Easy Connection for Hustler Sprayers to Trimble GPS

Published 19th December 2016
New Zealand

Tuatahi Farming Partnership runs 5500 hectares in 2 large Sheep, Beef & Deer Stations west of Turangi and needed a sprayer for 1200 hectares of spraying each year. One of Hustler’s specialists recommended GPS section control, due to the odd shape paddocks and terrain, and made it easy for them by integrating with the Trimble system on their new tractor…

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1200 hectares each year of pasture and herbicide spraying consumes a lot of chemical, so when Barry Pope needed a new sprayer, he turned to the advice from Hustler’s sprayer specialist, Gerald Raikes, to go with GPS Auto Rate and Section control. Barry was also in the market for a new tractor, and having settled on a new Puma 140, he wanted to run with the factory GPS brand, the Trimble FMX750. That presented no problem for Gerald wanting to provide the best solution for Tuatahi’s needs, specifying his sprayer build with the correct wiring harness to plug-n-play with the Trimble GPS. 

 

 Michael is rapt with the simplicity

of the induction hopper

 

Full time tractor driver Michael Holland, taking delivery of his new Puma 140, Hustler FOX 1800 Sprayer with Graham Anderson from GAZ Otorohanga branch

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Norwood Wholesale’s Precision Ag Specialist, Mark Hansen was on site for delivery to ensure the section calibration and GPS was calibrated correctly. 

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Tuatahi spec’d their Hustler sprayer up with nearly every option in the book, and went for the FOX 1800 – a 1980 litre capacity linkage mounted sprayer, 14 metre fully hydraulic boom, Chemical mixing and induction hopper, precision dry level gauge, folding access ladder, remote filling port, and more… 

 

The ultimate solution is the core driver for

Hustler’s specialists, and this time it meant

recommending a competitive brand of GPS.

 

 

Contact our Sprayer Specialists, they’re skilled at optimising your sprayer design

for the ultimate productivity on your farm. So you can maximise your bottom-line.

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Try our new boom sprayer configurator online

 

 

 

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