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.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Last year I bought a DeWalt hand pump backpack sprayer from HD and I've been very happy with it. What I like about it is you can put just a small amount of liquid in it and not have to do a lot of pumping because you're just pressurizing a small reservoir in the tank, not the whole take. My only complaint is that same reservoir has to be removed after every use to wash everything out, and that's not easy to do. I suspect someone with big hands would find it nearly impossible.

DeWalt also makes a battery-powered sprayer, but it costs more than twice as much as the hand pump and I don't have any other 20 volt DeWalt tools. Pumping the sprayer is easy to do and a minor inconvenience.

DeWalt backpack sprayer

 

[RobCons]

I have a 4 gallon one and like it. Heavy to put on but can soak vegetation with it. I keep an adjustable nozzle on it so I can mist things close up or set it to stream and reach out about 20 feet with it.

 

[Stephen Newell]

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.

The only issue with the hand pump is you find yourself cranking the handle the whole time you are spraying. If you have very much to do you might like the battery one a lot better.

 

[mtf]

We use Jacto brand at the nursery. They make a 3 gallon that is much easier to carry around. The design sits closer to your back.

 

[Wdj]

My Solo hand pump sprayer is pushing 40 years old, still gets a lot of use. Replaced the straps about 10 years ago, a couple minor repairs. I don't mind the hand pump, not doing anything else with the left hand anyway.

 

[Steve in VA]

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

What are you using on the olives.

 

[ss55]

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.

As a kid one of my chores was to spray Canadian thistles in the cattle pastures with a pump sprayer. Only filling the tank half to three quarters full of liquid keeps the weight down. Also with a larger volume of air in the tank the pressure does not need to be pumped up nearly as often, it does take longer to pump up though.

If necessary extra mix could be carried out to the pasture in jugs and placed by the gate ready for when a refill is needed, but I was usually ready for a break by then anyway.

 

[ss55]

As a kid one of my chores was to spray Canadian thistles in the cattle pastures with a pump sprayer. Only filling the tank half to three quarters full of liquid keeps the weight down. Also with a larger volume of air in the tank the pressure does not need to be pumped up nearly as often, it does take longer to pump up though.

If necessary extra mix could be carried out to the pasture in jugs and placed by the gate ready for when a refill is needed, but I was usually ready for a break by then anyway.

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