Innovative new spray equipment range great news for New Zealand rural sector
Monday 4 May 2009, 2:58PM
By Hustler Equipment Sales
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The frustrations farmers face over spray equipment not meeting their expectations and the weather putting a dampener on their spraying efforts may soon be over.
A well respected New Zealand rural equipment supplier is introducing a revolutionary range of spray equipment to New Zealand aimed at alleviating these issues.
Hustler Equipment Sales is launching its new SpraySmart range of Brazilian agricultural spray equipment from the world’s largest sprayer manufacturer, Jacto.
While the products are imported from Brazil, Hustler has done extensive research and the new range is backed up by the same excellent service and support of Hustler’s nationwide accredited dealers.
For more than 45 years the family owned and operated business has been building and distributing top quality machinery to meet the changing needs of the rural sector.
The SpraySmart range aims to tackle the problems farmers face with spray equipment such as spray drift and waste, ongoing maintenance, cumbersome booms and most importantly, reducing overall operating costs.
Hustler sees farmers constantly frustrated with their spraying equipment not performing the way they need it to, so have searched the world for products that will alleviate their concerns.
They knew they had to find high quality products that would easily fit onto tractors and machinery in New Zealand therefore being a cost effective choice.
What sets SpraySmart apart from the rest is the use of ceramic piston pumps which use a third of the moving parts of the more traditional rubber diaphragm pumps, resulting in less maintenance and a product more resistant to abrasive chemicals requiring less power to operate.
Products in the range take away the reliance on ‘good’ weather spraying due to a ‘VORTEX air boom’ which applies the spray more accurately, reducing wind drift, evaporation and meaning spraying can be done any time of the day in most weather conditions.
Waste is always a concern when spraying, so the chemical mixing tank and triple wash system reduces waste, contamination and allows for less chemical handling risks.
Another feature of the SpraySmart range is the versatility of mechanical agitation. A propeller in the tank ensures a consistent chemical mix yet uses less horsepower than regular spray units to operate. The SpraySmart range agitates the chemical mixture using both the mechanical and venturi agitation systems providing more versatility when using a variety of fertilisers and sprays.
There are more than 300 products in the SpraySmart range from knapsacks to self-propelled models and are available from Hustler’s accredited dealer locations nationwide.
Product Fact Sheet
Product |
Use |
Facts |
UniPort Star |
Large scale farmer - for rapid and efficient spray application. Perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
Self Propelled featuring 24M hydraulic boom and 2,500L tank, pneumatic, and trapezoidal suspension, and twin suspension system |
Advance BK3024 |
Large scale farmer – Excellent results for the control of most resistant weeds and pests. Perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
Fully hydraulic Twin fan VORTEX air assisted 24M boom, 3,000L tank, trapezoidal suspension, and twin suspension system |
Advance 3000 AM-24 |
Large scale farmer - Perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
Fully hydraulic 24M boom 3,000L tank, trapezoidal suspension, and twin suspension system |
Advance 3000 AM-21 |
Large scale farmer – Excellent results for the control of most resistant weeds and pests. Perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
Fully hydraulic 21M boom 3,000L tank, trapezoidal suspension, and twin suspension system |
Advance 3000 Vortex |
Large scale farmer – Excellent results for the control of most resistant weeds and pests. Perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
18M fully hydraulic control Single fan VORTEX air assisted boom, 3000L tank, trapezoidal suspension, and triple suspension system |
Columbia AD-18 |
Medium scale farmer – perfect |
18M fully hydraulic boom, 2000L tank, trapezoidal suspension, and triple suspension system |
Condor 800 AM-12/14 |
Medium sized farms - perfect for pasture, market gardening, and row crop. |
12-14M boom, 800L tank, trapezoidal suspension, ad twin suspension system |
3-point hitch cannon sprayer |
Idea for nurseries, gorse and all trees where a boom sprayer cannot reach. |
Cannon, long range angle up to 36 degrees vertically and 240 horizontally, 9 setting flow regulator, 600L tank up to 25 metres |
AJ-401-LH Plus |
Wide spraying swath. Idea for nurseries, gorse and all trees where a boom sprayer cannot reach. |
Cannon long range angle up to 36 degrees vertically and 240 horizontally, 9 setting flow regulator, 400L tank up to 20 meters |
HD 300 Knapsack Sprayer |
Small scale farmer |
10L, internal high capacity internal piston pump, light weight, high pressure hose, wide filler opening |
HD 400 Knapsack Sprayer |
Small scale farmer |
16L, internal high capacity internal piston pump, light weight, high pressure hose, wide filler opening |