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SW Nebraska | Tom,
Several years ago I took a container trailer, less the container, and built my own. I put a 1650gal tank on the front, it has room for 4-250gal totes, 2 pallets, and pumps. I also haul my Rogator on the back. The trailer is a 48' model and with the tank full of 32-0-0, 4 full totes and the sprayer (empty product tank) I gross 78,800. That was all by dumb luck but that is how it turned out. I have a friend who did the same thing only he put a 3200gal tank on his, the room for it is there.
I usually do not have much for help so I usually run as a one man show. I cover approx. 15,000 ac annually. Half of my acres are done at 5gpa so I get 320ac out of a semi fill. The convenience and logistical advantages make the trailer worth it in my opinion but the kicker is the hours on your sprayer. I used to figure on putting 500hrs a year on my sprayer, since I built the trailer my hours have dropped to 200 annually.
I built it with the ability to slide the sprayer pullouts in when not hauling the sprayer, in reality I have never moved them it. I would have built them solid and saved a lot of hassle. | |
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Need advice on building or buying a dropdeck sprayer tender trailer
