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| 1. Buy whatever has support in your area, they all break down and they’re always full of chemical. I like your SP idea but that is all I’ve ever had. Remember that you’re probably not spending a million at their store every year and you likely won’t be first on list when things go wrong, if your dad had a bunch of Deere tractors and already have a relationship with Deere service, maybe that’s good route. I just know that it is hard if you have one piece of equipment from let’s say Rogator, the construction outfit with a bunch of cats or the farmer with 4 new Fendts rolling is going to get priority. Learned this the hard way, none of these service outfits have enough help.
2. ROI is quicker than you think, don’t be afraid of a higher dollar sprayer, I would suggest have your dad go in on sprayer with you, then he also has some risk on the fixing side of things. You’re not going to benefit from his $10/acre nearly as much as he will benefit from your timeliness and chemical savings. The chemical savings can be unreal especially during wacky times like Covid.
3. On these used sprayers try to get the technology you want included with it. Autosteer with boom shutoffs for example, very discounted in the used market, some maybe relatively new systems. Technology portion can be expensive to maintain as well so make sure support is good for whatever is in it.
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Decision on buying a sprayer
