So said Hardi New Zealand and Australia operations manager Linden Forbes, launching the NK1000 12m, 1000L sprayer at National Fieldays.
Faster spraying and more control is the company’s offer. More farmers are moving towards spray units controllable from the tractor cab, Forbes says.
The NK1000 is a 200L expansion of the
company’s1 popular NK800 model, added to the line-up on customers’ promptings about a unit with a bigger tank.
The machine’s 12m individually folding hydraulic boom “gives farmers control over what they spray and what they don’t spray,” Forbes says. “If you’ve got a tree you can just fold up one side of the boom and keep on spraying. Or if you’re in a smaller paddock you can just partially fold out the booms and spray the smaller area.”
While the NK1000 has been available several months in Australia, Forbes said Hardi wanted to make sure it was ready for the New Zealand market before launching it here. “We’ve just got them out of the container for Fieldays.”
The New Zealand model – unlike the Australian – is designed to avert boom damage that happens typically here during road travel, Forbes says. “Most damage gets done when the spray unit gets transported from one job to another. It’s too easy for booms folded down to be damaged by the sideways rocking of the vehicle on the road.”
Rubber bushes on the hydraulics hold the boom snug on the road.
At 900kg the unit robust enough to handle New Zealand’s rugged conditions, Forbes says.
Dimensions are 1.53m × 2.53m × 0.270m. The NK1000 sits close to the tractor and has a low center of gravity. The deep sump allows emptying on steep slopes.
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