ATV boom sprayer DIY plans?

[txfireguy2003]

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out how to rig up a boom sprayer for my 4-wheeler. I have a 15 gallon tank with a pump, the kind you buy at TSC, but it just has the hand held wand. I want to create a boom so that I can spray a wider patch with some herbicide to prepare my plot so I can plant weed free. I was looking last night at all the parts I needed on tractorsupply.com, but was confused. Their website has the spray tips, tubing and sprayer bodies I would need, but doesn't give any information as to how much flow or pressure is needed to support those tips. It also doesn't have any information on how much coverage I can expect to get out of one tip, only an angle of 80 degrees (spray pattern). Have any of you built a DIY boom sprayer, and if so, what parts did you use and how well does it work?

[game stalker]

I'm doing the same thing, I think 3 of the yellow tips will spray around 7 feet and they said to use the 2,1 gpm with 50 psi pump

[txfireguy2003]

Thanks Stalker, I figured after a full day, I'd have a ton of answers, guess this isn't something a lot of guys build. I just did the trig and it looks like an 80 degree nozzle, placed 36" above ground level, will cover 60". That seems like a lot, but math (if I did it right) doesn't lie. Arctic Cat lists the overall height of my 4 wheeler as 49", but I'm certain that's at the handlebars. If that's the case (doesn't seem that tall), then the seat and rear rack would be close to 40", in which case, an 80 degree nozzle would cover 77", so three of them would be 231" or basically 19'3"!!!! That also doesn't sound right at all. Now, if your boom is 40" above the dirt, but the plants you're spraying are 18" tall, you're only going to get coverage as if the boom was 22" high, or 36" per nozzle, so 3 nozzles would give my 9 feet, with some double coverage in shorter grass. Sounds like an adjustible boom would be beneficial so that you could adjust the spray pattern depending upon what you were spraying, be it tall thick grass, or short ground cover.

[texas bound]

How did this turn out for you? I'm looking at building one myself

[stxcowboy]

northern tool has a boom less sprayer will do bout a 10 ft path around 90 bucks I use mind quite a bit.

[dustoffer]

Buddy was considering the same thing, but after talking to another buddy who runs an ag supply house, he is buying a commercial model from him instead of the homeowner-type rig from TSC. The Ag guy says there is no comparison between the two--and I trust him completely (and he lets me hunt his place too).

[texas bound]

northern tool has a boom less sprayer will do bout a 10 ft path around 90 bucks I use mind quite a bit.

Can you post the model number? I cant find one for that price.

[txfireguy2003]

I never got around to building it. Shortly after posting, i inherited a commercial pesticide sprayer, which still needs a boom as it's set up with a hose and hand nozzle right now. I just haven't gotten around to messing with it, too many irons in the fire and too dry to manage a food plot the last couple years anyway.