"After switching
3 years ago from a conventional sprayer to my LectroBlast®, I would estimate
my efficiency has increased 25% overall. Being a custom farming operation,
I can get from ranch to ranch faster because my operators spend more
time in the field and less time with the fill-ups and maintenance
on the machine.
I feel the
LectroBlast®
is a simple, better quality machine and as my business expands, I
will definitely be looking to buy more LectroBlast®
sprayers."
Accel
Custom Farming, Ceres CA
"After using our
Spectrum LectroBlast® Electrostatic Sprayer for a season, I wanted to let you know
how we are doing with it.
First and foremost the
time and manpower spent spraying has been cut from two men for two
days for 115 acres to one man in one day. In the past we hired a man
to drive the spray rig and I measured and loaded the spray material
for him, approximately 24 loads dilute to spray the orchards or 12
loads per day for two days. Now I load and spray using 7 loads to
spray the orchards in one day in the concentrate mode.
Second, the Hardie gas
engine driven sprayer we replaced used between 60 and 70 gallons of
gasoline to spray the orchards as well as about 10 gallons of diesel
fuel for the John Deere 2240 tow tractor. We now use between 34 &
36 gallons of diesel for the John Deere 2755 tractor and PTO driven
Spectrum LectroBlast® Sprayer to spray the orchards. We use less than half of the
fuel we formerly used and have no additional engine, cooling system,
or battery to maintain. The maintenance on the Spectrum LectroBlast® is a small
fraction of what we had to do on the old Hardie.
Third, in spite of having
some 75 year old trees towering 50 to 60 feet high, we are getting
better coverage with the Spectrum LectroBlast® Electrostatic Sprayer and the result
is less blight and worm damage resulting in better grades and thus
better prices for our walnuts.
Fourth, by using a concentrate
mix and electrostatic spraying, we are using less chemicals and getting
better results against the pests.
Finally, although spraying
is not a job I look forward to, I can honestly say that it is a pleasure
using the Spectrum LectroBlast® Electrostatic system. There is much less drift
and thus more spray is getting on the trees where it will do the most
good. The driver doesn't get showered with as much spray mist either.
To increase our efficiency even further, I am adding AgTec's Treesense
Laser Spray Controller to the Spectrum LectroBlast® Sprayer to further speed up
the spraying process and save spraying blank spots where the trees
have been removed or are smaller replants. We appreciate your help
and consultation in getting this system installed on our Spectrum
LectroBlast® Sprayer. Thanks again for helping us turn a chore into a pleasure
spraying our orchards."
Latimer Farms, Linden CA
