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charlesmm

03-09-2006 00:33:37




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In the UK these are so expensive because the big manufacturers have not started making them . My farm is in an enviromental scheme which bans spraying so I am thinking of making one , a simple frame on the 3 point and a piece of guttering or a tray with a sheet of thick cloth attached to the bottom and hanging over the side ,the wicking effect would draw the herbicide up and over the edge, keeping it wet to brush against the taller weeds . Perhaps some tiny holes in the gutter to help keep the cloth wet ,and a pipe and tap to keep some liquid in the gutter or tray.
Any comments or improvements gratefully recieved, woul it work and would paraquat or a selective broadleaf work better
Many T I A

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N. TX Tim

03-09-2006 19:32:00




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 00:33:37  
I have seen them called a Bar Wick. I made one using a 10' piece of 4" S&D pvc pipe. I cut it in half and put a Tee in the middle to fill it and put end caps on the ends. I drilled holes about 12 to 18 inches apart (overlapping) and ran cording from one hole to the next. I found cording about 1/2 inch in diameter at a large craft store...it is the stuff they use in furniture/cushions to form the round edges. It looks like cotton in a mesh tube. This works real...wicks out the chemical but not too fast. Drill holes quite a bit smaller than the cording and stuff it in with a screwdriver or something. Also, I have seen commercial units like this that used a sealed tube and used air to keep it under a low pressure.

Good luck with it.

Tim

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dorset farmer

03-09-2006 12:20:14




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 00:33:37  
No doubt you know this, but be so careful of handling paraquat. It has the potential to cause pulmonary fibrosis, which can irreversibly impair you lung capacity, and has the potential to be fatal.



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charlesmm

03-09-2006 06:36:49




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 00:33:37  
I think that system is much better than my idea , going sideways on a hill wasn't going to be ideal ! Tell me, why do you suggest nylon rope, I would have thought hemp/sisal etc would have been absorbent and dripped less ?



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Doug in IL

03-09-2006 15:48:13




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 06:36:49  
I don't know about the sisal or hemp rope. It might work. All I can ever remember seeing is nylon rope used. Maybe the nylon would be tougher and last longer?



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Doug in IL

03-09-2006 16:12:01




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to Doug in IL, 03-09-2006 15:48:13  
The web site provided in this thread (rodgersinc.com) mentions a polyester/acrylic rope. Maybe I am wrong about the nylon! It's been a long time ago!



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paul

03-09-2006 07:22:11




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 06:36:49  
Here are some pics.

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Doug in IL

03-09-2006 03:11:56




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to charlesmm, 03-09-2006 00:33:37  
Here we used about a 3 inch diameter plastic pipe. Holes are drilled in the pipe every 18 inches or so in a slightly overlapping pattern. Pieces of nylon rope about 1/2 inch in diameter are inserted in the drilled holes. On some, the rope was glued into the pipe. The rope faces the direction of travel. On others, there is a plastic compression type fitting to hold the rope in the pipe. Both ends of the plastic pipe are capped. There is a 3 inch T fitting on one end to fill the pipe with herbicide. A plastic gate valve is installed in the fill cap to allow you to adjust the flow by regulating the amount of air allowed into the pipe. They worked quite well. I still have one hanging in the shed. It's about 15 feet wide. Mine is mounted to a long piece of angle iron with large stainless steel hose clamps. It has 2 brackets welded on the angle iron to mount it to the loader bucket. It's best to mount it onto an endloader on the tractor. That way you wipe the weeds before some of them get run over by the tractor wheels and miss getting the herbicide. And the endloader gives you a wide range of height adjustment. There used to be lots of these around here and they go cheap at farm auctions. Round Up Ready crops made them pretty much obsolete here.

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Doug in IL

03-09-2006 03:21:58




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to Doug in IL, 03-09-2006 03:11:56  
A little more info. These are called "rope wick" applicators. We used Round Up herbicide in ours. That is the same, or similar to Paraquat. When you get done using the applicator, empty the remaining herbicide and rinse it, inside and outside, real well with water.



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Roy in UK

03-09-2006 10:09:34




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to Doug in IL, 03-09-2006 03:21:58  
Actually Paraquat and Roundup ( glyphosate) are 2 entirely different chemicals. Paraquat is a contact herbicide, it will kill off the foliage only. Roundup is a translocating herbicide,i.e. the chemical is transported all they way down too the roots, that it is why it so useful for killing off well established plants.Although paraquat will kill of most annual and a lot of young perennial weeds.Spray a well established pasture with paraquat it will still green up again, spray it with Roundup and it wont.

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ricedaddy

03-09-2006 10:38:05




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 Re: weed wiper in reply to Roy in UK, 03-09-2006 10:09:34  
I don't know about where you are but monsanto use to give you the kits to make a wick-bar, I had so many at one time I threw them away. Try checking with you Monsanto rep
Good luck
Ron



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