catscratch
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Looking for a new portable boom sprayer. Nothing bigger than 25 gallons. From your guy's experience; what brands should I avoid, and what brands have you been happy with?
Well... I've never used a boomless so I don't know much about how well they work. I have two factors that I worry about; precision and wind. I have a several plots that I really want to have a very precise boundary of where I spray (inches matter where I spray). My fear of a boomless is that it will fan out beyond where I want and kill something not targeted. The wind factor is just that, it's always windy and it seems like a fan of spray would be harder to control than a boom with the nozzles pointed straight down.Curious, why do you want a boom over boomless?
The benefits of boomless sprayer nozzles is that you get the opportunity to buy more chemicals to kill the same amount of weeds because you are squirting droplets sideways towards the leaf edge and stem instead of misting from the top down onto the leaf surface.Well... I've never used a boomless so I don't know much about how well they work. I have two factors that I worry about; precision and wind. I have a several plots that I really want to have a very precise boundary of where I spray (inches matter where I spray). My fear of a boomless is that it will fan out beyond where I want and kill something not targeted. The wind factor is just that, it's always windy and it seems like a fan of spray would be harder to control than a boom with the nozzles pointed straight down.
Feel free to correct me on these perceived issues as I don't have first hand experience like some of you guys. I'm always open to new ideas. What's the benefit of a boomless?
Lol, I'm not great at reading inflection sometimes but I'm feeling some sarcasm in your post.The benefits of boomless sprayer nozzles is that you get the opportunity to buy more chemicals to kill the same amount of weeds because you are squirting droplets sideways towards the leaf edge and stem instead of misting form the top down onto the leaf surface.
My bad, sarcasm isn't a virtue, I just get tired of guys extolling the virtues of boomless sprayers. I've used both extensively, spraying acres of cherry trees when I was 12 yrs old, sprayed corn for my dad, been spraying food plots for a long time with both types. There's nothing wrong with using a boomless sprayer if that's what you have, It's just that boomless is not equal in coverage to spray booms, and results of chemicals applied to plants depend 100% on the adequate and consistent coverage of the application.Lol, I'm not great at reading inflection sometimes but I'm feeling some sarcasm in your post.
It looks like Crop Care, King, and whatever Tractor Supply sales are doing ok for you guys.
I think I know the answer, but what about Fimco? I think that is what my local store carries. Dogghr mentioned it and didn't seem real positive on it.
Next I need to ask what chainsaw I should buy