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Sprayer Caddies
We build sprayer caddies that pull behind planters or field cultivators (Vol. 16, No. 2) and thought your readers would like to see the 1,600-gal. tandem walking beam axle model that we recently built for Merlin Mar-tin, Clayton, Ind. He pulls it behind his 24-row planter and uses it to apply liquid fertilizer. He can
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Sprayer Caddies PLANTING EQUIPMENT Accessories 17-1-32 We build sprayer caddies that pull behind planters or field cultivators (Vol. 16, No. 2) and thought your readers would like to see the 1,600-gal. tandem walking beam axle model that we recently built for Merlin Mar-tin, Clayton, Ind. He pulls it behind his 24-row planter and uses it to apply liquid fertilizer. He can plant about 100 acres before he has to stop and refill.
A pair of 500-gal. saddle tanks on the planter supply starter fertilizer to the openers through a ground-driven piston pump mounted on the planter. When the fertilizer supply runs low in the saddle tanks, Martin flips a toggle switch on the tractor to activate a pump on the caddy which sends fertilizer forward through a hose to refill the saddle tanks. Most 24-row planters aren't sold with fertilizer application tanks because the weight of the fertilizer would interfere with folding of the planter for transport. A local implement dealer mounted the two 500-gal. tanks on the planter for Martin. By using the two 500-gal. tanks on the planter and pulling our 1,600-gal. tank behind it, Martin can apply a lot of fertilizer without having to worry about folding the planter.
The sprayer caddy can also be used behind a toolbar or cultivator to sidedress corn, or behind a field cultivator or large spray boom to apply preplant herbicides as well as liquid fertilizer. On our own farm we pulled a 1,000-gal. model behind a soil finisher to incorporate herbicides, behind a toolbar to spot spray soybeans, and behind a cultivator to side dress corn.
The sprayer caddy is normally available with 500, 750, or 1,000-gal. tanks. We now mount all of our 1,000-gal. tanks on walking tandem axles for better stability and less soil compaction. The caddy can be equipped with either aground-driven piston pump or a hydraulic pump Sells for $4,500 to $5,500 depending on size of tank and pump. We custom built the 1,600-gal. model for about $8,750 (Karl Hiler, Hiler Carts, Inc., 8924 Venice Twp. Rd. 191, New Washington, Ohio 44854 ph 419 492-2848).
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