[AT] mosquito fogger

[Ronald L. Cook]

Thanks for the ideas, fellows.

You are right about the ULV, H.L

Mike, around here there are no county mosquito commissions like there is 
in your part of the country.  I guess the darn things aren't as bad 
here, or probably a little more arid.  Municipalities either do their 
own fogging, or they hire a contractor.  I have approached a couple 
municipalities, but they have taxpayer monies, so they just buy new.  It 
must not pay very good, as I have approached a couple of local 
contractors and they are not interested in anything other than very 
cheap!  I hadn't thought of the folks at Iowa State.  Thanks for that 
thought.

Rick, it is a commercial unit.  Takes about a 300 foot swath.  Nice used 
and reconditioned outfit.  New is in the neighborhood of $5-7000.  I 
bought it with the intents of fogging 3 little towns in the area where I 
do my cropdusting.  I got it in the fall of 2001.  Lined up the work and 
went for the insurance that is required here in the state of Iowa for 
commercial applicators.  NO WAY!!  No new policies especially to someone 
that had not been doing that kind of work.  Might be a terrorist!!!  My 
25 years of doing the same thing with an airplane did not count.  I 
tried all over the country.  No go.  So.....I just fog my own place.  It 
is nice, but not a very good use of my money.  The knee jerk reaction to 
the Trade Center thing has subsided now, and I could probably get 
insurance, but my little towns have contracted with another vendor now.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA