SprayingTips
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1.Overlaparea—narrowspraypattern6.SprayerOff—donotspraywhenturningthemachine180°
2.Effectivesprayarea7.Endofsprayingjob
3.Forward
8.Propertyfence
4.Overlaparea—widespraypattern
9.Gate
5.2.4m(8ft)
•Donotoverlaptheeffectivesprayareathatyou
havepreviouslysprayed(seeFigure47).
•Watchforpluggedsprayernozzles.
•Movethenarrow-andwide-spraypatternlevers
totheOFFpositiontostopthesprayowbefore
stoppingthemotionofthemachine.Once
stopped,leavethemotion-controlleverinNEUTRAL
andleavethesprayer-pumpswitchintheON
position.
•Youobtainbetterresultsifthemachineismoving
whenspraycontrolsareturnedON.
•Ensureadequatepumppressureforproperspray
distributionbypushforwardthetank-agitation
levertotheOFFposition.
•Watchforchangesintheapplicationrate.
Changesintheapplicationrateindicatethatyour
groundspeedhaschangedbeyondtheoperating
rangeofthenozzlesorthereisaproblemwiththe
sprayersystem.
Note:Whenthetankisnearlyempty,thetank
agitationmaycausefoamingofthechemicalsolution
inthetank.Inthiscase,pushforwardthetank
agitationlevertotheOFFposition.Alternatively,if
ananti-foamingagentcompatiblewiththeexisting
chemical—addtheanti-foamingagentaccordingto
themanufacturer’sinstructions.
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