Although Hayes Spraying commenced operations in the early 1970s as a contract spraying and consulting business, the demand for tough and well-designed spray equipment in the late 1980s allowed it to turn to manufacturing agricultural machinery full-time. Since then, Hayes Spraying has built a reputation which associates reliability, quality and good value for money with the business name.
Hayes Spraying’s boom sprays are mainly used in broad acre cropping areas throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, but they have also been exported to seven countries – mainly in Africa – where they have held true to the company’s name in overseas rugged conditions.
For over five years Hayes Spraying has been fitting BPW products across a range of its sprayers, varying from combinations 24 metres wide up to 54 metres wide, with tank sizes from 6,000 litres up to 13,000 litres.
Hayes Spraying Sales Manager, David Wells, says their 48- to 54-metre sprayers are specifically driving in contoured areas, so it is essential that they have a suspension setup that customers can rely on.
“We go with BPW because of its name for being exactly what we want,” he says. “It’s a very durable item, and that comes in hand with our main focus – durability and reliability.”
Hayes Spraying’s biggest boom spray yet, a 54 metre, 10,000 litre unit, is fitted with a tandem walking beam with rear steer from BPW. This kind of suspension specifically offers improved manoeuvrability, high load sharing qualities and is extremely robust, which saves valuable customer time, energy and money throughout their operations.
“Because of the sheer tank size and weight of the sprayer, we needed to go with something more solid than our spring suspension that we use,” David says. “We didn’t have a lot of options and we chose this one simply because of its durability and simplicity of operation.”
Along with many other units, Hayes Spraying’s 24-metre, 6,000 litre boom sprayer is working in extremely high contoured country. And, according to David, the BPW suspensions fitted have lived up to the standard.
“We’ve never had a problem at this stage,” he says. “They’ve needed very minimal maintenance – we’ve never had a serviceman in the field yet to have to do anything to it whatsoever. Its ability to walk over washouts and contour banks is just amazing, and it gives our boom a very smooth and stable ride.”
David says that by selecting BPW in Hayes Spraying’s vehicles, operators are subjected to enormous advantages on top of an already high-quality vehicle.
“It has allowed us to work at high in-field speeds while having the ability to work in harsh Australian conditions, over washouts and contour banks while giving us high operating speeds for our machines,” he says
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