Quad Sprayers in Ireland: Choosing a Tank, Pump and Boom for Your Land
Spraying thistles and docks with a backpack sprayer eats a whole day and leaves your shoulders sore. A quad sprayer covers the same ground in a fraction of the time, which is why you see them on so many Irish farms and estates. This guide covers quad sprayers and what to check before you buy one: tank size, pump, boom or lance, and how to keep the whole rig working for years. What a Quad Sprayer Does A tank sits on the quad’s rack or on a small trailer. A 12-volt pump, usually wired to the quad’s battery, pushes liquid through a hose to a hand lance, a boom, or both. Treat a patch of rushes with the lance, then swap to the boom for a wider strip. Simple. A tractor-mounted sprayer wins on big, open fields. A quad wins everywhere a tractor struggles: steep ground, soft ground, small fields and awkward headlands. The wider sprayers range covers jobs smaller or larger than a quad can handle, and the chemical sprayer accessories page has spare nozzles, hoses and fittings. Choosing the Ta...