Years ago I bought a sprayer and made a plate to mount it on and designed a bracket so the entire system would just slide down over the rear weight bracket of my old 445. Well, when I traded in the 445 for the 1025R, they told me I could keep the weight bracket and weights from the 445, so I took some round steel and angle iron and welded up a bracket that fits right into the I-Match hitch and bolted the old 445 weight bracket to it. That way, I can just take the new bracket, click it into the I-Match and then just slide the sprayer system right onto it. I found a male cigarette lighter plug with a built in switch on the top of it, so I can turn the sprayer on and off right form the tractor seat. I used it last night and it worked awesome. It has a hand held sprayer so I can just drive the tractor around the house and buildings and spray along the footer and around trees, light poles etc.. Then I just turn a ball valve and it will spray about a 6ft wide pattern at the lower rear bar so I can spray my stone driveway to kill the grass and weeds that start growing in it. If any of you guys build something like this, be careful when you buy the cigarette lighter plug with a switch. They almost all come with fuses and most of them are light duty and only come with a 3 amp fuse. My sprayer pulls 5 amps, so I found one with a 8 amp fuse and heavier wiring. Hopefully I can attach some pics. Thanks.
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