Posted 7/3/2022 10:09 (#9731818 - in reply to #9731683) Subject: RE: Owning sprayer vs hiring it
Nebraska, The land of corn and cattle
Clay SEIA - 7/3/2022 08:52
sand85 - 7/2/2022 21:52
Buy two cheap ones. Corn and bean machine, and a backup if one needs a repair.
Or, a $45k three-wheeler to do big gallons of fertilizer and preemerge, plus an $80k pizza cutter machine for post. Won't be as glamorous or shiny, might have to turn a wrench and get greasy from time to time, but a lot of work done for half the OP budget.
This might be the best option for him if he wants to continue putting down N pre emerge, when we used to have the coops do that it always seemed to have a better kill with the floater vs a row crop machine doing the same thing.
If you get a Hagie, you could also get the Nitrogen toolbar and sidedress alot of your N instead of putting it all upfront. Or Y drops would be an option on any machine too.
Owning sprayer vs hiring it
