Self propelled Sprayers.

[RmarkV]

Has anyone and Information on the Amozone self propelled sprayer as we are thinging of buying a machine. Or in your opinion what would be the best buy and any experienc of the different types of sprayers.
Anything would help

[pudding]

hey there

dunno about the amazone

our agrimart of our company is a licenced agco dealer for sprayers called sprya coupes and willmar eagles (look under http://www.milesnmore.com)

we also sell apache self propelled sprayers, i don't know anything about the apaches, they look nice machines, but somepeople i know don't have strong opinions of them because of there earlier models

our farms have a wilmar 8100 for tramline work and row crop work, those things, really as crude as they come across, they ain't bad machines, they also will hit most drainage ditches at 14mph

i have had my fair share of mistakes with this machine, but that is often an indication of experience

the wilmar eagle is an attractive machine, it has a 850 gal tank, 90ft booms, 4wd (new ones have a flow diverter for when in tough spots..)......they have the 5.8litre cummins motor, pushing out 200hp, and the cab is a JD SG2, it has air ride suspension like in big truck,

our ag stores run eagles for the big areas, (one has a new 8500)

and ever store has at least one spray coupe, people comment they are not a contractors machine, but ours do that!........those little suckers are strong considering the abuse they recieve, problems?......people towed them too fast on the road, and they have a weak point in the front axle pivot, the wheels on them really are too small, and when you hit a drainage ditch at speed, you either loose you front teeth, or sometime snap the axle

most spray coupes have at least a 60ft booms, ideal size considering most of our planters are 30ft wide, you can tow a spray coupe behind a pickup, only suppose to do 25mph with them, but apparently they are good for 45mph behind the tender trucks

our main opposition down the road runs agchem vehicles, on the big areas, they use both the rowgator and the terragator (our farm has a old terragator)

they are now sold by CNH, in the NH division over here, they are worth checking out

only advise for ya

big engine, big tank, big booms aren't so important (infact 90ft booms are a paint in 5 acre fields)

get 4wd, and big tires, out willmar has 42 inch rims, allows you to maintain consistent ground speed in rough fields, allowing more consistent application, that is my opinion

laters

pudding

ps. where are you from, spraycoupes are sold world wide, but the willmar i haven't seen anywhere else but america

i dunno i agchem is global too.....should be if sold by NH

[leemsutton]

Chafer sprayers are very good machines. You could source one through Ag-chem.

How many acres are you spraying and what water rate are you using?

If you are using 200 litres per ha of water and you have a big acreage then your going to need a big sprayer. However if you halve your water rate to a max of 100 litre per ha then you can get away with a sprayer half the size.

The spra-coupe are ok but the biggest tank is only 1500 litres. to get good output at low water rates then a tank of 2000 litres + is better.

We are currently using a HARDI 2500 litres with 20 metre booms to cover 2000 acres per year. Ideally we need bigger boom so that we can crop more of the field as there would be less tramlines but its ok.

I must admit when I went to the UK sprayers even this year - I was not that impressed with the Amazone but if they are your local dealers then perhaps you should stick with them.

Lee

[eppie]

Anyone got a pic of the Amazone sprayer?? i didn't knew they made one.