How to build a lawn sprayer set up the Right Way. Part 1

[@lcplea2597]

Great video and the must informative I've see on how to build your own sprayer. I wasn't able to find the part's list. How can I get it? Thanks for the video.

[@paulnicholson8524]

Way to go keep up the good work.

[@FisherCatProductions]

Nice neat setup. Half-inch hose is a bit of an overkill unless you have it lying about. You can properly use 3/8" hose to your boom. Three nozzles likely running around 1.5 GPM would drop less than 1-1/2 psi through a 6 foot length. Good explanation and a right fine video for a camera phone!

[@jerryw2166]

Is the new regulator 150psi? That about all I can seem to find

[@licensetochill79]

@@jerryw2166 go to sprayer depot.com

[@johnzx14rk94]

Thank You Good Sir.

[@prouddaddyglenpool4926]

I’m a newbie. So please don’t bite my head off. Quick question. I love your setup. Im using a Rittenhouse jet agitator. In their direction it say not to come off of the regulator but your agitator is coming off the regulator. Where else would it go?

[@licensetochill79]

Because it's not an agitator it is dumping the excess fluid back into the tank when it's being used. So this way the mixture of chemicals they floating in the water. It does not need to be a jet agitator

[@FisherCatProductions]

If you are spraying chemicals in suspension you absolutely need a jet or you will get dead spots in your tank where the product will settle out. The manufacturer is warning you not to put the jet on the end of your pressure relief line mostly because jet's can clog. If that happens, you will lose control over your pressure and could damage your equipment. Additionally, the flow from your relief line has volume, but not enough pressure to "stir" your tank. Your jet needs a dedicated line tapped somewhere off the pressure side of your pump. Where is not important but you need a gate valve on that line to adjust the minimum flow that will stir your entire tank.

[@nicolasmuniz6117]

Does the pressure regulator, regulate everything coming into the T joint or just what’s coming out the regulator?

[@licensetochill79]

It regulates pressure to the spray nozzle and the Boom. The regulator does not allow over pressure you can see part 2 video I showed how the system operates

[@emrdrgz]

Can someone tell me what the thing is above the banjo commect to the boom? Seems to be clear plastic? And behind it is what I think maybe the tank suction fitting but not sure?

[@licensetochill79]

That is the intake for the pump there's a screen in there to keep particulates out of the pump so it does not damage the pump or clogged the nozzles

[@emrdrgz]

@@licensetochill79 thank you Sir! Did you ever come up with a parts list by chance, I couldn't find one.

[@licensetochill79]

@@emrdrgz no I never got a chance to do it it's very hard for me to get one together because I'm so busy with work all the time I will try my best that's the best I can say

[@emrdrgz]

@@licensetochill79 understood and appreciated, I will be trying to copy your setup on my TS pull behind

[@emrdrgz]

For the spray gun connection, you tapped off the 1/4 gauge port did you use a 1/4 to 1/2 adapter there as well?

[@emrdrgz]

I have a few questions I need to ask

[@jeremyduncan4337]

Is the teejet regulator a 60 or 150 psi model?

[@licensetochill79]

0 to 60

[@FisherCatProductions]

Don't use the 150 unless you are planning on spraying above 60 psi. You will lose sensitivity at the normal range of 30-50 psi, and will find it difficult to adjust and keep that pressure.

[@azteca8037]

What's the GPM rating? What's is your mix rate?

[@licensetochill79]

Watch part 2

[@nuedgelawnsllc103]

Do you have part # list for products used?

[@licensetochill79]

I do not but if you give me a couple of days I'll get it one out for you

[@nuedgelawnsllc103]

@@licensetochill79..that'll be awesome! Thanks! 😊

[@lawnprousa7189]

Can I get the parts list for this setup? Thank you

[@jordancool100]

I'd be super interested in the parts list as well. Thank you very much

[@jerrybillings4720]

Where did u get your regulator?

[@licensetochill79]

You can find everything at Sprayer Depot. The nozzles I use are tt11006-vp for General spraying of fertilizers soil amendments. The one I use for spraying weeds xrc11006-vk The only thing I would suggest just to sit down and write out everything you think you need first then make you order

[@licensetochill79]

Also I would suggest using Loctite 567 as the thread sealing compound for the fittings. I am a mechanical contractor. And this has never failed me when doing plastic fittings

[@tongvang724]

How much did this all cost you total?

[@licensetochill79]

I don't remember for sure but it was around 400

[@bigdogbrosadventures8371]

Great videos! North Star was engineered by someone who knows nothing about hydraulics. Typical for this type equipment.

[@licensetochill79]

Thank you sir. Hope the video was good help for you. There's a part two explaining in more death

[@raeB_D_ahC]

No

[@ministermanoutdoors6179]

Connor Ward shows you how to build one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITIYmhvfKmIpc0

[@licensetochill79]

Yes but his pump is undersized for what he's doing. He doesn't have a constant mixture rate. I love Connor Ward but he cuts a lot of corners and you know that. So I put out two videos explaining the whole process

[@ministermanoutdoors6179]

@@licensetochill79 First let me say, great build guy, just awesome!!! I thought Connor's pump was a good size for a walk behind and the nozzles he's using. I'm upgrading my sprayer, but my boom only uses 2 nozzles right now. I do like your valve assembly so I will have to look into that and perhaps incorporate that into my upgrade. I do plan to upgrade my pump as well because it is quite underpowered. Thanks for the how-to video, great tips.

[@FisherCatProductions]

@@ministermanoutdoors6179 I'll be running 6 nozzles @ 50 psi, 0.34 GPM each. I need 2.04 GPM for the nozzles. Since I spray suspensions, I need an agitator calculated at around 1 GMP if I use a 3X efficient jet, for a total of 3.04 GPM. At 50 psi my pump will produce 4.1 GPM, so I will have a very comfortable 25% flow margin. I want at least 15%. A lot of people calculate their margin based on the MAXIMUM flow rate of the pump, which can be a big mistake since that is at zero psi. You need to find the pump's flow chart that shows how many GPM it will produce at he highest pressure you intend to use.

[@FisherCatProductions]

@@licensetochill79 On what basis do you determine that Conner's pump is undersized in the above video?? I can run SIX nozzles with the same size pump, an agitator, and have 25% more flow than I need! Please elaborate on what corners you say he cut in that video. It appears to be the exact same pressure and flow control path that you used, just in a different format to fit his tank.

[@licensetochill79]

@@FisherCatProductions again I already addressed this in order to get a complete mixture you have to be mixing your chemicals at half the rate that you're putting them down at least. This way you keep the chemicals floating in the mixture as they should. For example let's use TruGreen or any other lawn Chemical Company. They're using two GPM but yet their pumps are rated for over 15 GPM. They use that to keep the chemical floating