[Shop-talk] Recommendations on yard sprayer

[Brian Kemp]

Scott - I have a HF backpack sprayer that I highly.
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-gallon-backpack-sprayer-63092.html
Click the coupon link at the top right of the page and they are 
currently $19.99.  I've been using it for several years now after having 
1 and 3 gal pump up bottles like yours.  It is so much nicer to not 
carry the bottle.  The big pump handle is also much easier to use and 
take many less pumps.  The nozzle is adjustable to make it easier to 
spray broad areas.  I do recommend taking a moment to make sure all the 
fittings are tight before first use.

I have several brick patios and a bunch of railroad tie steps. About 
every three weeks during weed season I mix up three gallons of a now 
evil commercial weed killer and make a round up and down the property.  
That seems to be a good balance for me.  Late in the season, I might 
drop to two gallons.

Brian

On 7/10/2020 11:50 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
> I have this thing:
>
> https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/262df14e-86b7-4bdf-8f8f-da9499c09315_2.92f2350fc4e1bca90c0192173c0ef9a5.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff 
>
>
> I'm trying to keep weeds at bay--in the driveway and near the garage, 
> and in those rocks in my previous post which sprout grass each spring. 
> My plan was to use that sprayer to hose down the rock garden with a 
> mixture of vinegar and salt and kill the little bastards before they 
> germinated.
>
> That sprayer is useless for that--it produces a tiiny, thin spray that 
> is really only useful for individual tiny weeds in cracks in pavement. 
> And even that takes forever.
>
> The 'rocked area' is maybe 2000 sq. ft. total, and I want to 
> inundate the area--I pulled them all by hand this year or used a 
> driveway/roofing torch to burn them away but they're already re-sprouting.
>
> Anybody have a sprayer that can cover some area they recommend?
>
> Scott
>
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