weed wipers

woodbutcher · Jun 14, 2017

When I attached the spray rig to my tractor last night, the PTO pump was froze-up again. I was hoping to spray hay meadows to take care of some dockweed and some bull
nettles. But, as it turned out, it's too windy this morning anyway. OT, I filled the pump with a mixture of acetone and Hyd/Trans, and I could turn it this morning.
But, back to my topic, I'm planning to down-size by leasing my pastures and hay meadows and keeping six acres and the house, shop, and barn. I think I can get rid of my
spray rig, because I wont be mixing more than 60 gallons at a time. No need for a 350 gallon tank. I've seen weed wipers at several farm auctions and wondered how
effective they were. They sold cheap enough that I should have bought one, probably. Does anybody on this forum have experience with these things?
Butch

hd6gtom · Jun 14, 2017

I was around when they first came out. Most fellows thought the kits you could buy around here were pretty much useless. Don't know about the professionally built ones.

Mark-Ia · Jun 14, 2017

I know someone who has a brand new one. Never used. He retired 20 years ago.

woodbutcher · Jun 14, 2017

Thanks, Mark and Tom. That's kinda what I was thinking. The idea was probably good on paper.

JMOR · Jun 14, 2017

(quoted from post at 08:44:01 06/14/17) When I attached the spray rig to my tractor last night, the PTO pump was froze-up again. I was hoping to spray hay meadows to take care of some dockweed and some bull
nettles. But, as it turned out, it's too windy this morning anyway. OT, I filled the pump with a mixture of acetone and Hyd/Trans, and I could turn it this morning.
But, back to my topic, I'm planning to down-size by leasing my pastures and hay meadows and keeping six acres and the house, shop, and barn. I think I can get rid of my
spray rig, because I wont be mixing more than 60 gallons at a time. No need for a 350 gallon tank. I've seen weed wipers at several farm auctions and wondered how
effective they were. They sold cheap enough that I should have bought one, probably. Does anybody on this forum have experience with these things?
Butch

ried one. Works ok if weeds sparse, taller than desirable plants, but slow. I am back to spraying.

4520BW · Jun 14, 2017

had one on the 560 for Johnson grass in beans. worked well and used it till the RR beans came out.

Aaron SEIA · Jun 14, 2017

Dad ran one when I was a kid. Worked great on Dogbane and Milkweed in beans before RR came along. His was 20' total with 2 10' sections. Aluminum body and a parallel linkage lift that bolted to the front of the tractor. I think they worked fairly well, but only on the weeds taller than you felt safe to run the bar at over the crop.
AaronSEIA

fixerupper · Jun 15, 2017

I made a fifteen foot wiper to use in soybeans. Like what was said the weeds had to be taller than the beans but you wouldn't need to worry about that in a pasture. With any herbicide the goal is to contact enough leaf surface with the herbicide to kill the plant. In non crop areas like pastures some of the guys would hit the weeds from two different directions to get enough coverage if the weeds we're a type that was harder to kill.

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