Jim--my question about a backpack sprayer is how much pressure does it get?
I have a trombone sprayer, but with not handles (got off of e-bay) so you just
pump on the pipe and it works well, but I'm worn out at the end of 22
trees. Plus it's real work to get it up about 15 feet, which is the
tallest of my trees. On You tube, I saw an ad for a Hudson trombone
sprayer with handles, and it looked wonderful. Lots of power with not too
much effort. I was hoping that with a backpack sprayer, I could pump it up
and spray 2 or 3 trees without pumping again. Am I idealistic?
Thanks. Jerry in southern Indiana
In a message dated 4/2/2010 11:41:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu writes:
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
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.
----- 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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