Row Lengths

By Tim Apps

It is recommended that a maximum row length of 200m, with an 8 m headland either end to accommodate turning to be used, or a 3 m break every 200m in the row to allow for the emptying of the harvester. Row spacing’s are recommended at 2.75m on even ground and slightly more for sloping ground. Due to the design of the harvester it cannot be reversed after entering the row. It may however, be slowly advanced without harvesting (some cherry may be lost as the harvester moves through the row). 

Cherry being emptied into bins