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NW Illinois | Have nothing to gauge it to. There are no ground rigs here to look at vs aerial. Ground rigs should increase total applied acreage, should increase performance in distance height drop to target. But if it rains, your screwed waiting for ground to dry and letting the diseases spread while the other platforms are flying all around you. Ground rig is gonna run over crop, just no doubt about it.
What has been discussed in my small group is ground rig. That's my gig, that's an expensive rig used for one application. I don't want or need that machine to replace my rogator to increase it's usable worth. My suggestion has been 25 gpa with a hired semi pulling a water tanker around tendering me. I haul all my own water currently with a pickup and trailer and no way can I do 25 gpa with that setup. So there is another expense per acre for tendering. Hagie, 4 wheel steer, big boom to reduce field damage, 15 inch centers. Considering alternating between drop nozzle in center of row and the 15" center directly above the row hooked directly to the standard nozzle body. All running dual flat fans. It's just so damn expensive to start that, I really don't know if I can afford do it.
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Disease pressure difference in Hybrids.
