Posted by HeyPigFarmer on July 18, 2008 at 05:32:44 from (74.126.10.67):
This year the local crop service did a horrible job of spraying dang near every inch of dirt that we farm. We have the weediest wheat I have ever had, the spray "Didn't work" for a 180ft path on one of our fields of soybeans, we had them respray 120 acres of corn that they said they would do for the cost of application only, then billed us full rate. So I'm thinking of doing my own spraying. I came across an ad for a 92 Melroe 220 4 wheel sprayer, with the Raven 440 monitor, and a 4cyl diesel for $7500. I don't know much about these things, I was wondering if anyone out there has had one, used one, or knows what to look for on it, or maybe even to just stay the heck away from it.
The other thing I was looking at was getting a set of saddle tanks and a 3pt boom for our TW10. I would like to get one at least 60ft wide. But I haven't used a set up like that either and thought the self propelled self contained unit might be a bit easier to deal with.
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