Some history I would like to start from my bifggest
passion, it is from currant harvester. I constructed the first
prototype of this machine in 1978.
It was a pionieer construction for those times, and didn't
work too well. It broke down after 30 minutes of working :)
(but you have to start from something). At the same time my
brother was working on manual shaker, which later was sent
to New Zealand for examination. In 1980 second harvester was
created, with completely new construction, which satisfied
me.
With coming years new ideas made harvester more reliable
and durable. Gradually I changed hydraulic drives for mechanical
(transmission belts), because they are easier and cheaper
for operating, and harvester need for power is lower by about
40%. Beside currants I tried to gather other fruits. Harvester
prooved to be effective while harvesting gooseberrys and other
bushes plants.
The latest idea is the application of a trolley
attached to a harvester, which facilitates our work in a way
that one doesn't have to stop at the end of each row and reload
heavy boxes. Thanks to it the rows can even reach the length
of 1000 m. Interestingly enough, it didn't extend the turning
radius of the whole aggregate. My latest harvester has also
been equiped with a special band-conveyer and the diameter
of a gutter has been diminished so that the accuracy of crops
has increased by a few per cents and one can pick up fruit
from small bushes, e.g. young Titania or Ben Lomond. When
it comes to a gooseberry it has increased the accuracy to
about 90 %.
My harvesters:
For those who likes movies I have made two, which presents
harvesting.
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