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Food Plot Sprayer

Spencie

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I am looking for a sprayer to put on 4 wheeler or SxS to spray my food plots. Does anyone have experience or suggestions? Right now I am looking at the North Star from Northern Tool 16 gallon spot and broadcast sprayer.
 
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bowhunter1023

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I have the equivalent of the North Star from TSC which is a Fimco. It has the boom attachment. I built a platform for it to make it easy to swap out. On year 4 with it and it's been a great investment. Had to spend some time fixing minor leaks this spring, but wasn't a huge pain and the only maintenance I've done to it.

 
Spencie

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bowhunter1023 said:
I have the equivalent of the North Star from TSC which is a Fimco. It has the boom attachment. I built a platform for it to make it easy to swap out. On year 4 with it and it's been a great investment. Had to spend some time fixing minor leaks this spring, but wasn't a huge pain and the only maintenance I've done to it.
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Do you plug it into your atv or attach to battery?
 
bowhunter1023

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No. I haven't seen a need for it personally. It has an on/off switch and I'll hit it if I need to cut off the spray. I've only used it to spray gly and 2-4D, so I'm not to worried abut regulating flow.

 
cspot

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My Dad has one from Northern tool and it works really well. They don't put a ton of spray down per second, so at my speed I usually go over a plot twice to put down enough gly. Works well as it helps make sure you don't miss any spots. My Dad's has a boomless sprayer.
 
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I use a 25 gl sprayer from Rural King. It came with 2 nozzles but always seemed like one would plug up so I got a good single wide angle nozzle and it works fine with 2-25 ft wide spray area.. I didn't want a boom style sprayer as I have fence post on both ends and I just knew I would swing around and hit them.
I use my son's deep charge boat battery with a on and off switch.
 
Spencie

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Thanks for the advice guys. The North Star 26 gallon sprayer I got worked like a champ over the weekend. I ran it empty then put 3 gallons of water in tank and ran that out to clean hoses. I checked on fields today and it looks like they are starting to die after 2 days. I'm hoping the spray my dad picked up will work, if not I got some Roundup that should finish the job.
 
jagermeister

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Spencie said:
Thanks for the advice guys. The North Star 26 gallon sprayer I got worked like a champ over the weekend. I ran it empty then put 3 gallons of water in tank and ran that out to clean hoses. I checked on fields today and it looks like they are starting to die after 2 days. I'm hoping the spray my dad picked up will work, if not I got some Roundup that should finish the job.
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If you have a Rural King nearby, go pick up a jug of their Drexel glyphosate 41% concentrate. (Glyphosate is active ingredient in Roundup). You can usually get it for about 16 bucks a gallon. And it'll last you a while spraying at 0.5 to 2% solution.

 
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jagermeister said:
If you have a Rural King nearby, go pick up a jug of their Drexel glyphosate 41% concentrate. (Glyphosate is active ingredient in Roundup). You can usually get it for about 16 bucks a gallon. And it'll last you a while spraying at 0.5 to 2% solution.
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Been using this for 6-7 yrs and works great.
 
at1010

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jagermeister said:
If you have a Rural King nearby, go pick up a jug of their Drexel glyphosate 41% concentrate. (Glyphosate is active ingredient in Roundup). You can usually get it for about 16 bucks a gallon. And it'll last you a while spraying at 0.5 to 2% solution.
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Thanks Ill have to go get some, I normally buy the cheap stuff at TSC, might be close to same price, I think they sell it by the 2.5 gallons containers.
 
jagermeister

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at1010 said:
Thanks Ill have to go get some, I normally buy the cheap stuff at TSC, might be close to same price, I think they sell it by the 2.5 gallons containers.
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Yea, it's all the same... Glyphosate is glyphosate. Just find the best price you can.

 
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