Re: Sprayers
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Sprayers
- From: "* <t*@greynet.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 06:42:43 -0400
I hope you wear a resperator and a rain coat when you do all that spraying.
Safety first.
Troy
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: From: res <res@colfax.com>
: To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
: Subject: Sprayers
: Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 10:47 PM
:
: Pumpkin Flower, No advice on where to get one but before you buy one try
: it on, they can be miserable. I do commercial weed control on remote
sites
: of Corp. of Eng. land. As much as possible I try to use my 150 ft of
: airhose on an ATV. When that fails I use a backpack. I always remove
the
: cheap plastic straps that come with the sprayer and in my case I remove
the
: plastic wand and go to metal. I replace the straps with a backpack
harness
: and chest strap made of webing and adjustable. I then add a backpad(the
: centerpiece of an old life vest or a sample square of deeppile carpet).
: The srayer straps, original, are not well enough padded to stop the
cutting
: action on your shoulders, they also let the sprayer roll backward to rest
: on your hips(not good). Once you are setup tape the sprayhose to the
right
: or left(depending on which you spray with) front lower part of the frame.
: This way when you put the sprayer on you don't have to chase the hose, it
: will be right there by your hand. The above modification let me run one
: upto 10-12 hrs a day with minimal hurt. I try to buy in the $60. range
so
: I can afford my xtras. The harness I buy is very well padded in all
: contact points. You have to have a cheststrap or bellyband to prevent
the
: rollback motion. My work motto is to avoid them as much as possible but
: its not always. Have fun. Roger
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