There's a 1000 gal 90' hydraulic fold hitch type not to far from me for sale. My farm window only seems to shorten and this would be a nice step up from a 66' 400gal 3 pt. Are they still in business an how is getting parts if need be? Also wondering what anyone has to say about their quality, performance in field, etc.
Marflex sprayer questions
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I run a marflex truck sprayer. You will not find a more resilient boom. They are now called Sprayflex. It owned by the same people. Well, Jay and his brother own it now, I believe. Their dad started the business a fair time ago. Last I know, dad is still there. Crazy story on how all that came around. I have meet all of them and they are great people. They are located in Minnesota. Parts and support is available. Ag Trucks in Great Falls Mt builds lots of sprayers with Sprayflex systems.
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Marflex changed hands and is now known as Sprayflex. I have a Marflex sprayer mounted on an old Chevy truck. It was our main sprayer for years; we still use it as a backup.
There really aren't any proprietary parts on one of these sprayers. The tank cradle and booms are welded steel and/or aluminum and any repairs will require cutting and welding. The hydraulics and sprayer components are common, off the shelf items.
The boom design is quite good, IMO, and the Sprayflex sprayers appear to use the same design.
Marflex seemed, to me, to be mostly a one man operation. I talked to the owner on the phone a couple of times regarding some modifications to the supports that held the booms in transport. The guy struck me as an eyeball engineer who was prone to making changes to various parts of his design on the fly. I've seen quite a few Marflex sprayers which are pretty much the same except that each of them had some minor tweaks to the way the booms folded or the combination of steel and aluminum parts on otherwise identical booms.
If the sprayer you're looking at appears to be in decent shape, I wouldn't be afraid of it. As I mentioned, all of the items that will need repair/replacement over time are off the shelf parts.
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There really aren't any proprietary parts on one of these sprayers. The tank cradle and booms are welded steel and/or aluminum and any repairs will require cutting and welding. The hydraulics and sprayer components are common, off the shelf items.
The boom design is quite good, IMO, and the Sprayflex sprayers appear to use the same design.
Marflex seemed, to me, to be mostly a one man operation. I talked to the owner on the phone a couple of times regarding some modifications to the supports that held the booms in transport. The guy struck me as an eyeball engineer who was prone to making changes to various parts of his design on the fly. I've seen quite a few Marflex sprayers which are pretty much the same except that each of them had some minor tweaks to the way the booms folded or the combination of steel and aluminum parts on otherwise identical booms.
If the sprayer you're looking at appears to be in decent shape, I wouldn't be afraid of it. As I mentioned, all of the items that will need repair/replacement over time are off the shelf parts.
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I also have a Marflex truck sprayer. There are pretty popular around here. I really like how the booms are in sections and can be unbolted if you wrap one around a telephone pole. I also think they can be UPS, but not 100% sure. I have drug them on the ground and still hold up. Plus the nozzles are in the booms.
thank you for the feed back! I will try set something up to look at it when I pass thru his area on my way home to finish planting beans. the only thing different I think i would like would be a larger tank, so i can spray a quarter in one fill. from the pictures it looked to be in good shape with straight booms, will see when i get there.
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