View attachment 39807So if I understand correctly, at the moment you will be using it on 100 acres twice a year, so 200 acres sprayed per year. Custom spraying here is 7.50 an acre so $1500 per year, and at sprayer price of$7500, you're looking at a five year payout based strictly on the numbers. Of course the more acres you cover with it the faster that payout comes.
If I were you I would go with the standard model. You don't need the 30" spacing unless you plan on spraying between rows with drops, and you won't do that in a pasture. The electric boom shutoffs is nice, but the manual does the same thing with less long term maintenance.
As far as I'm concerned the foamer and rinse tank are essential. All in all looks like a good unit. If you're buying new maybe you can get one without the extra nozzle spacing but with electric shutoffs if you want it.
I would forgo the aixr tips and get Teejet Turbo Twinjet tips. Best I've ever used. If you have to order them somewhere else, Fertilizer Dealer Supply is outstanding. Their staff is super knowledgeable. They will make sure you get what you need.
I posted the picture quickly, and did not go into a lot of detail about what we have been discussing. Absolutely manual booms. And if you go with a base model and then add the foam marker and the rinse tank it is cheaper than to buy the really nice one with all the bells and whistles as it saves quite a bit. My granson wants it to be very new electronics because he says it will be difficult to keep turning around pulling levers to shut this one off or change it. But I want to get one that they can continue to use after I am no longer in the picture.
When you say get TeeJet Turbo Twinjet tips. Can you tell me what the difference is in these tips? Not doubting what you are saying, but this is how I can learn about the product.
I never buy anything new. So, I keep studying this sprayer because this goes against my nature. But I see the used sprayers that are left sitting outside, and the tubing is dry rotted and tanks have holes busted in them. I don't want to start begging for help to get it ready to spray and then I have another piece of junk to add to things that will get fixed not in my lifetime. I did buy one piece and that was a 10 ft MX10 John Deere cutter. I got that in 2003. 21 years ago.
I do not like to borrow anything. Someone pays for it, and then you wear it out. If you see you are going to need it more than once, and every year, just go ahead and get your own.
We had a man that would borrow our hay trailer every year to haul his hay as it carries 9 bales and you just pull a lever and they roll off. And he baled quite a bit of hay. Then our disc cutter broke in the middle of one field with just a few acres to go, as I think it was where the mower connects to the PTO in the back and there is shaft there that messed up. That was a real eye opener. Probably had about 4 acres left in the field and then would have taken it right back. Used all that rubber on our tires and wear and tear those years he used out trailer. What's with people?? He feeds a lot of cows.
It is just best to have the equipment you need.
One thing I have to think about, Sam wants a larger tractor to run a baler. He has looked at a 4230, as they have one they cleaned up at his work. After seeing that John Deere tractor poll, I was impressed. Not so so sure about those little tiny tractors they have one there as I have not seen a 318 or a 445, but that sprayer won't have to be on that 3020 all the time. And the tank does not always have to be totally full. Just the future fields that I am concerned about.
The ground is flat really but a slight incline hill in one hay field. Then there is one field that has large dipping hills. Looks like part of Reefloot lake Earth quake hills. They plant corn on it, but, if you were to bale it, you better be careful where you let the bale out. It is the 18 acre field.
I came here hoping that someone would help me tweak the sprayer or change my mind. But you have given me more to think about. I do appreciate it.
