Picked up a 25gal trailer sprayer....

[Lil Foot]

Found this at a bin store today, open box, but complete except for trailer assembly instructions.
I will probably pull the pump and spray accoutrements off and just use it for watering plants at the far ends of the property. Sure beats carrying 5 gal buckets.
I'll keep the pump & stuff on hand in case I need a brush fire tank/sprayer.
I have a 2" ball coupler I will probably bolt on.
$100

 

[D2Cat]

Bill, that is a bargain. The pump alone at the farm store is $80.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

be sure to tear down the pump and CLEAN it !
idiot borrowed mine,never cleaned it and 'chemical crud' left in it...
needed new 'kit', about $50 though WHY did I have to pay for it..........

when done,run clean water through and be sure it drains or remove, store in warm basement over winter

 

[Mark_BX25D]

Nice score!


I'm a little concerned about this:

I'll keep the pump & stuff on hand in case I need a brush fire tank/sprayer.

That kind of pump doesn't move enough water to be useful against a brush fire. Better than nothing? Well, maybe, but probably not.

 

[Lil Foot]

be sure to tear down the pump and CLEAN it !
idiot borrowed mine,never cleaned it and 'chemical crud' left in it...
needed new 'kit', about $50 though WHY did I have to pay for it..........

when done,run clean water through and be sure it drains or remove, store in warm basement over winter

It will probably never see anything but clean water.

 

[Lil Foot]

Nice score!


I'm a little concerned about this:



That kind of pump doesn't move enough water to be useful against a brush fire. Better than nothing? Well, maybe, but probably not.

When the Tinder Fire nearly got my place a few years ago, several people ignored the evacuation order and stayed to fight the fire.
They quickly found out that the power company cut the power to the area, so there was no electricity to pump water.
Two motivated individuals used very similar water tank trailers behind side by sides to put out hundreds small spot fires in the subdivision while the pros worked on the main fire.
Did they make a difference?
I think they probably did, so that is what I was referring to, not a full blown brush fire. I should have been clearer. My bad.

 

[hedgerow]

Nice buy on the little sprayer. Over the years I have burned and help burn a lot of brush piles, control burns on pastures and CRP land. Little sprayers like the one you bought has many times kept fires from getting out of hand. No matter how you plan a controlled burn some times it gets interesting.