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

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

They only seemed popular here for maybe 5 or so years. Only soybean farmers 
used them. We were growing lots of beans back then and my uncle traded a 
bunch of carpentry work for one but we never used it. The only thing it 
would have helped on would have been Johnson grass. We used another chemical 
for that with a conventional sprayer anyway. I don't know who would use one 
today other than hay farmers, maintaining pastures, and maybe vegetable 
crops? I didn't even know they still made them. The concept is great, using 
practically no herbicide as opposed to a conventional sprayer, definitely 
sound management.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: John Maddock
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:38 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Wick Rig for applying roundup to tall grasses

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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