Laying Down on the Job Just Got More Productive

Jul 12, 2024
By Farms.com

Photo Credit: Crop Care

Comfortably and easily harvest and maintain crops, while minimizing pain.

Byline: Nevan Hagarty
Company: Crop Care

When you’re growing crops such as fruits and vegetables that must be harvested by hand to avoid damage, or any other crop that requires manual weeding and maintenance – the most common (and understandable) complaint is the intense strain that this activity causes when constantly bending over.

Over many hours, neck and back pain are all but inevitable. That is, unless you have a Crop Care solar-powered Picking Assistant.

One of the most unique, yet ingenious pieces of farm machinery, the picking assistant is a shaded, solar powered, horizontal platform that can tackle long days and rough fields – and most importantly, save your back when picking or maintaining crops.

Featuring dual high-torque gear motors, an all-weather canopy, solar charging system, and a 2-year limited warranty, the Crop Care Picking Assistant makes harvesting not only comfortable, but more fun! Another main feature is the exceptional range of motion this platform provides – with both height and width adjustment and enough torque to handle uneven ground.

Specifications:

Dual Motors and Batteries (12v)
Picking height adjustment: 20” - 30”
Width adjustment: 36” - 60”
Max. Speed: ~44 ft/min

Check out this unique solution from Crop Care to save time and the back strain that comes with hand-picked crops. This is one cool tool that makes laying down on the job MORE productive!

Video: Learning to Wrench From Dad the Hard Way

Harvest is a week out and the farm picked this week to fall apart. The truck needs a battery, the barn curtain's got a problem, and the corn and beans are telling us we're out of time to get it all fixed.

So it's a full day of wrenching. Tork supervises while I get the truck back running, then we're out at the hog barn where one rusted up part has the whole curtain system hung up. Ladder work, cable work, and a little dad-and-son disagreement about the right way to do it. We close it out walking the fields, shelling beans and checking corn, because whether everything's fixed or not, harvest starts when harvest starts.

Chapters: 00:00 Everything breaks the week before harvest 01:00 Tork supervises while I fix the truck 12:30 Out to the barn to find the curtain problem 14:30 One rusty part hung up the whole curtain 20:00 Running the curtain cable from the ladder 24:00 Walking the beans and corn before harvest 26:30 Wrapping up

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