It is Thursday and time for another edition of December Equipment Highlight. With the Holiday season upon us some folks may open a bottle of wine or two. Regardless of red or white wine, those grapes need equipment.
Here are examples of self propelled and tow behind harvesters. Click on the links for the associated PDF.
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Lakeview Vineyard Equipment Inc. can find a mechanical harvesting solution for you no matter what size of vineyard you’re harvesting or what type of trellis is in use. In addition to a complete line up of state of the art new grape harvesters by Gregoire, Lakeview has access to a wide selection of used equipment from a variety of manufacturers.When you buy a grape harvester from Lakeview you can rest assured that we have an unmatched inventory of in stock parts to keep you running when harvest time comes. In addition, our service department is on call 24 hours a day to ensure your productivity stays on track no matter what service challenge you’re facing.
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Click Some specialized equipment for fruit of the vine.
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With this spray unit, we are able to strategically target an area of the vine that would normally grow fruit and cannot be accessed by the harvester. This fruit would previously have been harvested by hand and placed on a wire within the range of the harvester head.With the cordon sprayer we can spray this area with calcium nitrate that will burn off the young bunches that are approx. 10-15cm long and we can successfully remove the fruit which not only saves labour costs but allows the vine to use the nutrients that would have been used on those bunches and place it within the required zone.There is also a suggestion that the fertiliser may also be absorbed by the vine cordon in the sprayed area, , therefore improving the condition of next years fruiting canes. This theory requires further investigation.
The Cordon sprayer also operates with a recirculation system similar to the wetting machine and is able to catch and recycle any overspray as it travels along, therefore reducing the risk of affecting the plant or the potential crop and also saving money by using less chemicals and water. |
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We have two Korvan Harvesters that has been modified by Rodney specifically for the Shaw Swing Arm dried fruit trellis system. Features include a hydraulic over row catching system, which can be lifted for tight turning within headlands, problem areas within the vineyard and for a convenient travel position.Our harvesters have been specially fitted with an inbuilt MOG remover (riddle system) that provides cleaner fruit samples than the conventional harvesters. Special jets have been installed within the belt system to reduce clogging that can lead to maintenance downtime, we are therefore able to clean the belts as we are harvesting.For dried fruit contract harvesting within Victoria and SA contact us now. |
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This addition to an existing spray unit was required by a customer to lessen the cost of very expensive chemicals used within the table grape industry.The theory has been reflected through a number of our projects and essentially seeks to capture overspray including the drips from beneath the canopy and recycles it back to the spray tank where it can then be re-used.With this unit we set out to make substantial material cost savings, and the unit is now operating on a fresh fruit property in the Northern Territory. |
Some of the equipment used for grapes. As with all areas of agriculture there is always to more. The AGTV Network hopes you are enjoying our look at equipment used for produce.