MTDC's shielded herbicide sprayer was designed to be used on nursery beds. The tires are on 6-foot centers to treat beds about 4 feet wide. The sprayer was specifically designed for use with glyphosate. The use of any other chemical may not be compatible with the pump and valve seals and may present a health hazard to the operator on the back of the machine. The design of the machine permits tree seedlings shorter than 18 inches to pass under the toolbar without striking it.

Sprayer hoods can be added or taken off the toolbar to accommodate up to eight rows on a 4-foot-wide bed. The width of the in-row sprayer hoods can be adjusted. The sprayer hoods are mounted on a parallel linkage, which permits the hoods to follow the contours of the nursery bed independently. The angles of the two outside sprayer hoods are adjustable to ensure that spray does not escape, whether the sprayer is used on raised beds or flat beds.

The sprayer is intended to be mounted on a category II three-point hitch (it may work on other hitches with appropriate adapters), while the sprayer's pump needs to be attached to a 540-revolutions-per-minute power takeoff shaft on the tractor. The tractor operator controls the vertical position of the sprayer's toolbar. The sprayer operator uses a tiller bar to control the horizontal position of the sprayer's toolbar. The sprayer operator controls flow volume and pressure.

The sprayer's tank holds up to 85 gallons of chemical mixture that is pumped with a roller pump mounted on the end of the tractor's power takeoff shaft.

A bank of see-through control meters helps the operator keep track of clogged nozzles. The spray nozzles have inline check valves to keep chemical from leaking when the unit is moved from bed to bed. An operator's manual is available to help the tractor and sprayer operators adjust and maintain the sprayer.