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Multi-Purpose Orchard Shaker/Power Plant, Lloyd Snell
Multi-Purpose Orchard Shaker/Power Plant, Lloyd Snell
Lloyd D Snell
A harvesting machine for nuts and stone fruits including an articulated body with a front part and a back part. A tree shaker head is detachable and couples to the front part of the harvesting machine by a C-frame mount. The articulated body with a low clearance provides necessary maneuverability in an orchard environment, while permitting the harvesting machine with the shaker head detached, to function as a general purpose orchard machine for mowing, spraying, brush clearing and other associated tasks. Specialized machinery for these tasks is no longer necessary.