Cleaning & Maintenance | Sprayers 101

How Clean is Clean?

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) February 1, 2018

One of the more perplexing questions in tank cleanout is knowing when the cleaning process is good enough to prevent harm. This question is especially relevant to producers that grow canola and use Group 2 herbicide products, or grow soybeans and use dicamba on ...Read More

Testing the Effectiveness of Sprayer Rinsing Methods using Dicamba

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) January 23, 2018

This work was performed with Mike Cowbrough (@cowbrough), Weed Management Specialist (Field Crops) with OMAFRA. The unprecedented number of dicamba drift complaints in the United States has proven to be a polarizing issue in the agriculture community. The debate continues as to the relative influence ...Read More

Installing a Continuous Rinse System

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) October 30, 2017

Cleaning, flushing, triple-rinsing… whatever you call it, sprayer sanitation is a time-consuming and distasteful task. Methods vary, but they generally span from the classic triple rinse (30-45 minutes) to a full tear-down and decontamination (many hours and likely an overnight soak). The operator decides how ...Read More

Plumbing Projects That Make Spraying Easier and Safer

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) July 6, 2017

Some of our biggest struggles in spraying involve the start and end of each spray day. When starting a new field after the sprayer is cleaned, we need to prime the boom. If it’s full of water, that water has to be purged and ...Read More

Storing Pesticide Mix Overnight

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) May 26, 2017

Not being able to finish a tank due to weather or any other reason happens to just about everyone. Is it OK to simply leave the sprayer as is, and resume spraying later after some agitation? In many cases, the answer is yes. Most pesticide ...Read More

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