back pack sprayers

[glennster]

Been considering a backpack sprayer for herbicide. The hand pump ones are generally under a hundred dollars, the battery ones a couple hundred. I get a little tired schlepping the two gallon pump ups around and seems like you always pump more than you spray.

 

[matthies]

Has been 30 years since I used one, the good it keeps your back cool, the bad forget about it and bend over and it leaks on your back and down your crack.

 

[joeysmith]

Has been 30 years since I used one, the good it keeps your back cool, the bad forget about it and bend over and it leaks on your back and down your crack.

Basically the same
I remember it being a miserable sob hauling around I was 30 yrs younger then

 

[wh]

Had one here since mid 90’s I think. Rebuilt the first one twice. It finally wore out. Using one I bought at harbor freight now. In fact sprayed 3 tanks thru it today. Generally fill to 3 gallons. Could not get along with one anymore. And it is a hand pump style. And I am 70.

 

[Ray,IN]

I had a hand pump style. Thin sheet metal handle broke at the bend. I stuck a big screwdriver in what was left of the handle and used it another year before giving it to my nephew. Man that thing full of water is heavy. Now I have a 20G 12V sprayer. I strap it to a 3pt hitch carrier, run leads from the tractor battery and eliminate lifting or packing. Life is good.

 

[wh]

I had a hand pump style. Thin sheet metal handle broke at the bend. I stuck a big screwdriver in what was left of the handle and used it another year before giving it to my nephew. Man that thing full of water is heavy. Now I have a 20G 12V sprayer. I strap it to a 3pt hitch carrier, run leads from the tractor battery and eliminate lifting or packing. Life is good.

Have a 20 gal electric that lives in the back of the gator this time of year. Still there are places the backpack is needed. As I said, I put 3 tanks thru it today. Filled it with 3 gallons each time.

 

[JWA]

Hand pump or electric weigh about the same,I'll gladly tote the little extra weight if I don't have to constantly pump a handle.

 

[Ellis Kinney]

I own a pump up one and it works well. I use it in the woods to walk and spray autumn olive and bush honeysuckle. At 80 it is harder on the back than it was 10 years ago. If I fall down I have to crawl to a tree and pull myself up. My son says it is funny to watch. Ellis

 

[B. White]

Had one of these for years. Strap finally broke and the strainer was cracked, so instead of keeping it going I got another and kept the old one for parts. I've got a 16gal that goes on the atv and a 60 gal tow behind, but I use this one for most around the house/muscadine/ garden jobs.

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[wh]

For portability I prefer the pump up. No trouble at all to keep pressure built up. Sprayed round up in the middles of my gourds yesterday. Gourds too big to drive thru but had some odds ends weeds popping up. Was no problem to walk slow and spray a 6 out 7 ft wide area at a time. 3 gal fill got me to far end and back. Hand wand allowed me to control where product went. I like my battery items but the pump up is ready anytime and only I need charging before using! As stated above I have a 20 gal electric with hand wand and a 5 nozzle boom set up. It lives in the gator this time of year. The boom works great spraying woods trails and driveways. Also have a 3 pt pto sprayer with 60 gal capacity. Have it set up to spray grassland with a 28 ft boom/nozzles. I can fold end of booms and close a couple of valves and it will spray 6 36 inch rows. Or I can close/open valves and spray with a boomless nozzle up to 50 feet wide depending on pressure. Or I can connect a water hose to it and just use a water nozzle. For spraying I have all areas covered.

 

[Fred Werring]

If I fall down I have to crawl to a tree and pull myself up. My son says it is funny to watch. Ellis

Yeah, my kids are like that...got it from their mother

 

[Bill of TN]

I just replaced the o rings and seals on my Solo hand pump back pack sprayer, after perhaps, 20 years or more. Less than 100 dollars, and you can still get parts for them. Solo, and I'd buy it again.