Sprayers run at higher groundspeeds, so they bounce around more. It’s how the sprayer was operated during those hours that makes a difference. "Sprayers tend to have relatively low engine hours. "The hour meter doesn’t tell the story on sprayers like it does on tractors," Pavlu says.
The visual appearance of used sprayers should carry a lot of weight, agree Pavlu and the Ritters. tanks and 60' booms to mega-sprayers that tote 1,200 gal. Options range from tricycle-type sprayers with 300-gal. "The key is to match the capabilities and price range to your needs."Įstablishing concrete goals helps buyers stay focused in the often confusing used sprayer market.
"There are different levels of self-propelled sprayers, designed for different parts of the market," says Jason Pavlu, a salesman with Simpson Farm Enterprises in Ransom, Kan. "We decided we had enough acres and did enough custom spraying to justify a self-propelled sprayer rather than buy another tractor that we really didn’t need except in the spring."Īfter using the Internet to research, the Ritters devised a list of must-have options, such as auto-steer and automatic boom height control, and settled on a price range. "We always seem to end up needing to spray corn when we’re still planting beans, and our planter tractor was also the sprayer tractor," Dustin says. Iowa farmers Dustin Ritter and his father, Pat, faced a decision this past winter: buy another tractor or replace their pull-type sprayer with a self-propelled sprayer. Define what you need, then know what to look for
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