Sprayer 3 pt hitch sprayer

[Pokeboater]

I have a 3pt hitch sprayer I want to run from the back of my Kawasaki Mule. It runs off the pto which the Mule doesn't have. Is there an easy way to rig a gas motor to run the pump? I've seen gas motors with reduction gears built in, would that work? Thanks!

 

[kennyd]

A gas motor would work, but you will have to gear it down from 3600rpm to 540rpm. A better choice would be a electric pump from TSC or Agri-supply.

 

[Pokeboater]

I've got one of the electric sprayers and it doesn't put out enough "stuff".

 

[kennyd]

What size pump is it and how may nozzles are you running? Maybe the pump is just undersized?

 

[Pokeboater]

The electric sprayer is a 3.8 gal. The pto sprayer has a boomless nozzle.

 

[madpogue]

Generally, the pumps on those electric sprayers are sized to match the tanks they're on. We opted for the 25-gallon 10-foot boom ATV sprayer from TSC (mounted on a KK carry-all), because it had about the biggest pump available. Had no problem running the 10-foot boom. Fiddling around (water only, of course!) with the handgun, it lived up to its claim of being able to shoot over 40 feet. I would imagine the pump on a 3.8 gallon tank is gonna be quite small (shoot, that tank is smaller than our backpack sprayer).

 

[Pokeboater]

I wasn't clear, the PUMP pumps 3.8 gal per minute. The SPRAYER holds 35 gallons.