Right-of-Way Vegetation Management

Specializing in low-volume application

  • Transmission lines, distribution lines, and pipelines. Low volume application has economic as well as environmental benefits.

Benefits of low-volume application:

  • With low-volume foliar, only the targeted species are treated. Plants that benefit wildlife, like forbs, increase in coverage due to decreased competition from the target species.

  • Low-volume foliar application decreases costs because the mix is applied only to the target species.

Standard Herbicide Application Operational Procedures

SFS provides the following with every crew:

  • Licensed Managers and Crew Supervisors

  • Periodic classroom training, including state and industry approved seminars

  • Training videos and study guides outlining safe handling of pesticides and proper application techniques

  • The practice of strict safety standards

  • Standard safety gear to all employees including hard hats, eye protection, nitrile gloves, proper work shoes and a daily change of protective overshirt

  • First aid kits, fire extinguishers, eye wash bottles, clean drinking and wash water

  • Enclosed cargo trailers for storage of all application equipment, mix tank and daily chemical needs

  • Additional water tank for clean water needs

Equipment Provided

  • Low Volume Foliar: Solo or SP1 Backpack Sprayers equipped with a model 30 jet gun and a dual tip swivel nozzle. Flat fan and an adjustable cone tip are standard

  • Low Volume Basal: Solo or SP1 Backpack Sprayers equipped with a model 30 jet gun with an eighteen inch extension and adjustable cone tip and a 5 PSI 50 mesh check valve

  • Injection (Hack and Squirt): Hatchets or machetes and squirt bottles. Continuous frill 1 ml. per cut