Ya, the dry picker is somthing else;>( In order for it to work properly it must be dry - no dew etc. If we are lucky we can start picking at 11 and are usually done at 4 (this is about the 20th of September). We are trying to get the fruit in for CDN Thanksgiving.
Most people don"t realize that most any cranberries they see packaged in the store are picked this way - at least on both coasts, in Wisconson they do a slush harvest and dry the fruit. Fresh fruit harvest does not dammage the fruit the way water harvesting does - it has a much better quality / pack out etc.
With 4 machines running we can pick about 2 acres a day...but there are always breakdowns and it is all 41 pitch chain and sprockets with more moving parts than the ETD.
These Darlingtons are from the 60"s - just rebuilt with new honda engines. You can buy them new from Mass and parts are still avaliable. I will rebuild two more this winter. Having said that, there has to be a better way to fresh pick. It is just too labour intensive. This guy is one of my youngest workers - well I have a couple high school kids who pull the sacks out of the field, but it is hard work. Hopefully this winter I will try to mount a couple picking heads on my big pruner unit. Got to keep making improvments. Grant
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