

ATB,

John

vanderbadger

ya i bought off one of the welsh lads on ebay, the hand lance is very handy in fairness, once the boom once or twice only, you wouldnt be out in the field to be honest when the tank would be empty but you could be spraying for ages with the handlance, seems to be a good powerful pump too, just attach to quad battery and there is an on and off switch, i usually turn it on and lock the lance lance to on and drive on slowly.

snowman707

any chance of the ebay link lads please

I know I could do a search, but am a lazy sod.

vanderbadger

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/55-Litre-Quad-ATV-Spot-Sprayer-System-10-Boom-/390160532140?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL

johngalway

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya i bought off one of the welsh lads on ebay, the hand lance is very handy in fairness, once the boom once or twice only, you wouldnt be out in the field to be honest when the tank would be empty but you could be spraying for ages with the handlance, seems to be a good powerful pump too, just attach to quad battery and there is an on and off switch, i usually turn it on and lock the lance lance to on and drive on slowly.

Did you find any problems with the unit or things which annoyed you? Will it drain the tank fully or does there be mix left and the lance sucking air?

Am torn between the low cost sprayer only, or the more expensive lance and 4' boom. I'm just not fully sure I'd have use for the boom.

vanderbadger

johngalway wrote: »

Did you find any problems with the unit or things which annoyed you? Will it drain the tank fully or does there be mix left and the lance sucking air?

Am torn between the low cost sprayer only, or the more expensive lance and 4' boom. I'm just not fully sure I'd have use for the boom.

ya the boom is probably a waste, the tanks are just too small for booms, have no problems with the tank and lance though yet anyway, will try and get a pic of it tomorrow evening if i get a chance

johngalway

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya the boom is probably a waste, the tanks are just too small for booms, have no problems with the tank and lance though yet anyway, will try and get a pic of it tomorrow evening if i get a chance

Good man, I'd appreciate that

vanderbadger

johngalway wrote: »

Good man, I'd appreciate that

pics

johngalway

Thanks a lot for those photos VB. That looks like a good job for what I want.

- Went ahead and bought the lance one just now. Seemed handy enough for under €200.

johngalway

My sprayer arrived this afternoon. I tried it out on the back yard just off my lamping battery, it's a fantastic job, I'm delighted with it

Dad wasn't at all happy I'd ordered it, gave out stink and didn't want to see it working even :rolleyes: He happened to come out into the yard as I was using it, suddenly now it's a great yoke altogether. Off he went into the sister "Come out and look what we have here". We, no less

Seriously, what can ya do with them!

sea12

johngalway wrote: »

My sprayer arrived this afternoon. I tried it out on the back yard just off my lamping battery, it's a fantastic job, I'm delighted with it

Dad wasn't at all happy I'd ordered it, gave out stink and didn't want to see it working even :rolleyes: He happened to come out into the yard as I was using it, suddenly now it's a great yoke altogether. Off he went into the sister "Come out and look what we have here". We, no less

Seriously, what can ya do with them!

Know the feeling. Have been there several times before.

Always grand once they see it working!!

Best of luck with it!

johngalway

Just an update. I strapped my sprayer to a wheelbarrow and set off with it today It's an improvement on the backpack sprayer though it's murdering me wheeling 60 litres of water around my land :eek:

The sprayer is working great. I got two lengths of hose in Lidl this morning. Wrapped some electrical tape around the pump outlet and needed two jubilee clips to keep the hose on and mix in the hose. The 20 metre hose didn't seem to affect the pump at all and it worked well. I've another 20 metres hooked up for tomorrow (battery ran out of juice ), so I'll see how 40 metres works. Then try 60 out of pure cheek

Very happy with my purchase now

johngalway

castletrader

Can you buy quad bikes off their site and get them delivered to Ireland or are they too bulky?

vanderbadger

johngalway wrote: »

I'le see your barrow and raise you a spray master
no just saw this by chance so said i would stick it up
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tools/1196212

Tipp Man

Lads it's getting to that time of year again when the thistles and nettles and getting out of hand

The knapsack sprayer has come to the end of its life (thank god) so am wondering if one of those quad sprayers could be hooked up to a tractor. We don't, and won't, have a quad but the tractor, a 2008 NH, has the electrical points at the back of the cab. Could i strap 1 of those sprayers to the hydaulics and use the lance?

alternatively i could strap the nephew to the side of the tractor and give him the lance.

will it work??

Also where's best to get them, anybody in the south tipp area sell them? Of do i have to get the Welsh boys involved?

Tipp Man

Or could i power it from the jeep??

49801

how about a traditional small tractor sprayer fitted with those boomless nozzles that spray to the side?

Have a scrap 600l sprayer here with 30ft bruised booms and knackered pump. i've been meaning to get around to having the standard boom in the middle and a side shooting nozzle on one side and a hand lance on the other side. be very handy for spot spraying and cleaning up ditches with grazon 90.

seen some one before who strapped a scaffold plank to the bottom of the sprayer to make a platform for the fellow on the lance to stand on off to one side.

i've feed the lance and hose through the back window and drive along with the lance out the open door

http://www.boominator.com/NozProducts_short.php
or Hypro xt nozzles http://www.hypro-eu.com/en-gb/Our+Products/Spray+Nozzles/Specialist/

good luck

djmc

Yes you can use them with a tractor or a jeep anything with a 12v battery
I used a jeep last year with air con and radio on lance held window great job very fast and holds way more than a knapsac sprayer so done in way less time

Tipp Man

djmc wrote: »

Yes you can use them with a tractor or a jeep anything with a 12v battery
I used a jeep last year with air con and radio on lance held window great job very fast and holds way more than a knapsac sprayer so done in way less time

How did you hook onto the battery? Are there connectors on the sprayer? Any problem closing the bonnet? What kind of sprayer have you got? (sorry for all the questions!)

Think if the jeep is a runner its the way to go

Bodacious

That's a good price John I paid 100 euro alone for a replacement pump for my one! I bought one off eBay quad bike wales mob.. Booms rubbish and bend in a strong wind replaced pump and wiring and they are a disaster to deal with start to finish ... Stay far clear lads!!!

djmc

I got it on ebay from a shop called quad bikes wales
It came with wiring a switch and small alligator clips
Can leave the switch on as the pump cuts on and off as you pull the trigger on the lance
I also got a boomanator with it for spraying covers 25 feet from one jet
Its handy for large bunches of nettles or other weeds
I got a quad this year as the jeep could not go everywhere on my farm hilly with wet rushy veins and not every year will be as dry as this one.

JohnBoy

So john.

are you still as happy with it?

half thinking of getting one of these for spot spraying docks. the price of dock sprays is frightening. we dont have them tooo bad at the moment so thinking of spot spraying with roundup/gallup. could throw it in the jeep and have the missus drive it around while i walk along spraying them.