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 The Coffee Producers Australia Pty Ltd Mechanical Harvester

The shareholders of Coffee Producers Australia Pty Ltd have rebuilt their Austoft self propelled coffee Harvester to provide themselves and others the means of harvesting larger numbers of trees quicker than by hand.   

The harvester is designed to go over the coffee trees with a vertical shaker and radial rods, which vibrate horizontally on each side to remove the cherries. As the harvester travels through one row at a time, the cherry is conveyed into a bin located on the side of the harvester.  

Trees can be harvested on flat ground or on a slope of no more then 20% (11-12 degrees) up and down slope and not more then a 15% (8-9 degrees) side slope. The harvester cannot COMBINE UP AND DOWN SLOPE WITH SIDE SLOPES. Excessive slope may cause removal of trees to recover harvester at your expense. 

Trees need to be skirted to an optimum level of 450 mm from the ground, or at least 350 mm. If trees are grown on a mound of around 300mm high it will reduce the amount of skirting that is required.