Written by: Sam Reid
2021
In June 2021, we completed an upgrade with Cleveland Crop Sprayers on our Toro MultiPro 5800 to convert it to an individual nozzle control GPS system. This allows us to map specific playing areas to size and creates a no-spray zone outside of the marked area. Then working in conjunction with the GPS screen, the monitor knows which nozzles to turn on or off when they pass over a treated or untreated surface.
Each nozzle can spray to an accuracy of 15cm allowance which means significantly less product is lost on spray perimeters. Since moving to this system we have been able to save 10% of the product applied on every application. We are also able to significantly reduce any spray drift onto areas that are not included in the spray.