When I first started farming, back in the 70's, I bought a pull behind 300 gallon sprayer with a 20 foot boom, and it was considered high tech at the time. I used it for many years, and finally converted it to a tobacco sprayer, by making an extension so I could raise the boom about 8 feet in the air, so it would be several feet above the tobacco.
After I quit farming, it sat in a fencerow for many years. A few years ago, I took it to local sale and some Mennonite bought it for 150 bucks. He must have wanted it pretty badly. I'd considered going over it and fixing it back up for a pasture sprayer, but didn't think it was worth it.
Todays sprayers are head and shoulders above what we had when I started farming. My nephews run a JD with the 120 foot booms, and they can do things with it that I never imagined a sprayer could do. Fortunately, for what I do these days, I don't need anything that fancy.
