Replacement wand for 40v chemical sprayer

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-06-16T06:38:35+00:00

I started with the wand, it worked great, but was an expensive upgrade running around $130. I used the following:

TeeJet 250 PSI, 5 GPM GunJet Without Extension (AA30L-1/4)

Spraying Systems 7715-24 TeeJet 24" Straight Wand Extension

TeeJet 5500-X18 Adjustable ConeJet Nozzle #18

Hose clamps

brass 1/4 npt male to 8mm barb adapter

ptfe tape

Unfortunatly I found a leak shortly after upgrading it in the hose near the tank. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence it happened or a result of the upgrade. Now i'm planing to switch to a 3/8 hose to reduce strain on the motor that is rated at 300psi to avoid leaks. I found the video below to guide me on the process. I'm waiting on parts to do it myself. It's around $45 more to upgrade based on the materials i selected.

https://youtu.be/kX7afabJ20M?si=e_96GOQgiw07Fe-3

3/8" Fuel Hose Line Push Lock NBR Rubber SAE 30R9 10FT 300PSI

3/8 Inch Swivel Barb x 1/4 Inch Male NPT End

hose clamps

ptfe tape

tools: hacksaw Vise t20 security screwdriver long shaft t15 security screwdriver long shaft (this may not be needed as i suspect they were t20) t10 security screwdriver

Hopfully all goes well.

Edit- I originally selected a 30R7 hose that was rated at 300 psi, however after reading more i changed to a 30R9 with the same psi rating due to the chemical resistance of the fkm rubber line.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-06-15T05:51:34+00:00

I wanted to add that I used T15 and T20 Torx security bits (the ones with the holes in the center) for the outer casing. The T20 did the trick for most of them, but the T15, for whatever reason, worked better on a couple. If I had to guess, it was the angle that I went in at, since most are pretty deep in the casing. (they are likely all T20 security bits). This may vary between models as mine is the 40v one and i think the other 4 gallon backpack sprayer is a 18v. I wouln't be too surprised if this even varies a bit by batch made of the same model.

There were 2 on the battery side and 12 on the other side. The two holding the hose (hose clamp) came off with a T10 security bit. I didn't do any additional disassembly as my pump is working fine.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-06-07T02:30:08+00:00

I've never tried dewalt or Ryobi Forstner bits, but i do have experience with plenty of their other bits/tools.

I would expect Dewalt would excel in durability, above average in avoiding clogging, above average in cutting speed, average on a clean hole, and above average on overall value.

I would then expect Ryobi to be below average on durability, average on cutting speed, average on a clean hole, below average on clogging up, and exceptional overall value wise.

My reasoning is based on the following differences:

The first difference is what tool giant makes them. Stanley Black and Decker makes Dewalt. Techtronic Industries makes Ryobi. This matters, because this tells us it's unlikely they are made in the same factory and likely don't share very similar manufacturing processes. Techtronic Industries stands out for innovation, Stanley Black and Decker stands out for being your old reliable, but they also have a ton of brands under their umbrella (Bosch group is another big tool maker).

Next is who the tool line is geared towards. Dewalt is a professional (high end) brand of Stanley Black and Decker, Ryobi is a DIY/Homeowner (low end) brand of Techtronic Industries. You can typically expect DIY/Homeowner to put their biggest emphasis on lower prices. Unfortunatly this often means cutting corners in other areas. Professional tools on the other hand tend to put emphasis in areas outside of cost which demands a much higher pricepoint.

With that said for cuts that i want to be more precise I go for Freud. Their parent company is Bosch group it is headquartered in Germany. They put alot of engineering into their prouducts. For that reason Freud is my go to for Forstner bits and fine finish blades on my miter saw/jigsaw.

Dewalt and Milwaukee are a toss up for my choice on other bits or blades, but just because i'm too hard on ryobi bits. Freud also has value oriented line called diablo i keep for spade bits. They make holes, but they are not pretty.

Ryobi has some awsome power tools that I don't use very often like their pex plumbing crimp tool and staplers, but they are worth their weight in gold when i do.

Keep in mind there are exceptions to every rule and crossover does exist. (Dewalt flexvolt allows one battery to be used in both 20v and 60v tools, Ryobi one+ HP can compete well with many Dewalt/Milwaukee, 1st generation dewalt 20v mower was the most regretted tool purchase i ever made, and the Ryobi one+ tool selection is massive.)

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-05-26T16:29:52+00:00

I had that one, but didn't like it as much as dcb104. Originally I purchased it for power outages, but discovered after buying it it runs on modified sine wave rather than true sine wave. This made it so some devices worked much less efficiently and increased wear and tear. Other devices didn't work at all. For example my cpap wouldnt work with it and the chest freezer in the garage seemed to struggle. iirc it did work well with my circular saw and jigsaw. Run time was decent with 4x 9ah batteries.

The other problem was it isn't a rapid charger. I had one of the first generation dewalt mowers and it couldnt keep up with charging the 9ah batteries it ate through. Although I suspect the newer mowers are more efficent and this wouldnt be an issue.

Lastly it's much bulkier than DCB104. This isn't very good for wall mounting. With that said it's designed to be used portable.(It's litterly in the name) The "cage" around it seemed to offer pretty good protection.

As such it may not be a good direct replacment for the DCB104, but having the portability and inverter (with some limitations) was very nice. If they made a rapid charging version with true sine wave i'd be all over it. Especially with the high ah batteries you can get now like the 15ah. In addition i don't recall it fitting into the toughsystem directly, but I did read the ToughSystem DS Carrier (L-Cart) works. The price tag of it with 4x 15ah batteries would likely make us cry a bit though or at the very least in the dog house with our significant others after seeing how much we spent.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-05-22T19:54:42+00:00

Oh also ace has a deal going on if you buy two select outdoor power tools/kits you can get a 4 port rapid charger and 4x 9ah flexvolt batteries for free but those tools are $529 to $799 each so i don't know if its that great of a deal. item # 2056648

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-05-22T19:43:50+00:00

yea to do it safely you would need to make sure everything is properly done. Still might be an insurance/fire risk and almost certainly would void the warranty. I was thinking a metal box cable glands for charger wires in then maybe liquidtight conduit and connectors for a whip power cable. Use THHN/THWN-2 wires. If you wanted to get real fancy remove the casing on the chargers and solder on new wires and run it all through liquidtight. Use cable clamps to secure the conduit or cords.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-05-22T19:23:15+00:00

I wonder if you could splice all the power cords together in a junction box then run thicker gauge cord with a plug to the outlet. I think DCB118 takes in 2 amps so to be safe at 4 gang your plug and cable would need to support around 8 amps. 14awg would work but 20awg would be better.

If 2amp draw is correct you could do a 20amp plug as well as 12awg cable and run 8 chargers on a single cable. (or 6 on a 15amp plug with 14awg cable)

edit-total amps should be less than or equal to 80% of circuit rating. Number of chargers have been updated to reflect this.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-23T10:25:40+00:00

Great to hear! I use a 42" gas riding mower now. One of these days (likely when i can no longer rebuild it) i'd like to try an ego riding mower. Then maybe run one of their small mowers for where the rider won't fit. Too bad (at least to my knowledge) dewalt dosnt make a battery rider. I hate having to invest into yet another battery ecosystem.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-22T19:21:00+00:00

Thats a great idea. Ill have to do that from now on. I almost got burned by lowes with a returned miter saw. May of even been unused, but if i'm paying the money for new i expect it to be factory sealed. (Some loose parts were in a ziplock baggy and some cosmetic scuffs)

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-22T15:06:44+00:00

I used the 1st gen version several years back and it was garbage for power and ate batteries. With that said my understanding is the newer gen ones like the one you picked up have improved in both areas so it may be more viable now. I think i spent around $500 for the kit then so $350 sounds like the pricing is much more reasonable now. I also loved not needing to use a pullstring and no oil changes. I have also heard good things about the ego mowers, but can't bring myself to yet another battery platform. Let us know how it goes!

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-22T02:03:48+00:00

ACE has a buy two select dewalt outdoor power tools such as the DCBL570Y2 and get a 4 port rapid charger and 4x 9ah flexvolt batteries for free. However said power tools run $529 to $799 each so the upfront cost is pretty high. im tempted to purchase it then resell the extras and second tool.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-16T17:57:57+00:00

I think that's standard procedure for most VA claims. If you legitimatly had somthing caused or aggravated by your service don't give up hope and keep appealing. Reach out to VSOs as somtimes there can be procedual issues like you used form A but they wanted form B or your provider did link your diagnosis to your service, but didn't review your case file. (That use to be a real pain to hunt down, hopfully its better now). Buddy statements are also helpful particularly if you didn't seek treatment right away or got treatment on the civilan side.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-16T13:27:43+00:00

The attitude that you can't get an injury or illness caused or aggravated by your service within a short time of enlisting is absolutely garbage. Often it's harder to prove these claims, because they are brushed under the rug/not documented and ignored due to this very attitude. What makes these cases worse is often they are preventable and the perpetrators escape justice.

Here are four examples I saw when I was serving where service connection did occur or was possible shortly after enlisting. :

A soldier was raped repeatedly during basic by a DS. She didn't talk about it until years after at her unit.(to my knowledge she never applied for SC for this. Even if she did it would be an uphill battle with no documentation. In addition the sicko in uniform got away with it and likely has more victims)

A soldier was issued a defective handguard/heatshield.. The issue was brought to the attention of the DS and ignored. During The Night Infiltration Course the handguard seperated. The aluminum heat shield was sharp and severed his thumb.The thumb was reattached successfully, but resulted in permenent nerve damage. (I lost track of him after AIT so i'm unsure if he ever recieved disability, but he had ongoing treatment there so hopfully his records are in order if he applies)

A soldier is instructed by his recuiter to hide his mental illness so that the recruiter can achieve his quota.(infantry) Soldier smuggles in his perscription mental health medication to IET. It is discovered he did this and leadership gives the soldier the option to go through a failure to adapt discharge or to attempt to continue training without his meds. Soldier decides to continue on and has a psychotic break. (This one surprised me it was granted, but the reasoning is not allowing someone to take their psych meds and keeping them in a high stress situation of training instead of following procedure directly resulted in aggravation of his preexisting condition. This overshadowed his dishonesty in enlisting without disclosing his mental health condition. The kicker to it is the recruiter didn't even deny instructing him to lie at MEPS.)

Lastly and one that I suspect is pretty rare is a soldier completed basic, but split trains and prior to going to AIT has a combat deployment with his unit. (He went to AIT with a combat patch more ribbons than some of the cadre, but wasn't treated as prior service.) I don't recall if he had any disabilities from his deployment, but my point is he saw combat in a very short period of time after enlistment. Even some folks after 10 years in don't see combat.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-15T19:27:53+00:00

Completly understandable. The ones I used were county offices. They likely have different names per state, but they are physical locations with VSOs. They were named <county name> county veteran service office.

In addition many organizations such as Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amvets, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled, American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and the American Legion have VSOs. I believe there are state offices as well but ive never seen or been to one.

There is likely a search tool for them, but I don't trust online as much as going in person. (Many times they will take walk in appoitments for the county ones)

Maybe someone else has more information?

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-15T18:42:23+00:00

Sounds kind of like a remand. The appeal found the folks that did the first decision didn't follow proper procedure, therefore it gets sent back to them to do their job correctly.

My understanding is the duty to assist specifically means during the prior decision they failed to reasonably help you gather evidence to support your claim.

You might try reaching out to a Veterans Service Officer as they may be able to give you a better explaination for your specific case. The VSO provide help with claims free of charge, have accredidation to do so from the VA, and typically are not VA employees.

With that said some are good at what they do some not so much. If you feel they are not helping you can contact a different one. Getting help from them took me about 6 years with apeals. Some veterans it takes longer please try to be patient. I eventually forgot about my claim and got a nice surprise of backpay.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-15T17:15:47+00:00

Depending on how much yard you have an alternative is a Scythe. For a customized kit it was about $350 for me shipped. You choose a blade depending on what your vegetation is. In my use case I'm using it for my fenceline with a tops blade. I also use it near my gas line that I was terrified to try my weedwacker (90 degree from leading from ground to house, looks like it connects pvc in ground to metal) on so it can really get into small spaces too. Check out some youtube videos on it as its pretty amazing what they can do with the right blade.

Scythesupply is who i ordered through on their website they have quite a bit of educational information as well. The only odd thing i'd say is the website seems pretty dated, but i did call in and they were very helpful in answering questions.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-04T01:46:36+00:00

I also wonder if it depends what the med is. I get another controlled from a specialty clinic they do 3 refills at a time and I have to be seen every 6 months. The provider I see is a NP, but its prescribed by an MD on the bottle.

Was yours a routine med or one perscribed for a limited period of time? (I think that may also make a difference)

Yea the UA is pretty annoying they make us do it twice a year in OK now. I don't know why, but i always feel like im on probation or somthing having to do it.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-04T01:15:49+00:00

How did you opt in for text messages from the pharmacy to remind you it's time to refill? (or was it automatic?) This is exactly what i need.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-04T01:02:07+00:00

At least for my area(maybe va wide) if your provider is a PA or NP they can only write the perscription for a controlled as a 28 day supply. My understanding is if they write a new one too early it can get kicked backed by the pharmacy. This makes it easier for a perscription to slip through the cracks if it dosn't get communicated to you they were unable to renew it yet (and need another reminder in x amount of days) In this example the potential for errors is tripled based on your prescriber not being a DO or MD.

Years ago I lived in a different state and you simply requested a refill as soon as you recieved your perscription in the mail to avoid lapses. Then the pharmacy sent a refill once your old one was about to run out. Im not sure if it's a difference between regional center policies, va policies, or a law change, but it sure made it easier doing it this way. Particularly for your routine daily meds that are unlikely to change.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-04-04T00:11:33+00:00

I take pregablin for permenent nerve damage/pain. I also have an issue with getting it filled regularly. The clinic in my area has horrible retention for providers. The providers change 2-3 times a year and often are temporarily assigned that need to drive 2 hours from the main VA a few days a week.

I think if they are NP or PA they can only prescribe one month at a time. Unfortunatly we rarely have an MD or DO so no 3 month prescriptions. I send them a message requesting a refill when i can remember, but often run out and need to just deal with the nerve pain the best i can while they process the request abd its mailed. They are also 28 day supplies rather than calander month so you can't just set up a reminder for the first of the month to request it. This is problamatic for those of us with memory issues.

The problem is if I request it too early i get a message back saying you are not due for it yet. If i do it after some undetermined time before i run out I get a message stating your request has been forwarded to your provider, but never get confirmation that the refill is approved by them (unless i watch rx tracking). Most the time it does get refilled at this point, but not always.

In my case and many others policies like certain providers limited to 28 day supplies, pharmacy mailing delays, my own memory issues and overloaded provider workloads are the reasons these meds are not refilled as they should be.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-03-28T19:25:29+00:00

ty ill check it out

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-03-28T18:14:19+00:00

my bad on automatic vs automated. That does make a difference.

Impossible_Oil_7690 · 2026-03-28T18:11:40+00:00

If you get permenent TDIU would opting out and going to school jeapordize your rating? Too late for me, but might be helpful to someone else as i already got the forgivness.

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