Operating The Sprayer - Toro 34215 Operator's Manual

Operating the Sprayer

CAUTION
Chemicals are hazardous and can cause
personal injury.
• Read the chemical manufacture's
directions on the label before handling
the chemicals; follow all manufacturer
recommendations and precautions.
• Keep chemicals away from your skin.
Should contact occur, wash the affected
area thoroughly with soap and clean water.
• Wear eye protection, gloves, and any other
protective equipment recommended by the
chemical manufacturer.
Use the sprayer to disperse liquid herbicides,
pesticides, fertilizers, and other substances. Before
using the sprayer ensure that you have cleaned
the tank, plumbing, and nozzles before adding any
chemicals. When you use the sprayer, you first fill the
spray tank, then apply the chemical solution to the
work site, and then when you are finished spraying,
clean the tank. It is important to complete all 3 of
these steps to avoid damaging the sprayer. For
example, Do not mix and add chemicals in the spray
tank the night before and then spray in the morning.
This could lead to separation of the chemicals and
possible cause damage to components of the sprayer.
Important:
When you use your sprayer,
thoroughly clean it at the end of the day.
Calibrating the Sprayer
Note:
Before you use the sprayer for the first time
or change the nozzles or when the sprayer is out of
adjustment—calibrate the sprayer for ground speed
and flow rate.
Note:
The left and right sprayer boom nozzles are
wide pattern (white) nozzles and the center nozzle is
a narrow pattern (red) nozzle.
Note:
Refer to the chemical product label for
application rate recommendations.
The method to calibrate the sprayer flow involves
driving a preset distance, recording the time, and then
measuring the amount of liquid applied during that
time.
Calculating the Ground Speed
Operator supplied equipment: Stop watch capable
of measuring ± 1/10 second.
1. Measure and visibly mark a course length used
to calculate the average ground speed. Record
the course length here:
Note:
In this example the course length is 45.7
m (150 ft).
2. Add clean water into the spray tank until it is 1/2
full; refer to Filling the Spray Tank (page
3. Drive the machine to an area far enough away
from the course so that when you are driving
it into the course, the machine travels at the
desired ground speed before reaching the first
marker.
4. Use a stop watch to measure the time (in
seconds) that it takes the machine to travel the
marked course (45.7 m (150 ft) in this example)
while maintaining the desired ground speed.
Record your course time in the course time
worksheet.
Course Time Worksheet
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
5. Repeat steps
6. Move the sprayer to a level surface, move the
motion-control lever in the N
shut off the engine, wait for all moving parts to
stop, remove key, and engage parking brake.
7. Average the 3 test run times (in seconds);
use the average course time formula.
Record the average course speed
here:
Average Course Time Formula
(time 1) + (time
Formula
Example
8. Calculate the average ground speed; use the
ground speed formula. Record the average
ground speed here:
Note:
1 kph = 16.6 m/minute (1 mph = 88
ft/minute)
34
Time
2 through 4 an additional 2 times.
EUTRAL
.
2) + (time 3)
seconds
= The average time to
drive the course
3
21.6 + 19.1+
18.4 seconds
=
19.7 seconds
3
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seconds
seconds
seconds
position,
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