[AT] OT Wick Rig for applying roundup to tall grasses

[Bo Hinch]

yes and also soybeans .



On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 7:18 AM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Bo, what's he using  it on, pasture?
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bo Hinch
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 11:13 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT Wick Rig for applying roundup to tall grasses
>
> A friend of mine built his using a old land leveler . The roller / wiper
> has regular house carpet wrapped around the roller ( about 15 inch diameter
> ) which is driven by a hyd . pump driven off of the wheels through a chain
> reduction  . The tractor pto drives the spray pump which delivers fluid to
> the carpet / roller ( plastic pipe with holes drilled to drip on top of
> roller ) which drips fluid onto carpet . He can regulate height by raising
> or lowering complete rig therefore the roller wipes at say 18 inches above
> ground level killing ONLY what it wipes . The roller rotates in opposite
> direction of travel .
> He can cover about 5 acres per hour and does a very good job of getting rid
> of weeds and tallow trees .
> Thats the way it is done in S/West Louisiana
>
> Bo Hinch in s/w louisiana.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:03 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > That makes sense also John, as I noticed that the one in the picture
> > I posted uses more sections of wick in smaller lengths than the old
> > ones I used to see.  Hopefully it's an improved version.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Maddock
> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 2:58 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT Wick Rig for applying roundup to tall grasses
> >
> > Further to my earlier post on rope wick wipers, I might have been a bit
> > harsh.  The early units (late 70s, early 80s) tended to show those 3
> > problems.  Current models may have overcome them with improved materials
> &
> > design.
> >
> > JV
> >
> > > John
> > >
> > > Three reasons why the rope wick wipers fell out of favour:  they break
> &
> > > spill chemical; they drip, and on a hillside they leak on the down hill
> > > end.  In my opinion they gave wiping a bad reputation which modern
> > > controlled-feed wipers have battled to overcome.
> > >
> > > JV
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  > My only concern is how much chemical it would take to load the wick,
> > > and
> > >> how
> > >> would you clean it up? They seem a fantastic idea, never quite
> > >> understood
> > >> why they fell out of favor with farmers so quickly. I could actually
> > >> use
> > >> one
> > >> now to tidy up some areas of hay fields.
> > >>
> > >> John Hall
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: charlie hill
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:27 AM
> > >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > >> Subject: [AT] OT Wick Rig for applying roundup to tall grasses
> > >>
> > >> A while back, maybe a year ago or more, there was a discussion
> > >> here about getting rid of tall grass such as Johnson grass in pasture.
> > >> We talked about apply round up with a wick rig.
> > >> Here is a link to a wick rig so anyone interested can see what it is.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.agrisupply.com/product.aspx?p=71934&utm_source=em&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=2014_07_23_July_Top_Sellers%20(1)&utm_content=&spMailingID=21156493&spUserID=MzkzNTczNjM5MjgS1&spJobID=361213797&spReportId=MzYxMjEzNzk3S0
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