Market Farming

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Subject:	Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers
Date:	Thu 03/27/2008 11:38 AM

I found a Birchmeier sprayer on Gempler's website (for comparisons, go to Gempler's 
backpack sprayers and find their comparison chart. 
No, I am not a Gempler's salesman!  The Birchmeiers are $265-275, compared to ~$90-120 for a 
Solo.  Is there somewhere else that we can look, where the price 
difference is not so great?  My understanding is that piston pump 
sprayers are not conducive to use with wettable powders.  But, it would 
seem to me that if the piston is external, it may not be affected by 
particle wear, although I don't know that for sure.  Can anyone confirm 
or dispute that?  Does anyone else have comments re the virtues of 
piston pump units vs. diaphragm units?  Any other features to be 
considered?

Kurt Forman 
Clearview Farm 
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- aballiett AT frontiernet.net wrote:

From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Backpack sprayers
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:27 -0400

I paid about 30% more than I'd pay for a Solo  for a Birchmere (?) 
backpack sprayer. It's WORLD's better than the solo, worlds! Just the 
ease of cleaning the pickup makes it worth way more than the solo.

As far as the motor. Doesn't sound too GREEN to me!

-Allan
West Virginia

>Does anyone on the list have experience using backpack sprayers?  Solo
>seems to be the most widely used and available brand.  Are there
>others?  Is the Solo model with the electric pump worth the extra money
>over the hand pump model?  Thanks.
>
>-John
>
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>John Hendrickson
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Kurt Forman Clearview Farm Palmyra, NY 14522