Very old weed licker

Nekarsulm

Hi, I have an old weedlicker, probably 35 years old.
If anyone has a retired or scrapped one lying in a hedge, I looking for one of the tanks.

Thanks in advance!

lab man

Ya have one I think,I'm going into work now but will look Tomorrow for you

Who2

You'll buy one of the draper ones for around 230 including lance in most machinery spots. I had all the bits priced and ended up just buying a new one after I realised the amount of work in making a good one.

Nekarsulm

Who2 wrote: »

You'll buy one of the draper ones for around 230 including lance in most machinery spots. I had all the bits priced and ended up just buying a new one after I realised the amount of work in making a good one.

Who2, there is no pump on this thing.
Four cylindrical tanks that are filled 3/4 full with a 50/50 water and roundup mix.
The soft silky wick type ropes you see absorb weedlicker from their tank, like the wick of an oil lamp.
Then when you drive along they rub against the weed and the poison is transferred.

Who2

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Who2, there is no pump on this thing.
Four cylindrical tanks that are filled 3/4 full with a 50/50 water and roundup mix.
The soft silky wick type ropes you see absorb weedlicker from their tank, like the wick of an oil lamp.
Then when you drive along they rub against the weed and the poison is transferred.

i Know that, but the hand lance for spot spraying is one of the handiest things about a licker and a tank is a tank is it not.

Base price

My brother bought 2 pumps a couple of years ago, simular to the ones on the weedlickers off ebay for a couple of euro each. I think it cost more to post them to Ireland than the combined cost of them. He uses his one every year attached to a tank to spray the weeds under the fence. He gave me one this year to do the same as I'm sick and tired hauling the knapsack about. I've only used it once around one field and it's working fine. However I found it more difficult to calibrate than the knapsack.

oneten

Base price wrote: »

I'm sick and tired hauling the knapsack about..

Same as that, so here's a bit of labour saving

_Brian

Base price wrote: »

My brother bought 2 pumps a couple of years ago, simular to the ones on the weedlickers off ebay for a couple of euro each. I think it cost more to post them to Ireland than the combined cost of them. He uses his one every year attached to a tank to spray the weeds under the fence. He gave me one this year to do the same as I'm sick and tired hauling the knapsack about. I've only used it once around one field and it's working fine. However I found it more difficult to calibrate than the knapsack.

Calibrate??
What's this black magic you speak of ??

_Brian

For last 6-8 years we've been working with a limp I bought on eBay mounted on a 45gallon barrel. Pump finally gave up this year - seized bearing.

Bought a quad mounted setup from tue quad crowd in Wales, much stronger pump although the hose on the lanse is a bit short.