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All Photos Copyright© 2000-2006, by Chet Townsend
Photos taken on April 18, 2000 on the FDOC Mechanical Harvesting Tour
Update: As of May 2005, some of these systems are no longer in use in Florida.
Approximately 4% of Florida oranges are now harvested mechanically with
the Coe-Collier trunk shake and catch system and the OXBO canopy shake systems.

Coe Shaker
Coe-Collier Shaker

Coe Catchframe
Coe-Collier
Catcher Cart

Coe / ProSourceOne GPS
Coe / ProSourceOne
GPS Unit

Coe / Prosourceone Yield Counter
Coe / ProSourceOne
Yield Counter

Yield Map from Coe / ProSourceOne
Yield Map from
Coe / ProSourceOne

Coe and skirted trees
Coe and skirted trees

Korvan
Korvan Shaker

Korvan Canopy Shaker
Korvan Canopy Shaker
in operation

Korvan Catchframe
Korvan Catchframe

Korvan Skirted
Korvan Unit Under
Trees

Stackhouse Shaker
Stackhouse Shaker

Stackhouse Shaker
Stackhouse can shake
limbs as well as trunks

Stackhouse
Stackhouse Shaker

FMC Windrower
1970's FMC Windrow

OXBO
OXBO Canopy Shaker

Compton Shaker
Compton Shaker

Compton Catchframe
Compton Loader

Compton Undertree
Compton Undertree

Fruit Harvesters International/Coe-Collier
Fruit Harvesters
International/Coe-Collier

FHI/Coe-Collier Catcher
FHI/Coe-Collier
Dump Catcher

FHI Undertree
FHI/Coe-collier
Undertree view


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