SprayingTips
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Figure58
1.Overlaparea—narrowspraypattern6.SprayerOff—donotspraywhenturningthemachine180°
2.Effectivesprayarea7.Endofsprayingjob
3.Forward
8.Propertyfence
4.Overlaparea—widespraypattern
9.Gate
5.2.4m(8ft)
•Donotoverlaptheeffectivesprayareathatyou
havepreviouslysprayed(seeFigure58).
•Watchforpluggedsprayernozzles.
•Movethenarrow-andwide-spraypatternlevers
totheOFFpositiontostopthesprayowbefore
stoppingthemotionofthemachine.Once
stopped,leavethemotion-controlleverinNEUTRAL
andleavethesprayer-pumpswitchintheON
position.
•Youobtainbetterresultsifthemachineismoving
whenspraycontrolsareturnedON.
•Ensureadequatepumppressureforproperspray
distributionbypushthetank-agitationlevertothe
OFFposition.
•Watchforchangesintheapplicationrate.
Changesintheapplicationrateindicatethatyour
groundspeedhaschangedbeyondtheoperating
rangeofthenozzlesorthereisaproblemwiththe
sprayersystem.
Note:Whenthetankisnearlyempty,thetank
agitationmaycausefoamingofthechemicalsolution
inthetank.Inthiscase,pushthetank-agitationlever
totheOFFposition.Alternatively,ifananti-foaming
agentcompatiblewiththeexistingchemical—addthe
anti-foamingagentaccordingtothemanufacturer’s
instructions.
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