Patent ID: 7744012
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a waste material to a field comprising the steps of: providing an apparatus for applying a waste material to a field, the apparatus including a frame having a wheel and a fluid applicator attached thereto, the wheel adapted to facilitate a movement of the frame in a direction of travel, a hose reel rotatably disposed on the frame and having an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the direction of travel, a hose having one end extending from the reel and in fluid communication with a remote source of the waste material and an opposite end in fluid communication with the fluid applicator, the hose adapted to be wound on and paid out from the reel, and a boom disposed on and extending from the frame adapted to dispense the hose on a surface of the field substantially parallel to the direction of travel; pumping the waste material from the source through the hose and to the fluid applicator; moving the apparatus across the field, paying out the hose from the reel parallel to the direction of travel when the apparatus is moving away from the source of the waste material and winding up the hose on the reel when the apparatus is moving toward the source of the waste material; and dispensing the waste material from the fluid applicator as the apparatus moves across the field.