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One-Row Riding "Strawberry Picker"
Tom McKee came up with a one-row riding strawberry picker which he uses on his fruit and vegetable farm near Ramsey, Ill. There's a cargo carrier ahead of the driver designed to carry boxes that hold harvested vegetables.
The picker is powered by an electric start, 3 1/2 hp Briggs & Stratton gas engine mounted o
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One-Row Riding "Strawberry Picker" CROPS Miscellaneous 24-3-18 Tom McKee came up with a one-row riding strawberry picker which he uses on his fruit and vegetable farm near Ramsey, Ill. There's a cargo carrier ahead of the driver designed to carry boxes that hold harvested vegetables.
The picker is powered by an electric start, 3 1/2 hp Briggs & Stratton gas engine mounted on back and has three speeds forward and one reverse. Gears are shifted with an overhead connecting linkage. The clutch is centrifugal, so the amount of acceleration applied regulates travel speed. The rig steers electronically via a toggle switch. Pushing the switch one way steers the rig to the left, and pushing the switch the other way steers it to the right. A small electric motor drives a small sprocket which in turn actuates a larger sprocket via a link chain to turn the front wheels. Both the front and back wheels are spaced 28 in. apart.
To make it easier to reach two rows, the seat swivels from side to side or adjusts up and down. A drawbar on back allows the machine to tow a trailer that can haul up to 700 lbs. of harvested crops.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom McKee
, U.S. 51 South, Ramsey, Ill. 62080 (ph 618 423-9376).
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