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Mankar HQ Sprayer no mix sprayer

Posted by Adam Snow on January 17, 2025 at 8:34am

Hi there, I was looking into how we can save a bit of time on our maintenance contracts. We use glyphosate to treat weeds around paved and gravelled areas. Setting up the sprayer and mixing chemicals takes time and takes up space in the van. Have any of you used a Mankar sprayer, or something similar where you use the chemicals neat? They claim you use less chemicals, the initial outlay is high but in time we could possibly make the money back in time and chemicals. We have a battery powered sprayer, which has been great but still you have to mix chemicals. Would really appreciate any feedback. 

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  • Tim Bucknall January 17, 2025 at 9:38am

    I've tried something similar in the past.  That was very expensive to operate as you had to buy their own formulation, whereas at least this looks like you can use standard roundup in it: but I found the other main downsides were 1) the narrow swath width, takes forever if you have an area to spray; and 2) they're quite delicate machines, any little knock

    would stop it working.

    • Adam Snow > Tim Bucknall January 19, 2025 at 7:57pm

      Thanks Tim, appreciate your comments,  with the Mankar sprayer you don't have to use their chemicals but the initial outlay is considerable. Will have to weigh up my options! 

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