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What Backpack Sprayer Do I Need?
Sprayers and foggers are essential tools for gardeners, farmers, and pest control professionals. They are used to apply herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides to crops, plants, and lawns. However, there are different types of sprayers and foggers available, each with its own unique features and benefits. In this blog, we will discuss the different uses for battery operated sprayers, gas backpack sprayers, manual sprayers, skid sprayers, and backpack foggers.
How to know if you need pest control or an exterminator?
If you have ever had an ant invasion in your home, you know that it can be incredibly frustrating and upsetting. If you've tried to get rid of them yourself with no luck, then you might be wondering how to know if it's time to hire a professional exterminator or pest control company.
How to Start Up and Operate a Tomahawk TBS500 Skid Sprayer
Watch this video or follow the steps to get your Skid Sprayer spraying today:
Tomahawk Skid Sprayers are your best solution for industrial pest control. Perfect for applying pesticides around commercial and residential areas, these sprayers are powered by Honda engines and easy to use.
How to Attach a Handle Press Shut-off Valve Trigger for the TPS25 Backpack Sprayer
If you are looking for more versatility for your backpack sprayer, you can swap out the standard valve handle for a Handle Press Shut-off Valve. Great for single hand spraying, use this comfortable handle for greater range of motion when spraying your landscape.
DIY Treatment Options To Get Rid Of Mosquitoes Indoors
Getting rid of mosquitoes inside of your home, office, or anywhere indoors requires a different approach than outside. Learn how to get rid of mosquitoes indoors without hiring a pest control company.
Pest Treatment and Prevention Tips
Pest treatments and prevention go hand-in-hand, therefore it’s necessary to address both when you are performing do-it-yourself pest control. Keep your home and environment pest-free with these tips.
How to Track Online Orders from Tomahawk Power
Thank you for purchasing Tomahawk Power Equipment! Through our commitment to American engineering with long lasting parts and engines, we know you will find Tomahawk equipment to be the star of your fleet for years to come. Here, we have provided everything you need to know about ordering and shipping with us.
How to Get Rid of Walnut Twig Beetles
Walnut Twig beetles are small in size, about 1/16 inch at most. They have a reddish brown color and spikes coming out from their body. A striking difference are the ridges that the species have behind their head, about 4-6 concentric ridges.
How to Save Your Trees From Bagworms
What are Bag Worms?
Bagworms are a hybrid insect with both a moths and insect characteristics, a part of the Lepidoptera family. There are about 13...
How to Get Rid of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Killing Orchards
Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs can be annoying for farmers and homeowners alike. They can easily be removed with the help of pesticides with the proper sprayer or fogger, depending where you want to get rid of them.
Should I Be Worried About Murder Hornets?
Recently, colossal hornets have been spotted in the United States that received nationwide news.
What are Murder Hornets?
Murder Hornets, also kn...
How to Replace a Carburetor for a TMD14 Backpack Fogger
Tomahawk Backpack Foggers are perfect for backyard pest control and with routine maintenance, can give you years of service life! Watch this quick guide to help you save money and replace your Backpack Fogger’s carburetor today!
What is EEE or Triple E And How to Avoid It
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) or commonly reffered to as "Triple E" is an extremely rare but severe and often fatal infection that causes inflammation of the brain. Infected mosquitoes often transmit the EEE virus to humans.
Tick Diseases You Need to Know About in the United States
Tick are a common vectors of Lyme disease and other harmful diseases all over the United States. Other species of tick include the black-legged tick, western black-legged tick, brown dog tick, and Rocky Mountain wood tick.
What is Zika And How to Avoid It
The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne infection. The outbreak in the United States affected many people and led to many cases of severe congenital disabilities. It is advised to get a few tests done after returning from an affected area just in case.
Mosquito Diseases You Need to Know About in the United States
A disease vector is an agent that can carry and transmit an infectious pathogen to another living organism. In most cases, a vector refers to blood-feeding insects and ticks.
What Is Ehrlichiosis and How to Avoid It
Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial illness transmitted by ticks that causes flu-like symptoms. The signs and symptoms of the illness range from mild body aches to severe fever and usually appear within a week or two of a tick bite.
Should I Be Worried About the Lone Star Tick?
The lone star tick is a species of tick that aggressively feeds on a host to complete each stage of its life cycle. It is know to spread Alpha-gal Syndrome. The condition begins when a lone star tick releases a sugar molecule, alpha-gal, into the human body through its bite.
What Is Lyme Disease and How to Avoid It
Lyme disease is an infection caused by the Borrelia Burgdorferi bacteria. The bacteria can be transmitted to humans through an infected black-legged or deer tick bite.
What Is Alpha-gal Syndrome and How to Avoid It
Alpha-gal syndrome has been recently identified as a type of food allergy to red meat. Most Alpha-Gal Syndrome cases usually occur in and around areas populated by the Lone Star tick. There are many ways to avoid ticks.
What is West Nile Virus And How to Avoid It
About 1 out of 5 people develop mild symptoms like fever, also called the West Nile fever. The most effective way to prevent WNV and other mosquito-borne diseases is to eliminate mosquitoes.
Pest Control Tips: Onion Fly
To help farmers and agro producers comprehend the everyday nature of microbiological life happening in the field, we have created this forum to discuss plague control in agriculture.
Most Common Pests in Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
If you are looking to hire professionals to take care of these pest or even deal with them yourself, there are a few tricks you can start with to get rid of them quickly.
How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in the Yard
Mosquitoes can take all the fun out of outdoor activities leaving everyone annoyed and itchy. Backyard pest control is not hard if you understand a few basic steps to reduce mosquito growth.
Tomahawk TE Series 2 Stroke Engines - Built to Last
Tomahawk 2 stroke engines are easy to install, lighter, and can function in multiple conditions, angles, and variations - while maintaining extreme efficiency. The Tomahawk 2 Stroke TE Series ranges from .75HP to 3HP and is used in a variety of applications.
Tomahawk Power Introduces Backpack Sprayer Line to Tractor Supply Company
Beginning in June, Tomahawk Power’s line of Backpack Sprayers will be available at select Tractor Supply Company Stores across the United States. This is the largest introduction of Tomahawk Power backpack sprayers made available to the public to date.
Five Common Pest Control Chemicals… But First, Read the Label!
Pest control is an important procedure for crop maintenance. Picking the right pesticide based on your line of work and what you are spraying can take time. We will guide you on how to read consumer product labels and identify the five most common chemicals found in pesticides.
Pesticide Applications: Power Sprayers
Insects, bacteria, and others organisms are all part of the environment's cycle. They benefit us in many ways, but they can also be pests. When it comes to pest management, there are numerous methods, applications, and equipment available.
