(11-05-2020, 06:29 PM)Jags Wrote:

(11-05-2020, 06:10 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: Saw an ad for a piece of equipment I've been searching for. Walked into the business and asked what they run. 

Guy looked at me and said I'd have to find one used because they haven't made them since the 90s. 

Oooooooooooookay.

What a wasted trip.  Those are always a let down.  Especially if done spur of the moment.  What type of equipment were you looking for? Not to be nosy, just fascinated by the sheer cost of some of the farmer equipment.  It’s quite impressive, TBH.

I'm trying to change my trellis system from a 36 inch wide T shape to a 60 or possibly even 73 inch V shape. But traditional harvesters top out at the 36 inch style. These machine drive over the vineyard row and basically shake the crap out of it and catch whatever falls off. One company makes a wider one but it's runs a sweet 225k and I'd like to not have to spend that haha. Anyway, they look like this:

https://twitter.com/SunMaidUK/status/130...49440?s=19

So I'm looking for other machines that can do it. There's a whole different type of harvester that drives along the side of the row and knocks the bunches off with these bristles kinda like the things that clean the side of your car at the carwash. Or same idea at least. They hook up to a tractor and that should make it a lot cheaper so that's what I was trying to find. It looks like this and you get the idea of it:

https://ibb.co/M6Mjm6T

Really, I think I could build one if I had enough time.

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