Sprayer how do you add a hose kit to a sprayer

[plowindeeper]

Just bought a 3pt sprayer on c-list for $150 talked him down 200 bucks I dont know what brand it is but it works It has a 8 ft boom and a good roller pump 60gal tank every thing works great but I would like to add a hose kit thinking about Fimco BB-308 or some thing similar anyone done something like this before rather take a little advice than trial and error dont want to buy alot of stuff i dont need or make 50 trips to town if i dont have to

 

[mjncad]

Save your money and rig up a hose reel for your handgun.

Take a look at the following link and you'll see why.

https://picasaweb.google.com/110106108324823291002/FIMCOSprayer#

 

[plowindeeper]

I like your set up want to come work on mine
do you have any pics on how to plump hose in I think i'll have to add a control valve
Is the fimco hand wand any count thinking cheaper may not be better
wanting to do project for under $100 dont mind rollin hose up my self just need a idea of what parts i'll need Always end up makein 10 trips to town every time I start a project
The spray wand at Tsc is all metal($78) and looks to be well made The fimco is plastic($70) with hose and mountin bracket Just wantin a little advice and some ideas

 

[JimRB]

My boom has a quick attach for the hose feeding the boom. I unplug it and plug in the spray nozzle and hose. Look at these camlock quick couplers that install up by the pressure regulator. Tractor Supply Company - Sprayer Fittings & Connectors My little 50 gallon unit uses 1/2 ID rubber hose.

 

[mjncad]

I like your set up want to come work on mine
do you have any pics on how to plump hose in I think i'll have to add a control valve
Is the fimco hand wand any count thinking cheaper may not be better
wanting to do project for under $100 dont mind rollin hose up my self just need a idea of what parts i'll need Always end up makein 10 trips to town every time I start a project
The spray wand at Tsc is all metal($78) and looks to be well made The fimco is plastic($70) with hose and mountin bracket Just wantin a little advice and some ideas

I always need to make 10 or more trips to the hardware store for any project I do. :laughing:

Anyway, here are a couple of links to FIMCO manuals. The first is for my sprayer before I modified the crap out of it, and the next shows the handgun on a different sprayer.

http://www.fimcoindustries.com/images/manuals/LG-27-3PT_LG-55-3PT(FM246).pdf

http://www.fimcoindustries.com/images/manuals/UTL-60-12VBL(FM879).pdf

http://www.fimcoindustries.com/images/literature/FIMCO_SP.pdf

http://www.fimcoindustries.com/images/DL/photos/high/LG-27-3PT.jpg

These should get you started. Essentially you just tee into the line next to the main on/off valve in the FIMCO manual. I do have a flowsheet of how I plumbed mine up for what it's worth.

As for the FIMCO handgun, the plastic is as I recall just a covering to make it more comfortable to hold. The gun itself works fine.

Yeah I thought winding 25' of hose was going to be no big deal either; but fighting hose kinks and the lack of a swivel at the gun made that chore a royal PITA.

 

[plowindeeper]

Didn't think about hose kinks and all that it would be a PITA. I think i may have it figured out. What I really liked about yours the most is the drain line. I could dump left over mix into a bucket for reuse so it want be sitting in the tank if I have any left.
A friend of mine an me rebuilt a 500gal sprayer about 5 years ago and he had about $1100 in it before he was through with it. We filled it up with water started down the road to go spray his pasture, tractor hit a pothole tank busted. Just hope that dont happen to me
Has anyone ever heard of Southern Sprayer Co. that the name on the strainer

 

[mjncad]

Unless the 60-gallon plastic tank is damaged or has a manufacturing flaw in it, the chances of it breaking in such a manner as you describe with the 500-gallon tank are slim.

 

[plowindeeper]

his was about 20 yrs old and had been sitten in the sun at the edge of a pond The straps were loose and rusted tank bounced In the cradle It was a old white tank and very brittle the tank on mine is small and looks new i was sayin I didn't want to end up puttin more in it than I could buy a new one for like he did