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["V. Michael Bove Jr." <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>]

I used a hand-held sprayer for years, then I had too many trees and  
went to a 4-gallon Solo backpack, but wearing that over a Tyvek  
bunnysuit in 90 degree weather got to be too much for me, so I bought  
a Fimco powered trailer sprayer that I can pull with my lawn tractor  
and is big enough that I can do all the trees without refilling. On  
sale at Tractor Supply it was only about twice the price of the Solo.

Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border, orchard currently a huge pond with  
mallards swimming in it)

On Apr 2, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Erdman, James wrote:

> I feel differently about my Solo backpack sprayer.  I used a hand  
> held sprayer for years, until it rusted out, and then discovered  
> that the local Fleet Farm had the Solo sprayers at a great price  
> (sadly, they only had them for one season).  I like the Solo a lot.   
> It is easy to pump up, while walking around, and I don't spill when  
> I fill it so I don't worry about getting wet from the sprayer on my  
> back.  It's one of those tools that I wish I had gotten decades ago.
>
> Jim, in Menomonie WI
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> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of loneroc
> Sent: Thu 4/1/2010 5:40 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] backpackk sprayers
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>
> Hi Jerry,
>
> I have about the same number of trees.  I use a Solo 3-gallon  
> backpack sprayer.  Solo was recently bought out by another company  
> whose name escapes me but Solo is still on the box.  I got mine from  
> a wholesale nursery supply company.  I saw it at The Home Depot  
> recently.  It is fairly heavy--I'm a big guy.  It's kind of a pain  
> to hoist the thing onto your back.  My biggest problem is that you  
> always have to suit up--the pack always gets wet from filling it--if  
> you get a little poison dust on the pack you have to spray it off.   
> If you overflow or splatter a bit when filling you have to spray it  
> off and again you're dripping wet.  I now generally use a three  
> gallon hand sprayer that allows me to just use gloves--a lot of my  
> sprays are non- or not very toxic and it's just more comfortable to  
> use.  If your land is rough the backpack sprayer might be the way to  
> go.  If not, get a large cannister type and buy a long extension for  
> the nozzle--I hav e a 4 foot brass one that lets me aim the spray  
> well.  Then carry the thing in your hand, set it down when you can,  
> and spray away.
>
> Steve H.
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>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: Jerrydana5@aol.com
>         To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>         Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:47 PM
>         Subject: [NAFEX] backpackk sprayers
>
>         
> 	Does anybody have any recommendations for backpack sprayers for  
> fruit trees? How durable are they?  How usable?  I have about 25  
> trees.  Jerry in southern Indiana
>
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