What is this machine?
Mar 21, 2020 19:55:47 #
Harl-Man wrote:
I believe it’s a spray rig, used in orchards.
Newer ones (but still old by today’s standards) were much larger and had a seat on top for a person to hold the spray nozzle and spray trees as it was pulled by a tractor through the orchard
Newer ones (but still old by today’s standards) were much larger and had a seat on top for a person to hold the spray nozzle and spray trees as it was pulled by a tractor through the orchard
Mar 22, 2020 01:39:12 #
Alliebess,
My best guess is that it looks like some kind of early iteration of a Pressure Washer!
Just guessing, I am in no way knowledgeable in that field. I just saw the water hose and the old engine on top of the gizmo, and the wood thing looked like some kind of solution tank, perhaps hot water or vinegar to kill mold on farm buildings' north sides.
We have the same problem with the larger houses in South Texas, where the north sides of them after a few years have that green mold growing on them. Here along the Texas Gulf Coast mold is a constant problem.
What with the EPA outlawing LEAD PAINT (that KILLED ALL MOLD on buildings, INSIDE and OUT), the WAR on Mold has become a Major Industry for some building remodeling outfits!
Who knew, that the Lead Paint was a Health Safety Feature for families and their homes, after the hysteria about Lead Paint "going to kill all the Babies" because of businesses making Baby Cribs painted with Lead Paint! That wasn't the fault of Lead Paint manufacturers, that belonged to the morons making the Cribs, with Lead Paint!
Scooter,
My best guess is that it looks like some kind of early iteration of a Pressure Washer!
Just guessing, I am in no way knowledgeable in that field. I just saw the water hose and the old engine on top of the gizmo, and the wood thing looked like some kind of solution tank, perhaps hot water or vinegar to kill mold on farm buildings' north sides.
We have the same problem with the larger houses in South Texas, where the north sides of them after a few years have that green mold growing on them. Here along the Texas Gulf Coast mold is a constant problem.
What with the EPA outlawing LEAD PAINT (that KILLED ALL MOLD on buildings, INSIDE and OUT), the WAR on Mold has become a Major Industry for some building remodeling outfits!
Who knew, that the Lead Paint was a Health Safety Feature for families and their homes, after the hysteria about Lead Paint "going to kill all the Babies" because of businesses making Baby Cribs painted with Lead Paint! That wasn't the fault of Lead Paint manufacturers, that belonged to the morons making the Cribs, with Lead Paint!
Scooter,
Mar 22, 2020 13:25:55 #
Kaib795
Loc: Maryland, USA
In reference to the orchard picture above:
Yup, this is a early style orchard sprayer. Versions after this had the sprayer on the back of the unit pulled behind the tractor. The newer ones are much the same but the tractor cab is enclosed and for good reason. You see the spray floats in the wind often coming back on the driver where it's absorbed into the skin. ALL open cab drivers have succumbed to cancer from this. The folks using the enclosed cab tractors are still alive. I used to work on an orchard in my High School days but never operated the sprayer. My boss from those days has sense passed on from cancer. Talking with another orchard farmer in Northern Virginia, he agreed with me that all his friends who ran orchards are gone and he was lucky to get the enclosed cab and swore that it's saved his life.
Yup, this is a early style orchard sprayer. Versions after this had the sprayer on the back of the unit pulled behind the tractor. The newer ones are much the same but the tractor cab is enclosed and for good reason. You see the spray floats in the wind often coming back on the driver where it's absorbed into the skin. ALL open cab drivers have succumbed to cancer from this. The folks using the enclosed cab tractors are still alive. I used to work on an orchard in my High School days but never operated the sprayer. My boss from those days has sense passed on from cancer. Talking with another orchard farmer in Northern Virginia, he agreed with me that all his friends who ran orchards are gone and he was lucky to get the enclosed cab and swore that it's saved his life.
Mar 26, 2020 20:23:48 #
RGHRGH wrote:
Its a weed sprayer.
That's what I would guess.
The fuel tank for the engine is the cylindrical container at the top left of the engine. Fuel tank fill on top of the cylindrical tank.
Let me see if I can get in touch with one of my ranger friends at the park.
Edit: It IS at Pawlings Farm, still working on the main question.
Mar 30, 2020 11:01:34 #
Mar 30, 2020 12:40:23 #
And here’s todays 2020 version of a spray rig that is being used in Chins to fog the streets to combat the virus
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