11/17/2015 6:11 AM
[quote">Questions I have are:
1. Can you spray in 2nd gear?
2. Do you have to recalibrate the sprayer after each nozzle change, IE blue to white nozzles? Does this mean resetting the bypass valves also?
3. Do you have issues spraying the course at 3.5 mph versus 5.0+ mph. 26 acres of fairways will take a while....
4. Are there any issues of use that I need to know about?
5. Is anyone using for fairways at night?
6. What GPA are you using this machine at?
1. yes. When we have sprayed fairways we have sprayed in 2nd gear, 5.9mph at 45pga
2. "have to"...no. Should you...probably. If you are pressed for time, just go with it, then over winter, you can recalibrate
3. Like i said we have done it at 5.9mph
4. We had some issues with the throttle pedal in the beginning, you had to raise it up with your foot in order to start the machine, or engage the pump. This machine is nice and light on your greens and will handle severe undulations quite well. You will need to kick the agitator off when you get below 50 gals, the amount varies, but watch your gpa when you near that point, it will steadily drop as the liquid levels drop, simply turn the agitator off, and the gpa kicks back up, adjust accordingly, finish your spray. The clean rinse tank, if you have that feature, is awesome, you get a great head start on washing out the tank.
5. Going to equip the rear of the sprayer with led's this winter, we dont spray at "night" but we do an hour or so before first light
6. I spray Greens at 80-82gpa, first gear full throttle. I'm sure everyone does something different, but for our application this works quite well.