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west Tennessee | Guys I searched this sight before posting, but didnt come up with any good fence row nozzle ideas other than using some hypro boom extenders, whichh was a great idea and I believe I will get a pair of them. However I just wondered if anyone has come up with a good set up that wont get knocked off or broken. I have a case ih 3320 sprayer and seem to knock thhe fence row nozzles off at least once a month...... DAVE |
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north central Missouri | I am not familiar with your sprayer but on a 3185 I used to weld a extension on to a square tube that slipped over the end of the 1 inch square tubing that the nozzles clamp on it was at a 45 degree angle and just put the same size tip on it and had good luck keeping the fescue from creeping in to the field with that set up had lots of compliments on how the edges I sprayed stayed cleaner than if they sprayed them selves or some one else did it.
Chad |
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Brazilton KS | I just screw on another nozzle body on the end of the wet boom where the drain cap was. |
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| Yeah, I know deere's factory fence rows were pricey. I didn't get them on mine mainly because of price but wondered about em getting smacked. I would think anything TOO sturdy would transfer the lick to the boom and give you more problems, but I haven't checked out any of the aftermarket designs.
Good help these days is about non-existent, but your best bet would probably be giving a driving lesson or simply switching drivers, upgrading the boom banging yay-hoo behind the wheel is usually the cheapest improvement you can make. My family just gave up and we do all the driving ourselves. It sure helps having someone who respects the equip, and its price, behind the wheel.
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Brazilton KS | If we replaced the boom-banging yay-hoo behind the wheel I'd be out of a job/ |
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Flandreau, SD | Just lift the boom up and tap the top of the posts! Gave up of fence row nozzle long ago. |
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west Tennessee | I hear ya plowboy, same here!!!! Conrad thanks for the compliments on my driving.......lol...... no offense taken by the way........ I put about 700 hours a year on a sprayer, ussually trade em every two years, and I put every hour on it myself, last year was a bad dry year only 550 hours. maybe this will explain my "rough driving". guess I should have clarified my post a little, I have factory fence row nozzles from case, they are controled electronically from the cab. they feed off a 1/4 inch nylon hose independent from the wet boom, however they are configured into my viper rate controler. they consist of a 1/4 inch stainless nipple 6 inches long clamped onto the main boom. on the end of the nipple was a plastic single swivel nozzlebody with a flat fan tip. I need to first protect it from tree limbs, brush etc. with a steel guard. bu then theres my next problem of is the single flat fan tip really adequate for doing anything other than spraying a 15 inch border? or do I put a noxxle in there that will give me some real reach? I would like to have about 6 ft, the hypro boom extenders look great but then they cover too much, 16 ft at 4 ft off the groud. most of my spraying is more like 5 feet off the ground. looking at the hypro charts, if you used the boom extender nozzles to apply an equal amount of gpa I would needa a tip that has a 3/8 or 1/2 inch thread, but I doubt you could feed that tip with the little ol 1/4 inch nylon tube thats feeding the fence row nozzles. I really like the idea of placing the boom extender nozzles on the wet boom ends, but I havent figured out how to get the foam to drop 16 feet further out there lol lol................ DAVE |
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NE SD | Have they changed them? Both of our Deeres have had fence row nozzles and we've never broken one. I know they've been on the ground because one of the guys that used to work for us came back in the yard several times with the tie straps holding the foam marker hoses broke....and yes.....I've done it myself turning too fast. Have to forgive me though, I put about 20 hours a year on the sprayer is all. |
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SW Ohio | I just added a couple of all stainless hollow cones mounted in a metal tee, sorta tucked into the end of the truss boom, no drip on the other end of nipple and plumbed it into agitator pump with a solenoid valve, that way it doesn't take away from the regular boom and I can turn it on or off at will, a heavy dose of R-UP will defoliate most trees and some urban gardens and flower beds, leaves a nice dead zone for those who don't respect the property line, good coarse droplets that don't drift too far. |
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Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums. | The Ro-gator has air controlled quick stops on the ends. I like these becuase they are 3/4 pipe thread. I just put a reducer in and used a flood jet on a 45 degree angle. You could do the same thing whether they're air or electric. They are set back behind the main boom so that the boom gets hit and not the fence tip. I didn't have any fence tips for when I sprayed with the booms folded in to 60ft. So I bought some cheap 1/4 texas industrial remcor solenoid valves. then just ran a 1/4 hose and put a swivel nozzle body pointing out under the boom. the 60 foot fence tips are electric. A picture would be worth a lot here, I know. If you care, I'll take a pic tomorrow. I really like air valves better, but they're more expensive. I absolutely loved the ag-chem booms. When I was in Tulare, Ca a few weeks ago, I noticed one of the few things they haven't changed since Agco took over, is the ag-chem 90 foot boom. Complete breakaway is nice if you ask me. |
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Hershey, PA | XP boomjet nozzle will get you about 10 feet of reach at 24 inch height. Mount it on the back side of the boom and in from the end so the boom will protect the nozzle from collisions. It is hard to get tangled in a fencerow from 10 feet away. http://horvick.com/2007catalog/ page144 |
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fence row nozzles........ any good pics or ideas?
