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Title: EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE HERBICIDE APPLICATION EFFICIENCY
Accession Number: 00342173
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Cibolo Manufacturing has developed a one-man operated herbicide sprayer called the Swinglok. It is ideal for use by state highway departments, cities, and counties. It is capable of such diverse spraying operations as applying bareground herbicides under guardrails, signs on shoulders, selective treatments in the right-of-way, and foliage. The system attaches to the front bumper of the vehicle and incorporates special design booms for versatility and flexibility. This system allows for selective spraying up to 36 ft in the right-of-way. The spray swath consists of four 9-ft sections, each of which can be operated independently or in any combination by the flip of a switch on the dashmounted control panel. The Swinglok system eliminates the age-old problem of bending or breaking of long booms resulting from accidental contact with mailboxes, signs, and trees in the right-of-way. This system was designed to keep the spray truck traveling on the highway shoulder at a constant rate of speed to allow for precision application of herbicides. This system will allow maintenance departments to standardize spray equipment assuring maintenance engineers their herbicide program is the same with all spray truck operators. The Swinglok system is available in different models: (a) Model A--This system will spray one herbicide solution in a single pass down the roadside; (b) Model BS--This system allows the operator to spray two different herbicide solutions in separate operations either independently or simultaneously (e.g., spraying guardrails with bareground herbicides while applying selective herbicides across the right-of-way); and (c) Model S36--This system is used primarily for selective or brush applications. (Author)
Supplemental Notes: Proceedings of the Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation Program, August 3-8, 1980, San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by Committee on Roadside Maintenance and Committee on Roadside Maintenance and Committee on Landscape and Environment Design. Appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 805, Roadside Maintenance. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01411618
Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
Authors: Kubacak, JohnPagination: pp 16-17
Publication Date: 1981
Serial: Conference:
Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation
Location:
San Antonio Texas ISBN: 0309032199
Media Type: Print
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM
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