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  • From: "Joe Hecksel" <jhecksel@voyager.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Old Sprayer?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:01:25 -0400


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Old sprayers spraying tall trees can be sloppy business.

-Joe
>
> Hi All,
>
> This year I get to spray the farm orchard. I am sure my father inlaw
will
> teach me all he knows about the antique sprayer he uses, but does
anyone
> have any experience with OLD orchard equipment?
>
> This sprayer is powered by a PTO from the tractor. It has a wooden,
oak
> spray tank, which has a wood paddle agitator.
>
> The hose end of the sprayer has an adjustable spray head. you can
make a
> wide fan of spray, or a narrower stream that at one time could shoot
over
> standard trees..
>
> It is similar to the one in this picture;
> http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/406995-AAAA%20005.jpg
>
> Any tips on using a sprayer that is most likely twice as old as
> I am? Other than hoping the pressure relief valve does not stick.
>
> From the few bits of info I have found on the web, people stood atop
the
> sprayer (trees were taller) as a tractor pulled it around the
orchard.
> This makes sense of the wood frame in the picture to help someone be
> stable up there.
>
> I still have to spray a handful of tall standard trees planted in
1918
> (yellow tranparent, northern spy, macintosh), but the vast majority
are
> modern dwarfs.
>
> The only non-windy times are dawn and dusk. Any suggestons
appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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