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Convert Mist Sprayer to Boomless
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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1803886" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I believe that used to be called a Hamilton boomless nozzle & they work pretty good.</p><p>That would probably be a better choice than the small Fimco mini boom and it's 3 poly nozzles if for no reason than durability, but # of pieces also would be part of it. I had trouble finding repair parts for those 2 end nozzles on the Fimco-had to buy the whole end piece and they were around $70 ea. </p><p></p><p>I've never had a mist sprayer but did build my own trailer mounted unit back around 2010, using both a Fimco mini boom and a Tee-jet cluster nozzle. Fimco at that time used what they called a Hypro nozzle on each end of the boom and a different one in the center. You'll want to keep that mini boom's nozzles out of the sunlight i when not in use..UV will make them brittle and do understand that if you take one apart, Pieces can go everywhere from spring pressure if you aren't careful. Did have squirells chew one of the end nozzles up the first winter I had it too.</p><p></p><p>The brass cluster nozzle tho is trouble free as long as you match the tip sizes to your pump, as Brute indicated. I was using a 6 roller PTO pump and could easily spray a 40' swath at around 4 MPH from a 330 gal tank with big droplet sizes. (I usually only filled it to around 200-250 gals).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]30000[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30001[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I did not use electric solenoids. If I wanted to stop spraying, I just kicked the PTO out and the pump stopped. Used a manual valve to switch from Fimco to Tee Jet, to mixing/agitating. [ATTACH=full]30002[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1803886, member: 18945"] I believe that used to be called a Hamilton boomless nozzle & they work pretty good. That would probably be a better choice than the small Fimco mini boom and it's 3 poly nozzles if for no reason than durability, but # of pieces also would be part of it. I had trouble finding repair parts for those 2 end nozzles on the Fimco-had to buy the whole end piece and they were around $70 ea. I've never had a mist sprayer but did build my own trailer mounted unit back around 2010, using both a Fimco mini boom and a Tee-jet cluster nozzle. Fimco at that time used what they called a Hypro nozzle on each end of the boom and a different one in the center. You'll want to keep that mini boom's nozzles out of the sunlight i when not in use..UV will make them brittle and do understand that if you take one apart, Pieces can go everywhere from spring pressure if you aren't careful. Did have squirells chew one of the end nozzles up the first winter I had it too. The brass cluster nozzle tho is trouble free as long as you match the tip sizes to your pump, as Brute indicated. I was using a 6 roller PTO pump and could easily spray a 40' swath at around 4 MPH from a 330 gal tank with big droplet sizes. (I usually only filled it to around 200-250 gals). [ATTACH type="full"]30000[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]30001[/ATTACH] I did not use electric solenoids. If I wanted to stop spraying, I just kicked the PTO out and the pump stopped. Used a manual valve to switch from Fimco to Tee Jet, to mixing/agitating. [ATTACH type="full"]30002[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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