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When buying weed control sprayer in a John Deere Gator, it is important to know who you are dealing with and what you are getting. Customer solicited several bids and appears to have selected the low bid for 4 gator spray rigs (we were not the low bidder). All 4 sprayers were different & all 4 had problems that the client brought us to ad […]

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weed control sprayer brought in by client with numerous problems.  Some problems were big some problems were small.  When it comes to weed control spray rigs, even the small stuff matters. As you can see in this photo, the transfer hose used has already split on this sprayer, after only a few month's use.  The plastic fitt […]

Pest control sprayers & weed control equipment requires care and attention to run productivity day after day.  Spray technicians must identify and report spray equipment problems rather than living with them.  This photo shows how technicians have ignored an obvious problem.   The spray hose was allowed to rub a […]

New EPA rules on packaging & use of rodenticides will affect most PCO's performing rodent control work.  For example, pest control professionals can no longer use rodenticide baits around a dumpster if the dumpster is more then 50 feet away from the building. Numerous issues, some are very confusing.   Don't get yourse […]

B&G Sprayers are standard issue pest control equipment. B&G 1 Gallon Sprayers can provide years of reliable service if properly serviced and maintained. Like all spray equipment, you must clean the filter. This photo shows a badly clogged B&G Sprayer filter. This debris prevented the tech from completing his route. It i […]

Spray Equipment can be challenge enough to keep running.  You (and your employees) don’t need to create unnecessary spraying equipment problems. This red blob was a Birchmeier Backpack.  It was melted by the exhaust of the Honda engine.   We don’t think this could have happened immediately.  We think the tec […]

Client brought her Power Sprayer in for service, stating that the pump was not working well.  Our staff immediately found the problem.  The hose from the pump feeding the power spray rig hose reel was badly kinked, severely restricting the flow of water to the spray hose. The company that built the sprayer used a cheap reel, […]

The Arizona House of Representatives today by a 59-0 vote passed legislation transferring the administrative oversight of the Office of Pest Management (OPM) from the Arizona Department of Administration to the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA), clearing the bill for Governor Jan Brewer's consideration. Governor Brewer has five days to si […]

PRODUCTS CONTAINING 4 LBS. OF BAITThe following restrictions apply to first-generation anticoagulants or non-anticoagulant rodenticide products, intended for agricultural use or for use by professional applicators (pest control operators). Bait need not be sold in or with bait stations, but labels must require use of bait stations where child […]