Janos Gergely recently bought a NAVIGATOR 4000 trailed sprayer. With this newly acquired sprayer, he can do the work more efficiently and cost-effectively on his several hundred-hectare territory, where he mostly concentrates on traditional plant based agriculture. For eight years, before getting the new machine, his farm was already using a sprayer from HARDI. In Nograd County, using precise and appropriate machinery is especially important, since weeds present a major problem from year to year, and terrain conditions are not ideals either. However, in a place where HARDI proved itself over eight years, no serious technical problem should emerge in the next eight years either.
The choice for a HARDI sprayer was not hard to make
We looked at many sprayers at AGROmashEXPO this year, but the decision was not hard to make. For one thing, we knew HARDI already, because for eight years we worked with an TR 2000, which we bought second-hand. This was a 2000-liter model, which we used to spray several thousand hectares. During this time, we only had to change a pump membrane once. We loved its performance and durability, but we wanted to up the capacity. Agrozáis Kft. the local HARDI dealer gave us a trade-in price based on their confidence that they could soon resell it. This is the best brand guarantee we could ask for.
Precision and efficiency is key
Basically yes, because the boom is now 24 meters instead of 18; we don’t have to stop as often thanks to the size of the tank, and even at a speed of 12 km/h, we do precise work with the help of our 160 LE tractor. This is the most important thing, because the right weather conditions for spraying are becoming less frequent, so our opportunities are limited. If it’s not raining, it’s windy. But given our weed situation we can’t skip the herbicide treatment.
AutoSectionControl improved our economy
We’ve already noticed that the new HARDI sprayer is more cost-effective, mostly because of its GPS AutoSectionControl, which our old sprayer didn’t have. With the 18-meter boom, we could only manually handle three sections, compared to the six sections we do now. In the past, no matter how hard we tried to do precise work, a human being could not see where chemicals had been sprayed and where they haven’t. In many instances, we could’ve turned off several nozzles, but we didn’t, and on a big plot that meant a lot of wasted money. The GPS AutoSectionControl prevents this. Fuel costs savings are also significant, because our area-based efficiency is greater, and stopping is less frequent because of the bigger tank. We also save money because we don’t have to mix that often.
Great support from the dealer
Even with our old HARDI sprayer, we needed very few parts and repairs, but I can tell you that Agroázis Kft is a very flexible and dependable firm. Right after we bought it, the new machine had a little accident because of our terrain, but we didn’t have to wait long, the new part arrived the next day. When they delivered the new sprayer, they gave our driver a one-day training session where he learned everything he needed, and ever since then, he loves our new HARDI sprayer. Source: Agroforum-Online |
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