Customer Reviews

25 Gallon Trailer Sprayer with a 12 Volt, 2.1 G.P.M. Pump (LG-2500-303)

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This fimco sprayer has done everything it says it will. Right out of the box and I was spraying after a few asembly steps. I used roundup pro which only requires 1.5 oz per gallon. I used the sprayer at 40 psi and about ten days later not a weed anywhere in my burmuda, The hand sprayer worked great for the spots around shrubs and places where you don't want overspray. This beats the heck out of the hand pump sprayer I have been working with for several years which was hit or miss.

Since FIMCO's email address is a state secret a I can't tell them directly what I think of their sprayer "quality", maybe they'll see the review here. I have a TR-40-GAS trailer sprayer, which uses a gas engine. I use it to spray round up on fence lines. I use the wand for spraying, rarely the outrigger. Ok, from front to back, here is my experience with this sprayer after 4 years of ownership. The tongue of the trailer is much too short and if you back up it will jacknife and break the carbuerator off. So I made a 4 foot extension with square metal tubing. The engine it came with (a Tecumseh) was a piece of junk. I replaced it with a Honda. The cap for the tank cracked after a few uses and I had to buy 2 new ones. They're delicate and you have to make sure you tighten them lightly. The plastic t-connectors, elbows, etc. all developed leaks within a year so I ended up replacing them all with brass fittings. Problem solved. The plastic strainer filter assembly cracked and I replaced it with a different brand. The pressure regulator valve cracked and I replaced it with OEM part because I couldnt find an afermarket one. The wand now leaks and another one will cost me $50.

After putting about $600 more into this sprayer (Which cost me $700.) it works as it should and may last another 5 or 6 years. If I had it to do over I would have bought a King sprayer and paid 2 or 3 grand and gotten it over with.

FIMCO really chinced on this sprayer and they could have made it 100% better and charged another few hundred for it and they still would have been competitive. I would gladly have paid more for a better quality one. Whoever specified the parts for this should be fired.

The first Fimco sprayer I bought had a deformed filler hole. You could not screw the cap on the tank without beating on it. Having read the owner's manual, I called the "Before Returning This Product For Any Reason" 800 phone number. I was instructed to "Return it to the Dealer". Drove 20 miles back to the dealer. They exchanged it for a unit that the filler cap fit correctly. Good people. Drove 20 miles home.
The second Fimco sprayer went together OK right until I went to install the spray nozzle and hose assembly to the boom. It was to short on both ends! Called the "Before Returning This Product For Any Reason" 800 phone number and was told to "Return to the Dealer", and they can order parts. It took about a week, but I got the opportunity to drive 20 miles back to my dealer. I thought I could get the part I needed from the unit I had returned, but someone had beat me to it. My dealer did come up with enough parts from another brand sprayer (Country Line/Green Leaf) to get mine working. Good people.