Brush cutter: From Right selection to maintenance

Whether you are a house gardener or a professional who loves gardening and landscaping, getting the right tools for your needs is quite challenging. Brush cutters are perfect tools for lawn cutting and trimming of shrubs and weeds. These are widely used for trimming dense bushes grown in vegetable farm section. In technology oriented world buyer have many options available to them from store to online shopping where they can purchase and exchange back the agricultural tools if there is some issue with compatibility. In this blog we had tried to discuss some tips about how to get the right brush cutter for your agricultural needs.

To start with Brush cutters come in three variants:

1)      Handheld Brush Cutter- More powerful engine than string cutter and used for thick grass, weeds, dense bushes.

2)      Walk-behind Brush Cutter- These cutters are perfect for areas of overgrown vegetation. It can be helpful for trimming and cutting in area that requires less maintenance.

3)      Tow-behind brush Cutter- Used in big field of cultivation and can be used with attaching to garden tractor. Used for cutting thicker bushes and weeds.

Main accessory of brush cutter is brush cutting blades which come in different variety as per requirement and capacity.

·                     Brush cutter with 8 or lesser blades- used for small grass patches or weeds

·                     Brush cutter with 9-40  teeth or blades- Used for thick weeds and shrubs

·                     Brush Cutter with more than 40 teeth- Used for small trees and saplings

·                     Brush cutter with knives or tri blades- used for dense shrubs and reeds

We at Chandak Agro equipments have variety of Agricultural Sprayers and equipments. Contact us for buy various types of Brush cutter and accessories.

Maintenance of Brush cutter

Proper maintenance at right time interval and process is essential for maintaining any equipment. Some specific tips for maintenance are:

v  Use the right fuel for your cutter

v  Check the mowing head and line feed. Don’t use damaged parts or blades of cutter.

v  Clean your brush Cutter regularly. It should be properly mounted to the deflector.

Lengthen the life of Agricultural Sprayer by proper maintenance

Agriculture is backbone of our country and it is somehow dependent on equipments used in modern farming. Power Sprayers also contribute a major role in this field. So in this blog we had tried to write about some maintenance tips for long life of agricultural sprayers.

It’s an old saying, keep your tools like a child means with more care and pamper, they will yield better. Here is basic guide for maintaining sprayer before and after use. It is important to check them daily, monthly and periodically.

Inspection Before initial Use:

·         Check hoses, connections and fittings

·         Check filters with unscrewing parts

·         Check any leakage or damage inside the tank

·         If you are using battery operated sprayer check the adaptability.

Daily Inspection of Sprayer Pump:

After and before of your sprayer use, it is required to inspect to avoid unnecessary breakdown. Before the use check hose & fittings, clean filters. After the use Clean inside of the tank, flush out all the waste with clean water.

Monthly maintenance

Monthly inspection is neseccary as every part is not used at daily basis or some parts are required on long interval. In this case oiling and maintaining them is more required.

Check Filters:

After a month of spraying, you may have to change or thoroughly clean the filters on your sprayer. This can be done by removing them and spraying them with a pressure washer.

Nozzle testing:

Replace the nozzles if they are corroded or non-performing. Best way to check nozzles is its pressure capacity of spraying liquid.

Season wise maintenance

Getting your sprayer ready for winter will eliminate damage when you use it the following spring. Making sure your sprayer is ready to go the next spraying season will save you a lot of time. Preparing your sprayer for winter season can be completed in 4 simple steps:

1. Drain the power sprayer
2. Blow out the plumbing lines
3. Flush with anti-freeze
4. Store/keep the sprayer correctly

Preparing your sprayer for spring season can be completed in 6 simple steps:

1. Visual inspection
2. Clean the tank
3. Check engine and pump
4. Clean nozzles
5. Run water through sprayer
6. Test sprayer

This blog can be very helpful to maintain and upgrade your sprayer’s performance and life. We at Chandak Agro Equipments offer nice deals in equipments and try to suggest our customers with good tips to prevent them for unnecessary expenses. We are trusted dealer in segment of Agricultural sprayers, car washers and brush cutters.

Pesticide Application techniques

Agricultural sprayers have been brought into the Indain cultivating frameworks, together with the pesticides to be applied, since the time they were utilized in the industrialized nations. For all intents and purposes every single distinctive system accessible has, at a given point in time, been presented pretty much effectively. Of the three significant gatherings of sprayer equipments, for example versatile, tractor mounted and plane mounted, just the portability is utilized on a noteworthy scale in different countries.

From the 25 surveys that were restored, the accompanying utilization of sprayer was recognized. Since respondents revealed different assortments of a similar kind of hardware more than once, the complete can mean more than 25.

·         Knapsackspower sprayer

There are two significant sorts of Knapsacks power sprayer:

§  Switch worked knapsack sprayers

These are the most broadly utilized little scope sprayers in creating nations. Through a hand-worked siphon and a spout/spouts, they produce a wide range bead size range and use around 200 l/ha.

§  Pressure sprayers

With these sprayers the entire of the holder that contains the splashing fluid is pressurized. Sizes go from under 5 liters (in which case they are hand-conveyed) to more than 10 liters.

In for all intents and purposes all cases this was accounted for as the most significant application system. The underarm switch worked type is generally mainstream yet shoulder siphon sprayers and pressure or pneumatic sprayers were likewise referenced. Backpack sprayers are utilized to apply any sort of pesticide (for example generally bug sprays, trailed by fungicides and herbicides). Water volumes extend from 100 to 400 l/ha. In all likelihood in view of the costs in question, a sprayer is all the more regularly utilized on money yields, for example, cocoa, maize and cotton, and furthermore on garden crops and to a lesser degree on the staple nourishment crops.

·         Battery operated Sprayer

Battery opearted sprayers utilize a plastic pivoting circle, fueled by batteries, to scatter the splashing fluid into exceptionally little beads. Application volumes can be as low as 3 liters for every ha which is a significant preferred position in instances of water shortage and furthermore their relative basic system and usability have added to the across the board utilization of turning plate sprayers. Float of the shower cloud and all out reliance on air development for dispersion of the splash cloud is an inconvenience. The grouping of pesticide in the splashing fluid can be high (up to 100%) which builds the dangers of phytotoxicity and inebriation of the administrator.

Despite the drawbacks, results show that battery operated sprayers are without a doubt second being used after the backpack sprayers and were accounted for multiple times. Bug sprays are the most widely recognized pesticides for a turning circle sprayer, trailed by herbicides. The sprayers are most broadly utilized in cotton, nursery crops and other food crops.

·         Mist blower 

Mist blowers have a place with the gathering of air-bearer sprayers that, as a typical component, give an air stream in which beads are anticipated towards the objective. Mist blowers produce enormous shower mists and are in this manner frequently utilized in tree crops. The showering volume utilized is moderately low; 20l/ha.

Twelve respondents revealed its utilization. Cocoa and citrus are the yields it is utilized in most yet in addition nourishment crops were referenced. Fog blowers are commonly utilized for bug sprays.

·         Others

On a less critical scale there is the utilization of different strategies, for example, sprayers mounted on tractors or different vehicles in mechanical yields, rice, cotton and cowpea, various methods for applying powders (for example a plastic container with gaps (for post reap), a hand worked duster and plastic sacks containing insecticides), the utilization of a misting machine and of post collect application by sprinkling pesticides by hand.