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Tree Sprayers - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Posted by Andrew Greess on Jun 29, 2011

A landscaper called off our website and asked for a quote for a weed control sprayer / tree sprayer. He said he wanted a 30 gallon tank with spray boom. I asked him how he was going to use the sprayer. He said he was going to spray weeds with the boom and spray 40-50’ tall trees with the hose & spray gun. I poin […]

Gator Spray Rigs - Do You Know What You're Getting?

Posted by Andrew Greess on Jun 23, 2011

When buying weed control sprayer in a John Deere Gator, it is important to know who you are dealing with and what you are getting. Customer solicited several bids and appears to have selected the low bid for 4 gator spray rigs (we were not the low bidder). All 4 sprayers were different & all 4 had problems that the client brought us to ad […]

Weed Control Sprayer - Little Things Matter

Posted by Andrew Greess on Jun 14, 2011

weed control sprayer brought in by client with numerous problems. Some problems were big some problems were small. When it comes to weed control spray rigs, even the small stuff matters. As you can see in this photo, the transfer hose used has already split on this sprayer, after only a few month's use. The plastic fitt […]

Weed Control Sprayers - How do you fix this?

Posted by Andrew Greess on Feb 27, 2011

Weed control sprayers must be well designed to support your company's productivity. You have often heard me discuss how weed control spray rigs must also be designed for ease of maintenance. Here is a perfect example. A client brought us this skid mount prayer that had been mounted on his trailer.In order to service thi […]

Weed Control Sprayer - Don't Lift All that Weight

Posted by Andrew Greess on Feb 19, 2011

Weed Control Sprayer requested by customer was not a good idea in my mind. Customer requested VALVED QUICK DISCONNECTS on hose end. Quick disconnects are a great idea. They allow technician to quickly change tools for different jobs and to remove tools for repair, maintenance and storage, and allow the gun to spin preventing hose twi […]

Power Spray Rig – Little Things Cost You Money

Posted by Andrew Greess on Nov 10, 2010

A weed control technician came in and said the Honda engine on his weed control sprayer wasn’t working properly. It turned out the engine contained bad gas and the culprit was quickly identified. The technician had left the cap off the gas can used to fill the Honda engine. It had rained recently and the rain water contaminat […]

Spray Pump - Clean Out or Throw Out!

Posted by Andrew Greess on Oct 25, 2010

Our client brought us the Gear spray Pump from his Weed Control Sprayer and asked us to fix it. One look told us what the problem was. The pump had never been cleaned out and the herbicide coagulated inside the pump. Among other problems, the pump shaft snapped because the gears were stuck with herbicide. The photos of the pump and filter a […]

Spray Equipment Clean Out - Expensive Lesson

Posted by Andrew Greess on Jul 5, 2010

The Hypro D30 Diaphragm Pump on this Weed Control Sprayer was totally destroyed because the technician did not check the spray equipment filter. Here is a photo of the filter: The clogged filter caused the weed control sprayer pump to run dry and hot. Eventually the diaphragms burst and the oil ran out of the pump. The tech […]

Landscape Sprayer Pump Woes — Visit to Learn More

Posted by Andrew Greess on Nov 18, 2009

Technician brought his Landscape Sprayer in yesterday and said we wasn't getting any pressure. One look at his Diaphragm Pump and we could see it was leaking oil from the oil reservoir. He had tried to stop the leak by putting a plastic bag under the cap. The cap to the oil reservoir was cracked. Once we replaced the cap […]

Weed Control Sprayers - Kind of Biggish Idea #2.57

Posted by Andrew Greess on Nov 20, 2007

Want to get more life from your weed control sprayers? Don't push your equipment to its limits. Our experience is that techs run weed control power spray rigs at high speeds to get done quickly, and tend to overpressurize B&Gs and backpacks. All of these actions will reduce sprayer life. Your power spray rig can run at ex […]

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