The Advantages of a Tow Behind Sprayer
Sprayers are mechanical devices that are specifically designed to spray liquids quickly and easily.
They come in a number of different varieties.
In this article we'll take a look at mechanical tow behind sprayers.
A sprayer of this type is a great way to cover large areas such as lawns quickly and easily.
A tow behind sprayer typically consists of a tank for carrying the liquid to be sprayed, a motor (often 12 volt) for pumping out this liquid, spray nozzles on a boom that automatically disperse the liquid in a downward direction over an appreciable area (say 5 or 6 feet), a pressure gauge, a chassis with wheels on which the sprayer is mounted, and a hose attachment with a hand wand for manual spraying.
The device is towed along behind a riding lawn mower or other tractor vehicle as the liquid is sprayed.
A tow behind sprayer is typically used for spraying lawn chemicals such as herbicides or fertilizers.
The following are some of the advantages of this lawn and garden tool.
Faster Than Manual Sprayers This is a fairly obvious advantage that a tow behind sprayer has over, say a hand held tank sprayer (even if it's motorized): It simply has the ability to cover more square feet in much less time.
It can spread the herbicide or other garden or lawn chemical essentially as fast as the tractor vehicle (usually a mower) can run.
And the booms with the nozzles often give a coverage area over 6 feet wide per lawn pass.
In addition you can add a tow behind sprayer to perform two jobs at once: mowing the lawn and spraying the lawn chemical.
Reduce Contact with Chemicals If you are holding a chemical sprayer in your hand and spraying it all around you, you will have a greater chance of inhaling the chemical or getting it on your skin.
A tow behind sprayer reduces this contact because the spraying is occurring behind you as you move away from it.
While ordinary precautions make hand held spraying safe in a general sense, it never hurts to reduce contact when possible, and tow behind sprayers accomplish this.
Tow Behind Sprayers Are More Thorough The thoroughness of coverage attainable with tow behind sprayers is usually better than hand held sprayers because of the mechanical nature of the process.
A rider mower traveling at a constant speed with nozzles that spray a definite amount per second will give uniform and thorough coverage.
Someone walking with a sprayer could easily miss spots or forget which areas they had already sprayed, making the job less thorough.
If someone is mowing the lawn at the same time, keeping track is especially easy - the mowed areas have already been sprayed and the unmowed parts still need spraying.
For all these reasons a tow behind sprayer is a good labor saving, thorough device.
If you regularly spray your lawn it makes a lot of sense to get yourself one of these handy pieces of lawn and garden equipment.
They come in a number of different varieties.
In this article we'll take a look at mechanical tow behind sprayers.
A sprayer of this type is a great way to cover large areas such as lawns quickly and easily.
A tow behind sprayer typically consists of a tank for carrying the liquid to be sprayed, a motor (often 12 volt) for pumping out this liquid, spray nozzles on a boom that automatically disperse the liquid in a downward direction over an appreciable area (say 5 or 6 feet), a pressure gauge, a chassis with wheels on which the sprayer is mounted, and a hose attachment with a hand wand for manual spraying.
The device is towed along behind a riding lawn mower or other tractor vehicle as the liquid is sprayed.
A tow behind sprayer is typically used for spraying lawn chemicals such as herbicides or fertilizers.
The following are some of the advantages of this lawn and garden tool.
Faster Than Manual Sprayers This is a fairly obvious advantage that a tow behind sprayer has over, say a hand held tank sprayer (even if it's motorized): It simply has the ability to cover more square feet in much less time.
It can spread the herbicide or other garden or lawn chemical essentially as fast as the tractor vehicle (usually a mower) can run.
And the booms with the nozzles often give a coverage area over 6 feet wide per lawn pass.
In addition you can add a tow behind sprayer to perform two jobs at once: mowing the lawn and spraying the lawn chemical.
Reduce Contact with Chemicals If you are holding a chemical sprayer in your hand and spraying it all around you, you will have a greater chance of inhaling the chemical or getting it on your skin.
A tow behind sprayer reduces this contact because the spraying is occurring behind you as you move away from it.
While ordinary precautions make hand held spraying safe in a general sense, it never hurts to reduce contact when possible, and tow behind sprayers accomplish this.
Tow Behind Sprayers Are More Thorough The thoroughness of coverage attainable with tow behind sprayers is usually better than hand held sprayers because of the mechanical nature of the process.
A rider mower traveling at a constant speed with nozzles that spray a definite amount per second will give uniform and thorough coverage.
Someone walking with a sprayer could easily miss spots or forget which areas they had already sprayed, making the job less thorough.
If someone is mowing the lawn at the same time, keeping track is especially easy - the mowed areas have already been sprayed and the unmowed parts still need spraying.
For all these reasons a tow behind sprayer is a good labor saving, thorough device.
If you regularly spray your lawn it makes a lot of sense to get yourself one of these handy pieces of lawn and garden equipment.
