- Reel Low Dad
- August 12, 2019
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The frame of the spreader is from a 80 Pound Lesco Spreader. The hopper was destroyed on this spreader so it made for the perfect donor frame.I picked up the tank from Rural King. This is a 9 gallon tank designed to be attached to the back of an ATV and used as a spot sprayer. This came with a small 1 GPM pump, but I replaced that with a larger pump. This is no longer available from Rural King but is available elsewhere. I attached the tank to the frame with various size screws and custom aluminium mounts. I bought all these at the local home improvement store. My tank actually has screw treads inserts already so I built the mounts to match those and the holes in the Lesco frame.
To power the unit I picked up this battery. It is a 12V 12 amp battery. I could have went larger, but it is not needed with my lawn size. The other electrical components include the main power switch on the side of the unit, a charging port and the handle switch. I decided to go with a charging port because I wanted to.
For the boom itself. that is just a piece of 3/4 inch electrical conduit I painted black. These rest of the components were ordered from SpraySmarter and the list and quantity of parts can be found below.
TEEJET PISTON-TYPE PRESSURE RELIEF/REGULATING VALVE
23120-1/2-PP
Ordered: 1
TEEJET 1/2″ QUICK TEEJET NOZZLE BODY ASSEMBLY
Nozzle Body StyleSingle22251-311-500-NYB
Ordered: 2
TEEJET 1/2″ QUICK TEEJET NOZZLE BODY ASSEMBLY
Nozzle Body StyleDouble22252-312-500-NYB
Ordered: 1
BANJO 1/2″ POLY PIPE TEE FITTING
TEE050
Ordered: 1
BANJO POLYPROPYLENE STRAIGHT HOSE BARB: MALE THREAD X HOSE BARB
Size1/2 MPT x 1/2 HBHB050
Ordered: 4
BANJO 90° POLY HOSE BARB: MALE THREAD X HOSE BARB
Size1/2 MPT x 1/2 HBHB050-90
Ordered: 2
BANJO 1/2″ POLYPROPYLENE HOSE BARB TEE
HBT050
Ordered: 1
L85 AG SPRAY HOSE
Size1/2″L85-050
Ordered: 10
TEEJET XRC EXTENDED RANGE FLAT SPRAY TIPS
ColorRedXRC11004-VS
Ordered: 3
TEEJET VARI-SPACING CLAMP
Size3/4″QJ111-3/4
Ordered: 3
BANJO 1/2″ EPDM TANK FLANGE ASSEMBLY
TF050
Ordered: 1
BANJO 1/2″ X SHORT POLY NIPPLE
NIP050-SH
Ordered: 1
BANJO 1/4″ 90 DEGREE STREET ELBOW
SL025-90
Ordered: 1
BANJO 1/2″ HOSE BARB MICRO VALVE
LVHB050V
Ordered: 1
TEEJET AA122 COMPACT LIQUID LINE STRAINERS
Size1/2AA122ML-1/2-PP-80
Ordered: 1
I hope you found this useful. There was a lot of work involved and this took lots of creativity and trial and error.