Extending my Sprayers range

[Twenty 20]

In the former chicken yard, I have an infestation of poison hemlock. Our dog last year wasn’t acting right and it took my DVM DACVIM a couple of weeks to figure out it was the poison hemlock. So this year it has to go.

Slope is too steep and too loose for the tractor. I put my thinking cap on.

A trip to HF, got some air hose, fittings, and a hose reel.

Picked up some metal.

Made a bracket, attached to sprayer along with hose reel and hose.

Except for being a little springy, it looks like it be longs and gets me 75 ft instead of 25.

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[1skrewsloose]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[BucketBack]

tagged

[Twenty 20]

This gives you an idea of the area to be sprayed. Still tough walking up and down.

But not putting the tractor in there.

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[SGG]

Don't break an ankle. Nice cropping
I love tractors what do you have

[Twenty 20]

I looked for a year and couldn’t find anything decent used tired iron. I ended up picking up a lease return 280 hr Mahindra 1526 shuttle that was used for pulling trailers in from the field. Dealer added a loader and got for 2/3 new price of the tractor.

[Mad Trapper]

What herbicide you using?

[Twenty 20]

What herbicide you using?

About a month ago, I used 2–4-D and it worked pretty well.

It’s knee high where I couldn’t reach, so I am stepping it up to Glyphosate. Need a 2nd dose of Glypho on the gravel driveway too.

[Mad Trapper]

This gives you an idea of the area to be sprayed. Still tough walking up and down.

But not putting the tractor in there.

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Shit/invasives ain't going to grow there, that's scrub!!

Solo backpack blower will do it but work. If that hillside , YOU'RE screwed.

[Twenty 20]

Shit/invasives ain't going to grow there, that's scrub!!

Solo backpack blower will do it but work. If that hillside , YOU'RE screwed.

I first thought it was a tall version of Queen Anne Lace, 6-8 ft tall. Further research identified it as Poison Hemlock.

The dog that was affected, I had sent him in to flush some quail.

It hillside, but dragging 75 ft of hose is easier than a backpack.

Some of my fields had a bad infestation of thistle. People before me feed niger (for any censors, pronounced Ni-jer ,:) ) seed to the birds. Milestone took care of that.

[Twenty 20]

Shit/invasives ain't going to grow there, that's scrub!!

Solo backpack blower will do it but work. If that hillside , YOU'RE screwed.
The green stuff in the foreground is what I am spraying. The back part is wild oats on the back hillside.

[Twenty 20]

Better angle looking down at what I am trying to kill.

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