Budget Sprayer

Reggie.

Well lads and lasses,

Looks like I'm gonna have to pick up a sprayer for the reseeding work. Looking at getting a 1000lt sprayer. Thinking of the cheapish types of sprayers as it's mainly gonna only be for spraying off grass and the odd post emergence job.

Thinking of the likes of jarmet, tolmet or that kinda make.

Not well up on sprayers at so what features are a must and nice to have.......

Over to you, ye beautiful lot

Mooooo

What are your customers like 're water supply and area to be covered? Baling contractor here picked up a second hand trailed sprayer from the UK, can do about 20 acres depending on water requirements but the boom can go up and spray over fencing posts as well so handy that way for paddocks. Dunno what it cost but I think it was about 10 yrs old, but they would be good on gear, same as yourself I spose

50HX

Must

Galv booms + frame,
Fill level
Handwash tank
Anti drip nozzles
Self fill for that size tank


Nice

Hydraulic folding booms but it's not a budget sprayer then

Control unit inside the cab if you doing a lot of spraying

Reggie.

Mooooo wrote: »

What are your customers like 're water supply and area to be covered? Baling contractor here picked up a second hand trailed sprayer from the UK, can do about 20 acres depending on water requirements but the boom can go up and spray over fencing posts as well so handy that way for paddocks. Dunno what it cost but I think it was about 10 yrs old, but they would be good on gear, same as yourself I spose

Most jobs are around the 10 acre size. That's why I was going for the 1000lt really.

Reggie.

Reggie. wrote: »

Most jobs are around the 10 acre size. That's why I was going for the 1000lt really.

To best my knowledge,alot of nozzles/gauges/controls etc are interchangable and relatively cheap


Pump wise,there isnt much to go wrong on this size model

Once.its booms are galvanised and even basic maintenance/looked after/cleaned after use....it should last years

hopeso

One of these would cost a bit more than a Jarmet, but they are still in the budget range of sprayers. Certainly worth having a look at anyway...... https://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/1000-ltr-par/24699945?campaign=14

3 the square

Have abbey myself with years great piece of kit
It was cheap back then might be worth a phone call

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Well lads and lasses,

Looks like I'm gonna have to pick up a sprayer for the reseeding work. Looking at getting a 1000lt sprayer. Thinking of the cheapish types of sprayers as it's mainly gonna only be for spraying off grass and the odd post emergence job.

Thinking of the likes of jarmet, tolmet or that kinda make.

Not well up on sprayers at so what features are a must and nice to have.......

Over to you, ye beautiful lot

Jarmet seems the way to go on budget and spare parts . Looking at a 1200 litre with Hydraulic booms boom , its 2nd hand but didn't spray 100 acres . Will do me for years.

Downtown123

Had a jarmet. It was alright. Wasn’t using it a whole pile. Had it about 10 years. It got shook from road work and wasn’t worth fixing up in the end. Went with a fairly standard hardi (600L) and it seems not too bad but a much better build quality than the jarmet. It cost about 1000-1500 extra but I’d be hoping it’ll last 20 years.
Around the time we were buying there was a local fella who’d be fairly correct passing with an immaculate DB 996 and 30 year old hardi going off to do a days spraying. The whole set up was immaculate.
Regarding jarmet, These “galvanized” frames are a load of rubbish imo. They’ll get shook in no time if you’re doing a lot of road work.

FarmerDougal

Downtown123 wrote: »

Had a jarmet. It was alright. Wasn’t using it a whole pile. Had it about 10 years. It got shook from road work and wasn’t worth fixing up in the end. Went with a fairly standard hardi (600L) and it seems not too bad but a much better build quality than the jarmet. It cost about 1000-1500 extra but I’d be hoping it’ll last 20 years.
Around the time we were buying there was a local fella who’d be fairly correct passing with an immaculate DB 996 and 30 year old hardi going off to do a days spraying. The whole set up was immaculate.
Regarding jarmet, These “galvanized” frames are a load of rubbish imo. They’ll get shook in no time if you’re doing a lot of road work.

+1 for the hardi, I went 600L 12m ip boom low drift nozzles, well put together, last hardi was here 30 years was only 200l but sprayed a lot of ground, get what you pay for

mythos110

I traded up from a 400l YES to a 600l Jarmet there about 2 years ago. Parts are easy to get a cheap enough - although I haven't had to changes anything on it yet! The winch for raising and lowering the boom is handy as you don't need tools and only takes about a minute to do.

A good farmers machine in fairness and at the price they come at its an ideal machine for the work I have to do with it.