Customer Experiences
Rick Carpenter
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 3,500
- Sprayer: Calibre Leap Edition
- Crops: Wheat, barley, canola, fava beans, and lupins
“The smooth ride of the Calibre boom, combined with BBLeap’s advanced nozzle control, creates a system that excels in both accuracy and consistency – critical factors for effective and efficient crop management.”
Knud Nymann
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 12,000
- Sprayer: Retrofit; 2x Agrifac, 1x Sonic
- Crops: Canola, wheat, barley, and lupins
“Another advantage? Just simplicity. It saves thinking, which means I can put anyone in the driver’s seat. The computer is actually doing half of the job for the driver and the driver just has to point the sprayer in the right direction.”
Michael Eva
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 4,400
- Sprayer: Calibre Leap Edition
- Crops: Wheat, barley, canola, lupins, and vetch
“The biggest advantage? I’ve got more control over what I’m doing. BBLeap gives me the precision and confidence to get it right every time.”
Ashley Bone
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 5,500
- Sprayer: Calibre OEM and Miller Nitro AM
- Crops: Canola, wheat, barley, oats, and hay
“I used to drive into all the corners to ensure coverage. But by doing that, the chances of destroying my crops was high. Now the system does the work for me, saving both time and crops.”
Ben Hewson
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 3,000
- Sprayer: Retrofit Miller Nitro
- Crops: Wheat, barley, oats, canola
“I really like the turn compensation. With lots of small paddocks, it ensures even application where we used to over- or under-apply around tight turns.”
Lee Smith
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 12,000
- Sprayer: Calibre Leap Edition
- Crops: Wheat, barley, canola, lupins, oats, faba beans, and vetch
“With BBLeap, you don’t have to worry about overdosing or wasting chemicals. The precision and peace of mind it provides are invaluable.”
René Haaijer
- Country: The Netherlands
- Soil: Sand
- Sprayer: Amazone UX (trailed)
- Crops: Onions, cereal, potatoes
“It makes no sense to spray variable rates at boomwidth, if I vary it needs to be precise!”
André Kwak
- Country: The Netherlands
- Soil: Sand
- Sprayer: KWH Leap Edition
- Fruits: Apples and pears
”It truly works great, the spray liquid gets exactly where I want it.”
Pieter van L.B.
- Country: The Netherlands
- Soil: Sand
- Sprayer: Trailed Fendt Rogator
- Crops: Starch potatoes, onions, sugar beets, corn, cereals, and some grass
“This year I have kept my field clean. Now, I am really in control.”
Youri Timmermans
- Country: The Netherlands
- Sprayer: Self-propelled Agrifac
- Contractor and crop carer
“Precision is becoming the new norm and BBLeap is the solution to that.”
Pieter Evenhuis
- Country: The Netherlands
- Soil: Sand
- Sprayer: Self-propelled Agrifac
- Crops: Potatoes (fries), sugarbeets, onions, cereals
“I can do 140 hectares a day versus 90 hectares before.”
Pieter van Damme
- Country: The Netherlands
- Soil: Clay
- Sprayer: Self-propelled Hardi
- Crops: potatoes, onions, grain and capuchins
“The government has no idea how much is already possible.”
Rik Eijsbertse & Gerben Melissant
- Country: The Netherlands
- Sprayer: John Deere
- Crops: Potatoes, onions, beets, grass seed, spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sugar beet and peas
“The system has changed our way of thinking. I now constantly think of new possibilities and applications” – Gerben Melissant”
Chad Davidson
- Country: Australia, WA
- Hectares: 5,500
- Sprayer: Retrofit Case Patriot + camera system
- Crops: Wheat, canola, and lupins
“The BBLeap system ensures consistent droplet size regardless of speed or application rate—something other systems struggle to maintain.”
Calibre
Calibre, a West Australian boom sprayer manufacturer and BBLeap have come together to push the boundaries of innovation. Their collaboration is reshaping the way farmers approach spraying.
“The BBLeap system combined with the Calibre boom ride create the ultimate machine”
Founders BBLeap
Interview: The founding of BBLeap
Peter, Martijn and Hendrikus founded BBLEAP. Why and how? Read the interview here.
Interview: Peter Millenaar for LINK magazine
Read the article published in LINK magazine, where the founder of BBLeap discusses how the company took a significant LEAP in the industry.
“The rest of the world wants to know an average, we don’t.”
Internship Experiences
Julia Brok
- Internship: Marketing department
- Duration: 5 months
“Don’t be intimidated by the terms ‘agriculture’ and ‘technology’ even if you don’t have a background in this, I didn’t either. I took the opportunity and ended up learning more than I could have ever imagined.”
Rinke Hiel
- Internship: R&D department
- Duration: 3 months
“Give full throttle, and don’t forget to enjoy. Transitioning from a student life to a 40-hour work week is suddenly intense but such an exciting journey if you can make impact.”