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Trying to find areas to save some money. Looking at spraying our own crops. Farm roughly 1300 acres. Considering a pull type or an older rogator to get started with. Any suggestions on what to look for and what to stay away from?
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Go self propelled you won't regret it. I started with a trailer type, but I have had a self propelled for 20 years now. Started with 664 Rogator, decent machine, 60ft boom, 600gal tank, pretty rugged machine. Currently running a CIH 3310 ( I paid $40k for this machine 6 years ago, 4k hours) it is a big improvement over the old 664 Rogator. It has 90 ft boom and 1000 gal tank. The CIH machines a...
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Dealer support is a good thing to have too. That 1074 is a nice size sprayer for what you’re wanting. Get a bulk water tank so you have at least 3 loads worth of water on hand.
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I would say all of our farms are in a 8 mile radius. Fields range from a 15 to 140 acres. Was looking at getting a poly 1000 gallon nurse tank. Probably be spraying a 15 or 20 gallon rate. I have to get license to spray yet but just have to study books and take like 4 test or so. I hav found some rogator 1074s from 30-45 k. Thought about trying something for a few years then if all goes well ma...
How far are you going to be from your fields? Have you thought of what you want as a tender truck or other loading station setup? What’s your average field size and what rate would you normally be spraying at? 10gpa, 15, 20? Have you looked into licensing requirements to make sure you can buy chemical in your state?
I’d stay away from 1254 Rogators. 854 were solid machines but it’s an 800gal tank...