I'm in the early stages of thinking about/ designing a skid steer sprayer to be used for spot spraying prickly pear. I do a lot of both spot spraying by hand and broadcast spraying on my ranch but I have a lot of cactus that are thicker than what I can do by hand but not thick enough that broadcast spraying would be wasteful. Some of my ideas on the sprayer are:
1. Between 25 and 50 gallon
2. Electric pump (12 v) with in cab control switch
3. Front bar that would push/damage the cactus before the spray hits them (this greatly improves the effectiveness of the spray)
4. Recirculation back pressure valve
5. 2 or 3 spray nozzles with manual valves allowing spray width to be selected
I normally spray prickly pear with Surmount or the generic equivalent. I have a Kubota SVL-75-2 although this idea would work on almost any skid steer.
Any ideas or thoughts on if this would work well or be practical?
1. Between 25 and 50 gallon
2. Electric pump (12 v) with in cab control switch
3. Front bar that would push/damage the cactus before the spray hits them (this greatly improves the effectiveness of the spray)
4. Recirculation back pressure valve
5. 2 or 3 spray nozzles with manual valves allowing spray width to be selected
I normally spray prickly pear with Surmount or the generic equivalent. I have a Kubota SVL-75-2 although this idea would work on almost any skid steer.
Any ideas or thoughts on if this would work well or be practical?
