Some fertilizer companys in my area drive this type of sprayer to the field.I think its allot safer hauling it on a loboy.
I've seen a lot of that too. Can't get any acres done if your spending half your day running back and forth to the plant. It only takes a few mins. to load or unload it,much faster than roading more than a few miles. I know he's been getting 750-900 acres a day with this rig, not everyday of course.
What do you think of the new Spray Coupe sprayers? Had any problems with them? Is that a 2wd machine?
Yes, this one is 2wheel drive. I haven't ran a coupe for yrs,but we run them exclusively. No, they're not as plush and loaded with the bells and whistles of the deers or gators, but they do the work and they're lite enough to trailer with a nurse tank. We also like them for their mechanical drives. We run two smaller models pulled on trailers behind tandem axled 3200 gal. nurse trucks. Again all single operator setups. Can cover 50k-60k acres in just a few months with these three machines,and 3 operators. Our average sized field isn't that big etheir,lots of creek bottom,waterways,and terraces. Very lil trouble with them,but we do have good operators.
Oh, this model coupe is under powered,but if I recall we went with a smaller powerplant option.
How wide is widest point of the trailer. Do you have to buy an annual over width permit
I'd have to measure to be sure again,but think it ended up at 140". Not positive on the annual permit,not my department.
How hard was it to get it DOT aproved?
Not very, we inspect all of our own trucks and trailers. Went clear thru this trailer,changed axles,brakes,pods,airlines,all new wiring and lights,etc. I have the tendency to over build things if I'm at all concerned about it's integrety, she's hell for stout.