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Super 7 Combines Best Of Carpet, Wick Wipers
"We think it's the most advanced no-drip, wick-type weed killer yet," says Syl Scholbrock, engineer at Century Engineering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and designer of a new "Super 7" contact wick applicator that combines the best features of both rope and carpet weed killers.
The Super 7 consists of a piece of
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Super 7 Combines Best Of Carpet,Wick Wipers ROPE WICK APPLICATORS Rope Wick Applicators 5-3-9 "We think it's the most advanced no-drip, wick-type weed killer yet," says Syl Scholbrock, engineer at Century Engineering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and designer of a new "Super 7" contact wick applicator that combines the best features of both rope and carpet weed killers.
The Super 7 consists of a piece of carpet wrapped around a 2 1/2 in. dia. pipe filled with chemical that drips out the bottom and onto the carpet. There are safeguards that make it a precise and virtually drip-free applicator.
"Between the carpet and the pipe there is a doubled-over layer of felt that's wrapped around a sheet of polyethylene plastic," explains Scholbrock. "The chemical drips onto the felt and then wicks its way around the layer of plastic to the other side, which causes it to wet more surface area on the carpet, rather than dripping through at one spot."
To operate the new Super 7 applicator, you simply turn on the valve below the 15-gal. chemical storage tank to fill the wick pipe, then wait about 10 min. for the chemical to "wick" its way through the felt and onto the carpet. When you see, right from the tractor seat that the carpet is moist, you turn off the electric valve with the remote switch and start working. Anytime you note the car-pet is getting dry, you simply turn on the switch for a bit to re-soak it.
"There is seven times more kill surface on this model than on a rope wick unit. The key is that we've solved the drip problem that occurs when chemical is concentrated in one spot," says Scholbrock.
The new applicator comes in a 180-in. model for up to six 30-in. rows and a 240-in. model for up to eight 30-in. rows. Both have a 100-in. center section and folding outer wings. Attached to a lightweight frame, height is adjustable from 0 to 52 in. above the ground with the help of a single hydraulic cylinder.
For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Century Engineering, 221 4th Ave. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 (ph 319 364-4101).
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